Is cryptocurrency real money? Here’s an explanation
In May 2010, Laszlo Hanyecz made history when he purchased two large pizzas from Papa John’s for 10,000 bitcoins, about $30. Today, that same purchase would equate to more than
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A Sonoma County winery will pay you $10,000 a month to work and live rent-free
If a post-work glass of wine is what you look forward to each day, maybe it’s time to quit your day job. This month, Murphy-Goode Winery announced a one-year position
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Fewer jobs, more wine: California’s deadly COVID year in 9 charts
On March 19, 2020 Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a statewide shelter-in-place order. In response to an unprecedented public health threat, it was an equally unprecedented shuttering of day-to-day life. “This is
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Amazon launches electric van deliveries in Bay Area
Amazon, hoping to widen the use of green technologies in its operations, is launching deliveries in the Bay Area using electric vans, the e-commerce titan said Thursday. The tech leviathan
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At One South Bay Small Business, COVID-19 Was the Impetus for Change
For small business owners, adapting to changes in business as usual became a weekly, and at times a daily, challenge in a year of pandemic restrictions. One Bay Area small
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Man in Hospital for Over 100 Days Fighting COVID-19 Now Training for Half Triathlon
Tom Butts is defying the odds again. The triathlete from San Jose almost lost his life to COVID-19. He spent more than 100 days in the hospital — most of
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‘Hunger Games of Vaccines’: People Jump the Line to Get Vaccine Prior to Eligibility
Unfair and entitled – that’s how many are describing people who jump the line and get the vaccine before they’re eligible. Many know at least one person who exaggerated their
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California Ethnic Studies Debate: Whose Stories Get Told?
Race and ethnicity can be tricky topics to discuss, especially in the classroom. But the California Department of Education had no idea how heated the debate would get when it
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Bay Area Restaurants Breathe Sigh of Relief With Return of Indoor Dining
Contra Costa and Sonoma counties joined the rest of the Bay Area in moving to the red tier Sunday. At Main Street Kitchen and Bar in Walnut Creek, it’s a
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No more teacher excuses, time to return to the classroom
Now that California’s public-school teachers have been moved to the head of the vaccine line, it’s time for them to end their obstructionist resistance to reopening classrooms. Unfortunately, a year
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