Biden meets with GOP lawmakers on virus aid plans
President Joe Biden met late Monday with a group of Republican senators who have proposed a slimmed down $618 billion coronavirus aid package — a fraction of the $1.9 trillion
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Google antes up $2.6 million to settle pay, job discrimination case
Google will pay $2.6 million to more than 5,500 employees and past job applicants to resolve allegations that the internet giant discriminated against female engineers and Asians in California and
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US tech billionaire buys SpaceX flight to orbit with 3 others
A U.S. billionaire who made a fortune in tech and fighter jets is buying an entire SpaceX flight and plans to take three “everyday” people with him to circle the
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California cities, counties failing again on affordable housing goals
Only 3% of California’s cities and counties are fully on track to meet state goals to build sufficient housing — and 30% are failing to issue any permits at all
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Surprising rise in California entrepreneurs daring to start new businesses during pandemic
The pandemic and stay-at-home orders have forced thousands of financially dried up California businesses to shut down, but for Dan Zhao, they became the reason to start a new one. “Before
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Tesla’s dirty little secret: Its net profit doesn’t come from selling cars
Tesla posted its first full year of net income in 2020 — but not because of sales to its customers. Eleven states require automakers sell a certain percentage of zero-emissions vehicles by 2025.
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Biden order poised to expand Bay Area homeless programs
After spending years in and out of homelessness and prison, Randy Scott was living beside a creek in San Pablo last spring when he was offered a motel room. Eight months
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Lots of people moved out of California and New York in 2020. Here’s where they went
When Mark Jenkins and Lori Crowell rang in 2020, they had no idea they’d be moving to another state before the end of the year. But then the pandemic hit
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How millennials are changing the luxury real estate market
In sharp contrast to the “slacker” stereotype that has defined their generation, millennials aren’t living in parents’ basements. They’re buying multimillion-dollar homes. At 38%, millennials—adults born from 1981 to 1996—represent
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If you received unemployment last year, you could be in for a surprise at tax time
Tens of millions of Americans collected unemployment benefits for at least some period of time last year due to the pandemic’s hit on the economy. After the stress of losing
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