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California Leads 12 States in Antitrust Suit to Block Paramount‑Warner Bros. Discovery Merger

California and 11 other states have sued to block Paramount Global's $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros.

July 15, 2026

Stanford‑Led AI Economics Letter Draws 200 Signees — Including Employees of Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google

A four-sentence call to "act now" on AI's economic risks carries genuine credentialed weight — 16 Nobel laureates…

July 15, 2026

Maison Nico Opens Transamerica Pyramid Outpost Following Yoda Plc's $725M Acquisition

French bakery Maison Nico has opened a new location in the Transamerica Pyramid, a move following the building's $725…

July 14, 2026

Lucid Filed an SEC Denial After Anonymous Bankruptcy Report Cratered Its Stock

A two-source "exclusive" from eletric-vehicles.com sent Lucid's stock down nearly 50% intraday on July 14.

July 14, 2026

Fremont Marriott Sells For $53M To SRE Acquisitions V, Ashford Hospitality Trust Confirms In SEC Filing

The Fremont Marriott Silicon Valley has been sold for $53 million to SRE Acquisitions V, LLC, as confirmed by seller…

July 14, 2026

East Bay Electronics Workshop Offers Free Pickup for Local Students; Ownership and Scale Undisclosed

Safe Cycle Tech says it refurbishes donated phones and laptops for Bay Area students and recycles the rest through…

July 14, 2026

San Francisco Grocery Outlets Deploy Facial Recognition for Shoplifting, Prompting Privacy Concerns

At least four San Francisco Grocery Outlet stores have deployed RealNetworks' SAFR Guard facial recognition technology…

July 14, 2026

Meta Sued Over AI‑Driven Layoffs Targeting Employees on Leave

Meta faces a lawsuit from 26 current and former employees alleging an AI system disproportionately selected individuals…

July 14, 2026

California AB 2540 Heads to Senate Appropriations with Funding Questions Lingering

California's AB 2540, aiming to expand medication abortion access at community colleges, proceeds to a key Senate…

July 14, 2026

Silicon Valley Is Posting More Senior Roles. Whether That Helps Older Workers Is a Different Question.

ZipRecruiter data shows senior-level tech postings rising to 43% of all IT openings — but Oracle's AI-driven layoffs…

July 13, 2026

In the Bay Area, Accountability Still Flows Downward

A WARN filing, an AI transparency ordinance, and an anonymous civic tool all appeared in the same week — and all three…

July 13, 2026

Better311 Tool Offers Hyper‑Local Look at SF Civic Data

A new, anonymously-developed web tool, Better311, lets San Francisco and Oakland residents analyze 311 complaint data…

July 13, 2026

Hundreds Protest AI Tech Giants in San Francisco, Demand Pause on Frontier Models

Hundreds of protestors marched through San Francisco, targeting OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind offices…

July 13, 2026

SF Federal Judge Won't Dismiss Suit Over United's No‑Window 'Window Seats'

A San Francisco federal judge has declined to dismiss a proposed class-action alleging United Airlines charged premium…

July 13, 2026

Mixt's Walnut Creek Expansion Reveals Decade‑Long Journey Through VC, Founder Buyback, and PE Ownership

Mixt, the San Francisco-based salad chain, is opening a new Walnut Creek location, revealing its complex financial…

July 13, 2026

LeeMAH Electronics to Shut Brisbane Plant, Laying Off All 212 Employees

The San Mateo County contract electronics manufacturer filed a California WARN notice July 7, citing "changing business…

July 13, 2026

Meta Kills Muse Image's @-Mention Feature After Privacy Backlash

Meta launched Muse Image on July 7 with a feature that let users generate AI images from any public Instagram account —…

July 13, 2026

Apple Sues OpenAI Over Alleged Hardware Trade Secret Theft; Two Former iPhone Architects Named

Apple has filed a federal lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging theft of trade secrets for a "nascent hardware business" and…

July 13, 2026

Bay Area Office Vacancies Fall in Q2 as AI, Tech Firms Take Up Millions of Square Feet

Bay Area commercial office vacancy rates saw a notable decline in Q2 2026, with San Francisco and Silicon Valley…

July 13, 2026

SF Public Arts Funding Amidst Stalled Private Development

San Francisco is allocating over $14 million in public arts funding for 2025 and 2026, a move that highlights a broader…

July 12, 2026

TQ Ventures Announced It Backed Ahoy. No Form D Has Followed.

TQ Ventures publicly claimed it backed Ahoy, an AI sales startup that launched with a pirate party inside a San…

July 12, 2026

Khosla Family's $9.6 Billion Seahawks Bid Lacks Public Filing, Requires 49ers Divestment

The Khosla family's reported $9.612 billion acquisition of the Seattle Seahawks, while announced by the team, lacks…

July 12, 2026

Chevron to Shift 180 More Employees from San Ramon to Houston by September 2026

Chevron is relocating 180 employees from its San Ramon offices to Houston starting September 1, 2026, a move…

July 12, 2026

Inertia Announces Livermore Fusion Factory, $450M Round Lacks Public Filing

Livermore-based Inertia Enterprises Inc.

July 12, 2026