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California DMV Orders 11,000 Drivers to Retest. The Agency Won't Say Why.
The California DMV has told 11,000 drivers to retake their knowledge tests within 30 days or lose their licenses…
Bay Area’s Billion‑Dollar Tech Valuations Clash with Ground‑Level Economic Realities
The Bay Area is grappling with a growing economic chasm, as immense tech valuations like Anthropic’s contrast sharply…
Meta Appeals $6 Million Social Media Addiction Verdict, Citing Section 230 and First Amendment
A Los Angeles jury found Meta and YouTube liable for a teen's addiction to their platforms in March; a state court…
Oakland Roots Are Leaving the Coliseum — a Building John Fisher Hasn't Finished Buying
The Roots confirmed Thursday they'll play their final season at the Oakland Coliseum in 2026, citing costs and lost…
Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s Big Sur Retreat Hits Market for $2 Million
The Big Sur property once owned by Beat Generation icon Lawrence Ferlinghetti is on the market for $2 million, marking…
San Jose Is Paying for Its Own Restaurant Promotion — and the Bill Keeps Growing
Nearly 90% of the San Jose Downtown Association's "Dine Downtown" budget comes from city contracts and BID funds — and…
Anthropic Is Worth Nearly $1 Trillion. Its New SF Lab Job Pays $65K.
Anthropic posted a San Francisco bench-science job paying $65,000–$85,000 — below HUD's low-income threshold for the…
Downtown San Jose's 'Vibrant Powerhouse' Claim Meets High Office Vacancy Reality
Downtown San Jose's 'Dine Downtown' promotion is presented as a sign of vitality, but current commercial real estate…
Disney's AI Deepfake for Moana Died in Legal Limbo. SF's ILM Did the Work Instead.
Disney and UK AI firm Metaphysic spent 18 months trying to build an AI digital double of Dwayne Johnson for the…
Five Former xAI Employees Tell the Same Story. The SpaceX IPO Made the Stakes Clear.
A new account of extreme working conditions at Elon Musk's AI lab is consistent with everything already on record — and…
Prologis Wants to Build a 99‑Megawatt Data Center in South San Jose. The Site Was Only Cleared for a Warehouse.
Prologis has filed city planning documents for a 516,000-square-foot, 99-megawatt data center in South San Jose — but…
SFO International Terminal Computers Went Down Wednesday Night, Forcing Manual Check‑ins on Up to 14 Flights
A Wednesday-night computer outage at SFO's international terminal knocked out ticket-counter systems and forced manual…
Startups Claim It, Agencies Deny It: Bay Area's Two‑Sided AI Accountability Problem
Two Bay Area stories from the same week reveal opposite failure modes for AI accountability: a startup launches an…
C&H Sugar's Strike Lands Raw Sugar — and a Health Question — at a Richmond Industrial Terminal
A cargo diversion triggered by a four-week labor dispute at C&H Sugar's Crockett refinery has put raw sugar alongside…
Ahoy Launches AI Meeting App with Pirate Party Inside SF's Pink Painted Lady
An AI startup co-founded by two ex-HubSpot engineers threw a free, pirate-themed open house at Alamo Square's historic…
FasTrak’s Phantom Tolls Expose ALPR Weakness, Alameda County Commission Points to "High Confidence" Misreads
An Alameda County Transportation Commission license plate reader repeatedly misidentified a Los Angeles woman's plate…
Global Stack LLC's Undeclared Backing for Bay Area Data Centers Undermines Grand Pitches
A newly formed company, Global Stack LLC, is actively pitching a network of 8 data centers at Bay Area fairgrounds.
Chronic Tacos Opens Danville Outpost, Franchisees Drive Bay Area Expansion
Chronic Tacos, a Southern California-based Mexican food chain, has opened its first Bay Area location in Danville…
Altman Arson Suspect Found Eligible for Mental Health Diversion — Defense Says No
A court-ordered mental health evaluation found Daniel Moreno Gama eligible for diversion, but his own defense attorney…
Muon Space Puts Three FireSat Satellites in Orbit; the $69M Behind Them Belongs to a Nonprofit
Three wildfire-detection satellites built by Muon Space lifted off from Vandenberg on July 7 aboard SpaceX's…
Raising Cane's Files North Bay Permits, Routing Napa Site Around a 2021 Council Denial
The Louisiana-based chicken chain has submitted permit applications for sites in Rohnert Park and Napa — but the Napa…
SFO Opens Bids for Private Terminal That Would Let Members Skip TSA Lines
SFO is taking bids September 30–October 7 for a private luxury terminal on Plot 42, a 75,000-square-foot parcel off…
Four Stories, One Pattern: Bay Area's Narrative Economy Keeps Running Ahead of Its Filings
A warehouse fire without an 8-K, a $22 billion valuation without a Form D, homebuyers bidding on unannounced IPOs —…
Huawei Aito M5 Sighting on I‑880 Unconfirmed by California Regulators
A Reddit user's claim of a Huawei Aito M5 EV on I-880 with a manufacturer plate is not supported by public regulatory…