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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…

July 12, 2026

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…

July 11, 2026

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…

July 11, 2026

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…

July 10, 2026

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…

July 10, 2026

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…

July 10, 2026

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…

July 9, 2026

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…

July 9, 2026

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…

July 9, 2026

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…

July 9, 2026

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…

July 9, 2026

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…

July 9, 2026

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…

July 9, 2026

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…

July 9, 2026

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…

July 8, 2026

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…

July 8, 2026

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.

July 8, 2026

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…

July 8, 2026

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…

July 8, 2026

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…

July 8, 2026

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…

July 8, 2026

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…

July 8, 2026

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 —…

July 8, 2026

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…

July 8, 2026