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Share the Spirit: White Pony Express combats East Bay food insecurity
White Pony Express is aiming to chip away at food insecurity in the East Bay.
Holiday cheer: Major price hikes not expected for Christmas trees
National Christmas Tree Association urges families to buy early ensure the best selection of trees.
Black Friday: Bay Area shoppers still worried about prices, but appear ready to spend this holiday season
Optimistic prediction comes despite widespread anxiety over higher prices.
Krugman: Hostility to immigrants will hurt America’s tech sector
If Trump follows through on anti-immigration pledges, the sweeps likely won't spare legal, highly educated workers.
Larry Magid: NotebookLM is a Google tool for fake podcasts, real research
You can now record fake hosts singing your praises
AG Bonta charges California construction firm with felony wage theft and tax evasion
A wood framing company is accused of stiffing workers and the state $2.6 million. Two employees could face penalties and jail if convicted.
Gov. Newsom sets himself up as a foil to Elon Musk and Donald Trump
(Bloomberg) -- As Elon Musk prepares to wield more power in Washington, the state where he built his fortune is girding for a fight.
California gobbles more home-grown turkeys than you think
In 2023, California produced 6.2 million turkeys, each with an average weight of 31.9 pounds.
Bay Area home sales rebound in October after mortgage rates drop to two-year low
Some buyers rushed back into the market after mortgage rates dropped to their lowest level in two years.
Healthcare leviathan Kaiser shrinks downtown Oakland footprint again
Kaiser Permanente is warning it plans to slash its downtown Oakland headquarters footprint.
Silicon Valley tech boom lifts California’s dreary budget view
A gauge of the so-called Magnificent Seven mega tech companies — Alphabet, Amazon.com Inc., Apple, Meta, Microsoft Corp., Nvidia and Tesla Inc. — is up 56% so far this year, more than twice the advance of the SP 500 Index.
Larry Magid: Navigating gifts, giving and online safety
Beware of grinches that lurk this time of year
US Justice Department seeks Google Chrome sale to curb monopoly
The US Justice Department and a group of states proposed major changes to Alphabet Inc.’s Google — including a forced sale of the company’s Chrome web browser — after a landmark ruling that the tech giant illegally monopolized online search.
25 Southern California tech firms make fast-growth list
Highest-ranked local firm was Gamefam, a video-game developer and platform from Los Angeles.
Larry Magid: Navigating gifts, giving and online safety
Beware of grinches that lurk this time of year
Kaiser preps construction project for modern hospital in San Jose
Construction of a new state-of-the-art Kaiser Permanente hospital is getting underway in San Jose.
California’s ‘Trump-proofing’ likely won’t include AI — at least not yet
President-elect Trump has vowed to rescind an executive order that imposed AI safeguards, and could use tech to enable mass deportations. How far will California go in the other direction?
Google unveils unique and eco-friendly mass timber Sunnyvale office
Google has unveiled its first mass timber office building, a cutting-edge and eco-friendly structure in Sunnyvale.