Summary List Placement Hello everyone! Welcome to this weekly roundup of Business Insider stories from co-Editor in Chief Matt Turner. Subscribe here to get this newsletter in your inbox every Sunday. Hello! I want to start by highlighting three in-depth stories we published in the past 24 hours. Rob Price, Meghan Morris, and Becky Peterson described […]
Newsom vs. Disney: Pandemic depresses California’s fun businesses
One-third of California’s pandemic job losses can be tied to the decimation of the business of providing fun. Business limitations designed to slow the spread of coronavirus — plus the public’s unease about crowded spaces — has pummeled what had been a job-creation machine: the industries that serve locals and tourists seeking entertainment, lodging and […]
Napa County’s Pope Fire is 80% contained
By Bay City News Service The Pope Fire burning near the Napa County communities of Angwin and St. Helena is holding at 61 acres burned with containment up to 80 percent, Cal Fire said Sunday morning. The wildfire was first reported about 4 p.m. Friday near Lower Chiles Valley Road and Chiles Pope Valley Road. […]
Weather: Diablo Winds kick off Sunday evening, pose increased fire danger
MONTEREY — High winds with forecasted gusts of up to 70 miles an hour at the highest peaks are set to buffet the Bay Area starting Sunday evening, a grave warning for firefighters who have been aided by favorable weather the past week. The kind of cold, humid air that blanketed much of the San […]
Three Points: Rapids show rust in 4-0 loss to Sporting Kansas City
While everyone else in MLS played on, the Rapids were sidelined for the past 31 days due to a team-wide COVID-19 outbreak. Their lack of training was obvious in a 4-0 walloping from Sporting Kansas City. Here are three takeaways from Saturday’s match: Rusty Rapids Colorado returned to training this week. During most of their […]
White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows says ‘we are not going to control the pandemic’
Summary List Placement White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows on Sunday said that the United States would not “control” the coronavirus, in the face of rising infections across the country and over 225,000 deaths from the highly contagious disease, according to CNN. Speaking to CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union,” Meadows pushed […]
My AP top-25 ballot: Alabama remains No. 1 as the Big Ten makes its debut, led by Ohio State
The Big Ten returned to the field this weekend and will now be considered for my weekly ballot. Same with the Mountain West. Teams from the Pac-12 will be eligible starting the weekend of Nov. 7. How I plan to incorporate the late arrivals is neither mystery or science: Here’s the best explanation I can […]
Q&A: 10% of California renters could face eviction without more federal aid
With one out of five California households struggling to make their next rent or mortgage payment, hundreds of thousands are facing the threat of eviction or foreclosure, according to the latest report by UC Berkeley’s Terner Center for Housing Innovation. Related Articles Bay Area housing insecurity deepens with COVID pandemic The study found that 48% […]
Startup Vowel used this pitch deck to raise $4.3 million as it comes out of stealth to challenge Zoom in the hot video-conferencing market
Summary List Placement Video-conferencing was already a hot space dominated by the likes of Zoom and Microsoft Teams when the founders of Vowel launched the platform in 2018. Then, the market exploded with the pandemic and the sharp pivot to remote work, opening up new opportunities for the startup, which came out of stealth mode […]
More than 57 million Americans have already voted, suggesting a huge voter turnout for 2020. But it’s not clear who that would favor.
Summary List Placement More than 57 million Americans have already voted with more than a week to go. The data comes from the US Elections Project which is run by Dr. Michael P. McDonald, a political science professor at the University of Florida. It says that the number of votes cast already is already 41.7% […]
San Pablo Ave. in El Cerrito reopens after shooting investigation
Bay City News Service EL CERRITO — A shooting investigation prompted police to close both directions of San Pablo Avenue between Macdonald and Conlon avenues Sunday morning. Details were sparse, but a police spokesman said a victim was hit by gunfire and is in the hospital. The street closure notice was issued at 5:30 a.m. […]
I’m a Black founder. Here’s how I’m practicing self-care during the pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement.
Summary List Placement In 2017, I started Goodr, a company on a mission to solve hunger and food waste. I knew that hunger was not just an issue of scarcity; it’s a matter of logistics. One in four children is going hungry in the United States and over 35 million people suffered from food insecurity […]