Summary List Placement This week, Microsoft committed to paying as much as $19.7 billion for Nuance Communications, a company that once upon a time provided voice-to-text software for Windows and has since pivoted into artificial intelligence-powered assistance for health practitioners. The deal — Microsoft’s second-largest ever after LinkedIn — follows a big run of M&A […]
San Jose flooring company owner charged with wage theft
SAN JOSE – A San Jose flooring company owner has been charged with failing to pay nearly $1 million in overtime wages to employees, the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office said. Martin Helda, 33, is facing 20 felony counts of workers compensation premium fraud, Employment Development Department fraud and wage theft, prosecutors said in […]
Expert: Officer Chauvin was justified in kneeling on Floyd
By Amy Forliti, Steve Karnowski and Tammy Webber | Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — Former Officer Derek Chauvin was justified in pinning George Floyd to the ground because he kept struggling, a use-of-force expert testified for the defense Tuesday, contradicting a parade of authorities from both inside and outside the Minneapolis Police Department. Taking the stand […]
Milpitas: Stratford private school to open second campus this fall
MILPITAS — Stratford School, a private school company with more than two dozen campuses across California, will be opening a second campus in Milpitas this fall. The company said it is remodeling a two-story building at 25 Corning Ave. to create a new, K-5 elementary school. It’ll include 18 classrooms, a multipurpose room with a […]
Redwood City passes temporary hazard pay for grocery, drugstore workers
REDWOOD CITY — Redwood City on Monday became the latest Bay Area city to require temporary hazard pay for grocery and pharmacy workers, but the councilwoman who pushed the measure thinks more can be done. City council members voted unanimously to require all grocery stores and pharmacies with more than 750 employees nationwide to give […]
Amazon’s AI-powered cameras are a double-edged sword that could make drivers safer, but also force the company to sacrifice productivity, a transportation expert says (AMZN)
Summary List Placement Amazon recently installed AI-powered surveillance cameras in its delivery trucks that monitor drivers’ behavior in what the company says is an effort to reduce risky driving behaviors and collisions. Whether the cameras ultimately accomplish that goal may depend on how much productivity Amazon is willing to sacrifice in order to keep drivers […]
Don’t start doubting the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines — after 185 million doses, there are no red flags about blood clots
Summary List Placement For the first time in the US’s vaccine rollout, regulators have pumped the breaks on an authorized coronavirus shot. On Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration together recommended a temporary pause in the distribution of Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine while regulators investigate six reports […]
Lowrie, A’s stay hot, rally past Diamondbacks to complete sweep
PHOENIX, Ariz. — His shirt simply read “The Kid” in the upper left-hand corner, an homage to Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr. But when Oakland A’s second baseman Jed Lowrie’s shirt was pointed out during the Zoom call on Monday night, the 36-year-old took the opportunity to joke that it had a deeper meaning. […]
Palo Alto: Apartment proposal in single-family neighborhood can’t move forward, council decides
Single-family zoning isn’t going away any time soon in Palo Alto after city council members decided this week that apartment buildings don’t belong there. After deliberating for hours Monday night, the council voted 5-2 to make clear that the “planned home” zoning tool it approved in February 2020 to expedite housing projects only applies to […]
Letters: Broken promises | Welcoming Livermore | Georgia law | Reason for recall | Syrian tragedy | No place for hate
Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor. Another solar facility, another broken promise Last month Alameda County Supervisor David Haubert voted to approve the massive Aramis industrial solar plant in North Livermore Valley without the county first completing a comprehensive solar policy as Haubert had called for […]
‘Time to refocus’: Silicon Valley’s embattled chamber of commerce names new leader
Six months after the head of Silicon Valley’s largest chamber of commerce resigned in the wake of a racist campaign ad posted by the group, the Silicon Valley Organization has named its new president. Derrick Seaver, chief of staff for Santa Clara County Supervisor Susan Ellenberg, has been unanimously chosen by the group’s search committee […]
St. Vincent seeks aid as volcano keeps erupting
By Kristin Deane and Danica Coto | Associated Press KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent — Leaders of volcano-wracked St. Vincent said Tuesday that water is running short as heavy ash contaminates supplies, and they estimated that the eastern Caribbean island will need hundreds of millions of dollars to recover from the eruption of La Soufriere. Between 16,000 […]