1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (361+ words) UC Riverside scientists can’t tell us when a major earthquake will hit. But they’ve developed a new technique to predict where. In a paper published this summer in Geophysical Research Letters, UCR geophysicists Gareth Funning and Axel Periollat described how…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (354+ words) A fast-casual Vietnamese street food–inspired restaurant is set to open its first North Bay restaurant Sept. 19 at Town Center Corte Madera, marking the Bay Area chain’s ninth location. The 2,401-square-foot Asian Box restaurant at 147 Corte Madera Town Center Drive,…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (378+ words) By Mark Gurman, Bloomberg Apple Inc. said that new Chief Executive Officer John Ternus will get a compensation package worth about $58 million in fiscal 2027, while Tim Cook’s role as executive chairman will pay around $47 million. The company made the disclosure…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (203+ words) SiliconValley.com The Art Docents of Los Gatos are hosting an informational coffee open house on Sept. 10 to attract more volunteers. The nonprofit serves almost 3,000 students in the Los Gatos Union School District, which includes four elementary schools and Fisher…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (449+ words) SAN JOSE — Citing “strong tailwinds” for the Silicon Valley economy, a London-based investment group has bought a vast South Bay real estate portfolio of dozens of office and research buildings in San Jose, Santa Clara and Milpitas. The purchases by…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (215+ words) A new study looks at how much annual household income it takes to be considered middle-class in the most expensive cities in the U.S. Not surprisingly, Bay Area cities took up eight spots in the list of the 10 most expensive cities…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (461+ words) WALNUT CREEK — An eight-story residential tower development recently greenlit by planning commissioners promises to add 104 new homes to downtown Walnut Creek. Upon completion, it would be the tallest building in the city’s commercial corridor. Bay Area firm Align Real Estate,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (921+ words) Actual wars. Trade wars. Pricey gasoline. Reignited inflation. And rising interest rates, notably mortgage rates. That 2026 summary doesn’t sound like a formula for California’s economy to fare better than the nation overall, according to some key business measures. However, my…...

2+ week, 13+ hour ago   (325+ words) By Andrew Oxford and Michelle Ma | Bloomberg California Governor Gavin Newsom’s push to shield publicly traded utilities from some wildfire liabilities has been blocked by state lawmakers, according to people familiar with the negotiations. Newsom and legislators who are part…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (435+ words) By Andrew Oxford and Michelle Ma, Bloomberg California lawmakers are lining up against Governor Gavin Newsom’s push to rewrite how the state assigns financial responsibility for wildfires sparked by equipment owned by publicly traded utilities. Insurance companies argue the plan…...