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- California regulators proposed fines for both ride-hailing companies for failing to prevent the spread of COVID-19 among passengers and drivers. By Chase DiFeliciantonio
- Main Street investors need genuine opportunities to affordably trade, invest and build wealth. By Dennis M. Kelleher
- The round of layoffs comes just three months after On Deck laid off a quarter of its staff in May. By Emma Talley
- The Menlo Park company rode a boom in commission-free stock trading last year but is laying off 23% of its staff after active users and revenue plunged in the past three months. By Roland Li
- Two straight quarters of falling gross domestic product, rising interest rates and tech layoffs are raising recession fears in the Bay Area. By Roland Li
- The social media network scrapped a lease signed less than a year ago in Oakland and closed a San Francisco building. By Roland Li
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Is immigration Silicon Valley’s secret sauce for success? Report says more than half of ‘unicorn’...More than half of U.S. startups valued at $1 billion or more might not exist without immigrant founders, according to a report from the nonprofit National Foundation for American Policy. That includes 153 Bay Area startups. By Chase DiFeliciantonio
- The high-priced sale rivals other eye-popping Bay Area real estate deals in recent years. By Lauren Hepler
- Now, more than ever, it’s vital privacy be protected. S.F.’s new surveillance law is lacking. By Chronicle Editorial Board
- Online home buying, off-market selling, renting extra space by the hour: Startups promising to democratize housing confront questions about inequality. By Lauren Hepler
- Stanford-invented fabric could combat climate change by heating and cooling its wearers By Carolyn Said
- Federal legislation on privacy protections for personal data collected by businesses won approval from a House committee over objections from two California members and Gov. Newsom, who say the measure would largely override California law. By Bob Egelko
- The state’s budget includes $5 million for cultivated meat research at three universities. By Larissa Zimberoff
- Sales tax revenue is rebounding across the city, but downtown continues to struggle and inflation is making the recovery an uphill battle. By Chase DiFeliciantonio
- The San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously backed a new delivery fee cap on Tuesday. In exchange, DoorDash and Grubhub have said they will drop a lawsuit they filed against the city. By Elena Kadvany
- Uber will pay a multi-million dollar settlement to compensate people with disabilities who had to pay wait time fees, something the DOJ said was a violation of federal law. By Chase DiFeliciantonio
- Cruise, the company testing driverless taxi rides at night on San Francisco streets, was aware that its vehicles were often stalling, an anonymous employee told the California Public Utilities Commission. The commission approved the paid robotaxi... By Michael Cabanatuan
- The video decrying the state of San Francisco in reaction to a Chronicle story racked up 167,000 views on Instagram and TikTok. By Roland Li
- East Bay startup Berkeley Yeast produces genetically modified strains that can produce wildly tropical flavors. Craft brewers throughout the Bay Area have embraced it. By Esther Mobley
- Food delivery giants DoorDash and Grubhub have agreed to drop a contentious lawsuit filed against San Francisco in exchange for modified delivery fee cap. By Elena Kadvany
- The Bay Area remains the top place for North American tech talent, but it’s losing ground to other rising hubs like Toronto, Seattle and Austin, and the number of remote job listings is also shooting up. By Roland Li
- Salesforce is cutting its San Francisco office space for the third time during the pandemic, listing 40% of the 43-story 50 Fremont St. for lease. By Roland Li
- Elon Musk’s termination last week of a $44 billion deal to buy Twitter is another dose of uncertainty for Mid-Market. By Roland Li
- Elon Musk is seeking to terminate a deal to buy Twitter, blaming the company for withholding information on the amount of spam and fake accounts. By Roland Li
- Employers are adjusting to the remote work reality by increasingly offering benefits that can be used outside the office setting. By Chase DiFeliciantonio
- The San Francisco company said the team had been reprioritized during the current hiring freeze. By Chase DiFeliciantonio
- More than a fifth of San Francisco’s beleaguered office market remains vacant despite a handful of major leases in the second quarter, a sign that a sustained pandemic recovery remains elusive. By Roland Li
- San Francisco’s tech-centered economy could be hit hard by a potential recession. By Roland Li
- Apple co-founder and San Francisco native Steve Jobs will be posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, the White House said on Friday. By Roland Li
- The suit was one of several filed on behalf of current and former African American and non-white employees and contractors alleging a culture of racism and abuse at the factory that the company knowingly failed to prevent. By Chase DiFeliciantonio