1+ week, 4+ day ago   (673+ words) After nearly a month of intense closed-door negotiations, California lawmakers on the last day of session killed a compromise bill that failed to insulate utilities when they cause catastrophic wildfires. “The proposal before us does not yet deliver the relief,…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (338+ words) Aspiring entrepreneurs and small business owners can take their ideas from concept to launch this fall with Piedmont Adult School’s new Startup Founder Series, which focuses on some of the most important challenges entrepreneurs face. The series includes three free…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (350+ words) In the opening of what is expected to be a lengthy and tense federal trial, a lawyer representing California and three other states suing tech giant Meta told jurors the company misled “users, legislators, teachers and parents’ for years” about…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (1628+ words) A SMALL TEAM OF STUDENTS and faculty advisors from the University of California, Berkeley recently accomplished what no one had ever thought to do before — quantify the local economic benefits of the university’s entrepreneurial “ecosystem.” Turns out, it’s nothing to…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (989+ words) For over six years, a Los Angeles-area fiduciary altered bank statements and fudged court reports to steal more than $6 million from his clients, the California Attorney General’s Office claims, setting up what it called a “Ponzi-style” scheme to rob people…...