PG&E has completed a nearly billion-dollar purchase of its downtown Oakland headquarters and adjacent site.

https://www.siliconvalley.com/2025/06/05/pge-oakland-property-build-real-estate-economy-power-electric-gas-bill/

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Michelle Hughes just spent $677 to have a Sears technician repair her GE refrigerator. It doesn't work. Does she still have to pay for the repair?

https://www.siliconvalley.com/2025/02/07/problem-solved-this-sears-refrigerator-cant-be-repaired-do-i-still-have-to-pay-677/

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Santana Row in west San Jose has landed three new office tenants and a cafe in a burst of fresh leases.

https://www.siliconvalley.com/2025/02/06/san-jose-economy-tech-office-build-property-real-estate-santana-row-jobs/

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On December 17th, the Environmental Protection Agency granted a waiver to the California Air Resources Board (CARB) authorizing the enforcement of its Advanced Clean Cars II (ACC II) regulations. The controversial regulatory framework aims to phase out the sale of conventional internal combustion vehicles by 2035, and eleven other states have adopted California’s aggressive approach.

https://www.siliconvalley.com/2025/01/05/californias-advanced-clean-cars-ii-regulations-receive-epa-approval/

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Academic performance rises and food costs fall when all students have access to nutritious food.

https://www.siliconvalley.com/2024/09/19/opinion-want-cheaper-grocery-bills-give-kids-free-school-meals/

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Workers in some states have seen sharply higher earnings, especially in scenic areas that are appealing to remote workers and have labor shortages.

https://www.siliconvalley.com/2024/08/21/most-workers-make-about-the-same-as-before-the-pandemic-except-in-these-states/

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Of all the levers governments have to affect the economy, it’s the easiest to use -- and hence to abuse.

https://www.siliconvalley.com/2024/08/17/krugman-why-presidents-should-keep-their-hands-off-the-fed/

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Rich companies get richer and big ones get bigger, building on their success to shield themselves from market pressures.

https://www.siliconvalley.com/2024/08/08/opinion-google-exemplifies-the-lack-of-competition-in-the-tech-world/

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Those trillion-dollar firms that support vital infrastructure bear a responsibility to protect our safety and security.

https://www.siliconvalley.com/2024/07/27/opinion-crowdstrike-outage-shows-danger-of-depending-on-big-tech-overlords/

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Justices say platforms have First Amendment rights, barring government from forcing them to keep or delete content.

https://www.siliconvalley.com/2024/07/03/feldman-supreme-court-social-media-ruling-is-a-free-speech-landmark/

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Mayor Lily Mei is termed out at the end of this year.

https://www.siliconvalley.com/2024/06/27/fremont-mayor-prioritizes-affordable-housing-hiring-more-cops-and-firefighters-in-final-state-of-the-city-address/

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Young people's need for extra reassurance shows that the pandemic's full toll is still becoming apparent.

https://www.siliconvalley.com/2024/06/22/granderson-so-what-if-gen-z-applicants-bring-their-parents-to-a-job-interview/

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Consumer advocates say the changes would also mean rate hikes for many Californians.

https://www.siliconvalley.com/2024/06/13/heres-where-california-could-push-insurers-to-cover-more-fire-risk-homes/

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The inflation rate in the Bay Area as measured by consumer prices rose at a faster pace in April compared with the last several months.

https://www.siliconvalley.com/2024/05/15/bay-area-inflation-consumer-price-food-electric-gas-economy-april/

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British Airways cancels Maureen Kelleher's flight from Cairo to Boston and rebooks her on a different airline. But it also downgrades her from business class to economy class. Is she entitled to a refund?

https://www.siliconvalley.com/2024/05/12/travel-troubleshooter-road-scholar-downgrades-traveler-from-business-to-economy/

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Reports of smartphones and social media threatening brain development use neuroscience as a scare tactic.

https://www.siliconvalley.com/2024/05/02/commentary-opinion-does-social-media-rewire-kids-brains-heres-what-the-science-really-says/

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Applied Materials has grabbed a chunk of property in Sunnyvale as the tech titan widens its Bay Area shopping spree.

https://www.siliconvalley.com/2024/03/22/south-bay-sunnyvale-tech-real-estate-buy-sell-build-economy-develop/

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Unlike rising prices we saw soon after the pandemic onset, the more recent bout was driven by the cost of shelter.

https://www.siliconvalley.com/2024/03/16/opinion-inflation-isnt-the-real-problem-for-the-us-economy-the-housing-shortage-is/

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Michael Hart, a 58-year-old man from San Diego, pleaded not guilty to smuggling hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs — commonly used in air conditioning and refrigeration — and selling them for profit, in a federal court hearing Monday.

https://www.siliconvalley.com/2024/03/05/california-man-charged-with-smuggling-greenhouse-gases-from-mexico-into-us-in-first-of-a-kind-prosecution/

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Once sunlight can no longer reach the lander's solar panels, operations will end. Intuitive Machines expects that to happen sometime between Tuesday afternoon and early Wednesday.

https://www.siliconvalley.com/2024/02/27/with-its-last-hours-of-life-moon-lander-sends-back-photos/

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The spacious property located in the 5900 block of Sorrel Avenue in San Jose was sold on Feb. 6, 2024. The $1,702,000 purchase price works out to $797 per square foot. The house, built in 1965, has an interior space of 2,136 square feet.

https://www.siliconvalley.com/2024/02/26/single-family-residence-sells-in-san-jose-for-1-7-million-3-2/

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The spacious property located in the 100 block of La Cienega Court in Los Gatos was sold on Jan. 31, 2024. The $3,320,000 purchase price works out to $1,386 per square foot. The house, built in 2008, has an interior space of 2,395 square feet.

https://www.siliconvalley.com/2024/02/20/four-bedroom-home-sells-for-3-3-million-in-los-gatos/

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A 1,504-square-foot house built in 1957 has changed hands. The property located in the 200 block of Garden Hill Drive in Los Gatos was sold on Jan. 31, 2024. The $2,200,000 purchase price works out to $1,463 per square foot.

https://www.siliconvalley.com/2024/02/19/single-family-house-in-los-gatos-sells-for-2-2-million/

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What is a XM? The XM is an all new luxury high performance full size SUV built in the Spartanburg, SC, USA assembly plant and sold worldwide by BMW.

https://www.siliconvalley.com/2024/02/18/the-2024-bmw-xm-red-label-phev-high-performance-suv/

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To commemorate the Year of the Dragon, the Japanese beer company teamed up with Tokyo Hiro to design a dragon-themed package for its first nationally available six-pack.

https://www.siliconvalley.com/2024/02/13/oc-based-tattoo-icon-tokyo-hiro-leaves-his-mark-on-sapporos-new-six-pack/

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The spacious property located in the 13400 block of Alder Court in Saratoga was sold on Jan. 12, 2024 for $4,300,000, or $1,594 per square foot.

https://www.siliconvalley.com/2024/02/07/single-family-house-sells-in-saratoga-for-4-3-million-2/

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