May 19, 2021 Silicon Valley’s Bicycle Backlog: Covid-era Shipping Issues and New Demand Causes a Shortage By Grace Stetson The shortage is another unlikely ripple effect of the pandemic that has hampered the supply pipeline for businesses, from bikes to boba tea. Read More 0
May 17, 2021 San Jose Police Arrest Suspects in 2020 Double Homicide By Bay City News The deaths marked San Jose’s 27th and 28th homicides of 2020. Read More 1
May 17, 2021 Spate of Dead Birds Found in Rural South County Raise Concerns By Michael Moore The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has investigated the cause of death of two doves and one hawk near Redwood Retreat Road. Read More 1
May 15, 2021 The Real Faces of Silicon Valley By Mary Beth Meehan and Fred Turner As the valley’s tech companies have driven the U.S. economy since the Great Recession, the region remains one of the most unequal. Read More 4
May 14, 2021 Q&A: Why the Inventor of the Cellular Phone says ‘Don’t Ever Fall in Love with the Technology’ By Steve Palopoli The inventor of the cell phone, Martin Cooper, talks about his new book and why we’ve barely begun to harness the power of cellular technology. Read More 0
May 4, 2021 Update: SJ Council Approves Breeze of Innovation Project By Katie Lauer The design came out on top of a world-wide search for San Jose’s new, iconic landmark, but some advocates are pushing back on the project. Read More 14
May 2, 2021 California Is Awash in Cash, Thanks to a Booming Market By Matt Phillips The stock market has soared to new heights, prompting a record number of Silicon Valley companies to go public. Read More 5
May 1, 2021 Google Redesigns the Office for Gen Z and a Post-pandemic Era By Daisuke Wakabayashi Google is creating a post-pandemic workplace that will accommodate employees who got used to working from home over the past year. Read More 5
April 22, 2021 Chuck Geschke, Father of Desktop Publishing, Dies at 81 By Cade Metz Geschke was an Adobe founder who helped develop fundamental ways of creating, sharing and printing digital documents. Read More 0
April 17, 2021 Q&A: Derrick Seaver’s Big Plans as the SVO’s New President By Katie Lauer Seaver takes the helm at the regional chamber of commerce May 17, but first he sat down to talk about his priorities, economy and even Google. Read More 2
April 15, 2021 How California Could Benefit in the $2.2T Infrastructure Proposal By Shawn Hubler Perhaps more than any other part of the country, California stands to benefit from the $2.2 trillion proposal by Joe Biden. Read More 2
April 13, 2021 The Silicon Valley Organization Names New President and CEO By Katie Lauer Derrick Seaver is currently Santa Clara County Supervisor Susan Ellenberg’s Chief of Staff, but isn't new to the SVO. Read More 5
April 10, 2021 How Bay Area Musicians Kept Music Alive in the Year of Covid By Woody Weingarten, Bay City News Covid-19 financially stunted hundreds of Bay Area performers over the past year, but some found a way to succeed anyway. Read More 0
April 9, 2021 Clubhouse’s Allure and Pitfalls as the New Social Media Sensation By Liza Monroy The Clubhouse app became a social media sensation by evolving the art of conversation. Will it end up an echo chamber? Read More 0
April 2, 2021 Op-Ed: Our Post-Covid Lives Shouldn’t Go Back to ‘Normal’—They Should Go Back Better By Susan Ellenberg Last year was all about triage. It is now time to move into recovery, with the primary focus on areas that impact the lives of our families. Read More 3
April 1, 2021 Is Music Over at Mills College? By Geeta Dayal A hotbed of experimental sound for nearly a century, this school in Oakland is preparing to close its doors. Read More 15