MENLO PARK, Calif. — Hundreds of janitors have been on strike since Tuesday at various Bay Area Meta (Facebook) campuses in anticipation of massive layoffs, demanding that the tech giant hold its janitorial contractor accountable to crafting a new agre…
Ex-Uber chief security officer pleads guilty to covering up 2016 data breach
SAN FRANCISCO – The ex-chief security officer of Uber Technologies Inc. has been convicted of covering up a 2016 data breach involving 57 million of the San Francisco-based ride-hailing company’s users, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. A jury o…
Facebook aided genocide in 2017 and fails to stop hate speech around the world: reports
A new human rights report accuses Facebook of aiding the 2017 genocide against Muslims in Myanmar, while other reports allege the company continues to allow its platform to spread dangerous disinformation and hate speech in other countries. In the mont…
Elizabeth Holmes gets reprieve from expected prison term as sentencing delayed
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes on Monday received a reprieve from an expected prison sentence, with the judge in her case delaying her sentencing for up to three months. Holmes, convicted in January on four counts of felony fraud in connection with …
A walking tour of San Francisco’s Barbary Coast Trail, from the man who designed it
SAN JOSE, Calif. — It turns out headhunting in early San Francisco really did involve hunting and noggins, though in quite unpleasant terms. Captains needing sailors had runners lure men to saloons with promises of free liquor and fun women. Instead, t…
SF Giants end home slate same way as it started — a walk-off win
SAN FRANCISCO — Six months ago, on Opening Day, the Giants were still riding high from their 107-win season. Brandon Belt was still “The Captain,” riding in on a boat along the warning track. Logan Webb looked the part of staff ace. Darin Ruf was on th…
‘We don’t have a place to go’: Clearing out the Bay Area’s two largest homeless encampments
Bay Area authorities are in the final stages of closing the region’s two largest homeless encampments, displacing hundreds of unhoused people as they clear massive clusters of tents, shacks and broken-down vehicles that have drawn complaints for years….
Giants postseason hopes technically alive after win against Arizona
SAN FRANCISCO — The odds are slimmer than slim, but the San Francisco Giants have not been eliminated from playoff contention yet. The Giants’ 10-4 win against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night — along with a Milwaukee Brewers win and Philadelph…
Manhunt continues for Oakland school shooters who injured 6
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Two days after an Oakland school shooting left six people injured, police continue to search for the gunmen who stormed the campus before fleeing in a getaway car. As the manhunt pushed past 48 hours on Friday, police offered no new …
California food-delivery startup Locale fined $140,000 by feds for using child drivers
Federal workplace regulators have fined San Jose food-delivery startup Locale $140,000 for employing more than six dozen teenaged drivers in violation of child-labor law. The drivers, aged 16 and 17, made deliveries for Locale between July 2020 and Jul…