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Protesters wearing shirts with fake blood lined the streets of Google’s Mountain View headquarters this morning during one of its largest conferences, demanding the Bay Area tech giant divest from projects that support Palestinian genocide.The peaceful protest drew roughly …
A wave of labor disputes is hitting Silicon Valley’s overburdened hospitals as health care workers reach their breaking point with pay and working conditions.Resident physicians working in county hospitals are protesting for higher wages in front of Santa Clara …
They were odd jobs, but somebody had to do them. On International Workers’ Day, one peripatetic laborer shares his career lowlights.
Frontline physicians at Kaiser Permanente in Santa Clara County plan to unionize, and are the last Northern California group within the giant private hospital system to make the move.More than 400 resident and fellow physicians across the Northern California …
The new leader of a once-powerful San Jose business group is determined to rebuild the organization after years of controversy.Bay Area native Leah Toeniskoetter began her role as CEO of the San Jose Chamber of Commerce in January. She …
Thousands of nurses across Santa Clara County’s strained and overburdened public hospital system may go on strike again — just weeks after taking to the picket line.Contract negotiations between county management and leaders with the Registered Nurses Professional Association …
Construction began this week on the City of Gilroy’s grant-funded makeover of Gourmet Alley in the downtown, and some business and property owners are concerned about the possible impact the work will have on their operations.
A study of Santa Clara County’s public contracts shows only a fraction goes to small, local businesses.The county launched a vendor disparity study in 2022 to examine the number of minority-owned businesses that won public contracts between July 2016 …
Cupertino officials had hoped to see revenues funneling in from two hotels — instead they found themselves approving permit extensions.The Cupertino City Council on Wednesday unanimously extended the development timeline for two upscale hotels by three years, due to …
Hundreds of nurses who work at Saint Louise Regional Hospital are on strike, joining the picket line with their colleagues represented by the Registered Nurses Professional Association. The healthcare workers are protesting alleged unfair labor practices exhibited by their employer, …
Progressive and labor-friendly politicians have enjoyed a majority on the San Jose City Council for the past two years, but the November elections may flip the balance.Formidable business-backed candidates advanced in every council race during the March 5 primaries, …
The nurses’ union says county management failed to bargain in good faith around working conditions and safety issues that impact nurses and patient care.
The San Francisco 49ers are offering Santa Clara a deal that would pour millions of dollars in city coffers, a last ditch effort by the NFL team to end litigation that’s dragged on for more than two years.The effort …
More than 3,000 Santa Clara County nurses are at an an impasse with county officials and are headed to the picket lines over pay increases and workplace conditions.The Registered Nurses Professional Association plans to strike from April 2-4, with …
The Morgan Hill Unified School District has begun issuing layoff notices to staff in an effort to cut about $5.5 million from the budget before the 2024-25 school year begins.
Bay Area sports organizers are starting to plan for two major events coming to the South Bay in 2026, and officials in one Silicon Valley city want their fair share of tourist dollars.Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara will host …
The consumer price index shows services are mostly responsible for persistent inflation, but prices for food and other goods in California remain high.
San Jose has been named one of the best places to live for quality of life, and some are asking how that happened.The U.S. News and World Report ranking for the 25 best places to live puts San Jose …
Hundreds of Silicon Valley elected leaders, government officials, business groups and nonprofit workers turned out at San Jose State University on Friday for the State of the Valley conference, a one-day meeting about the region’s trends.The annual conference focuses …
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