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Becerra, three DAs sue cremation company for alleged deception
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and three Bay Area district attorneys sued the parent company of the Neptune Society and Trident ...
Business
Richmond City Council to consider coal storage ban
A showdown over coal storage in Richmond is set for Tuesday, when the city council will consider a law that would effectively stop ...
Business
City officials encourage residents to stay local, shop small
San Francisco Mayor London Breed and Supervisor Rafael Mandelman were in the Castro Wednesday morning to remind the public to shop local as ...
Business
Fasting animal rights activists protest outside Oakland Whole Foods
Animal rights activists are planning a 24-hour fasting protest, starting Wednesday afternoon outside Whole Foods in Oakland, over what they describe as disturbing ...
Business
Nearby resident injured in gun battle between store owner, robbers
An innocent bystander was injured in a gun battle Monday morning between the owner of a coin store in Oakland’s Grand Lake District ...
Beyond SFBay
Charles Schwab brokerage assets skyrocket with $26 billion TD Ameritrade purchase
San Francisco-based Charles Schwab has purchased Omaha-based TD Ameritrade in an all-stock transaction that will see the investment firms merge and have a ...
Business
Storage company to pay $140,000 for price gouging during 2017 wildfires
A self-storage rental company has been ordered to pay $140,000 in penalties and costs for price-gouging violations during the 2017 wildfires, the Sonoma ...
Business
Traffic changes planned at Page, Haight streets pit safety advocates against merchants
A stretch of Page Street from Webster Street to Octavia Boulevard is about to get a makeover in an effort to prevent motorists ...
Business
City offers disaster relief to businesses hurt by Castro Street fire
Financial assistance is being offered by San Francisco for four businesses that were damaged in a fire Saturday morning in the 400 block ...
Business
Officials offer Chinatown businesses concessions to ease Central Subway delay
Small businesses in San Francisco’s Chinatown will receive help to mitigate and lessen the impacts of delayed construction on the Central Subway, Mayor ...
Bay Area
Parent company to close 96 Sears, Kmart stores nationwide
The company that owns Sears and Kmart announced Thursday that it will shutter 96 stores nationwide in the latest round of closures since ...
Business
Former teller sues Wells Fargo, says manager drugged, raped her
A former bank teller is suing Wells Fargo and the man who managed a San Francisco branch where she worked, alleging that he ...
Bay Area
Becerra sues Facebook over ‘inadequate’ response to privacy investigation
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra went to court in San Francisco Wednesday in a bid to force Facebook Inc. to provide more information ...
Business
Two-alarm structure fire displaces four in Richmond District
Four people were displaced following a two-alarm fire in the Central Richmond District early Monday morning, according to fire officials.
The fire at the ...
Business
Concord considers additional cannabis licenses, retail storefronts, delivery
Notable changes to Concord’s cannabis regulations, including allowing up to two adult-use retail storefront businesses and two locally-based adult-use delivery businesses, will be ...
Business
Geothermal plant sustains minor fire damage
A spokesman for the Calpine geothermal facility, The Geysers in Lake County near the Sonoma County border, said Thursday that the Kincade Fire ...
Business
Vigil outside Kaiser honors suicide victims denied mental health care
The message during a candlelight vigil held by Kaiser Permanente mental health clinicians outside the health care giant’s downtown Oakland headquarters early Wednesday ...
Business
Bulldozer operator death leads to contractor fraud conviction
A contractor has been found guilty of fraud charges stemming from the death of a bulldozer operator hired during the 2016 Soberanes fire ...
Beyond SFBay
JUUL suspends non-nicotine, flavored pod sales in U.S.
San Francisco-based e-cigarette maker JUUL Labs announced Thursday that it is suspending the sale of non-tobacco, non-menthol-based flavored products in the U.S., pending ...
Business
Facebook gifts Santa Clara County $25 million for teacher, school staff housing
Facebook is gifting $25 million to Santa Clara County for the county to use on new teacher and school staff homes.
The county announced ...
Business
Cardenas market battle wages on in Concord City Council
The Concord City Council is set to take up on Tuesday night an ongoing rift over some design aspects of a recently opened ...
Business
Walnut Creek City Council to vote on 30-year North Downtown development plan
The Walnut Creek City Council will on Tuesday discuss approving the North Downtown Specific Plan, a 30-year vision and regulatory framework for future ...
Business
More than 30 animal rights activists in custody after Whole Foods occupation
More than 30 animal rights activists were taken into custody on Monday outside a Whole Foods Market store in San Francisco’s Noe Valley ...
Business
Animal rights activists take over Noe Valley Whole Foods
Dozens of animal rights activists on Monday occupied a Whole Foods Market in San Francisco to protest alleged abuse happening at Amazon-supplying factory ...
Business
Protesters demand Financial District businesses ditch fossil fuels
Dozens of protesters blocked Montgomery Street in San Francisco’s Financial District Wednesday morning as part of ongoing actions following Friday’s worldwide youth-led climate ...
Business
State attorney sues Paul Blanco’s Good Car Co. for fraud, false advertising
State Attorney General Xavier Becerra on Monday sued a used car dealership network in Alameda County Superior Court in Oakland on behalf of ...
Business
San Francisco alleges illegal, deceptive fees in suit against online travel sites
San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera on Thursday sued companies operating two online travel sites for alleged illegal and deceptive practices including hidden ...
Beyond SFBay
Governor signs ‘landmark’ bill to reclassify independent contractors as employees
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday signed Assembly Bill 5 into law to reclassify workers for ride-hailing services and other companies as employees instead ...
Business
Economists discuss productivity decline, automation, future of work
Automation is changing the workforce, an executive at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco said Friday at a conference on the future ...
Business
Salinas to approve eight more commercial cannabis permits
The city of Salinas announced Friday it is making eight commercial cannabis business permits available for applications.
The city’s Community Development Department will accept ...
Business
Buttigieg joins rideshare driver rally for workers’ rights
“I’m here because where I come from, gig is another word for job. It means if you’re working a gig, that makes you ...
Beyond SFBay
Man gets prison time for scamming millions from would-be investors
A man has been sentenced to more than four years in prison for his part in an investment fraud scheme, United States Attorney ...
Bay Area
Unemployment rates drop below 5 percent across Bay Area counties
Unemployment rates were below five percent in all nine San Francisco Bay Area counties last month, data from the California Employment Development Department ...
Business
Oakland firefighter sustains minor injuries in commercial blaze
One firefighter suffered a minor injury Monday morning while responding to a two-alarm commercial structure fire near the Fruitvale BART station in Oakland.
The ...
Business
Tenants displaced by Oakland warehouse fire grateful management stressed safety
A three-alarm fire Friday morning destroyed a warehouse in East Oakland that’s part of m0xy, a complex hosting artist studios and maker spaces ...
Business
Crews douse Oakland warehouse fire
Firefighters on Friday morning were battling a smoky three-alarm blaze at a commercial building near Interstate 880 in Oakland’s Fruitvale District.
No injuries have ...
