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Redwood City Coffeebar Hit With Lawsuit Over Pooled Tips, Pastry Fund Claims

A former Coffeebar barista says the Redwood City coffee chain pooled his tips across multiple locations and even used gratuities to help pay the bakers who made its pastries. Kevin Semo, who worked as an hourly Coffeebar employee from June 2025 until his termination in May 2026, filed a class action civil lawsuit against the company last month, alleging wage theft and inaccurate wage statements.

Redwood City, CA · 10h

SFGate

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Burlingame's downtown is booming. Small businesses are paying the price.

As big brands flock to town, local businesses face a squeeze.

Burlingame, CA · 1d

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The Best Places to Shop Fresh

For many, farmers’ markets are an important part of Bay Area weekend culture. They are one of the best ways to support local farmers, who can sell their produce directly to the community instead of routing it through grocery chains. Here’s a look at some solid nearby farmers’ market options.

San Francisco Bay Area, CA · 2d

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Shop These 5 California Butcher Shops for Better Meat That Costs Less Than the Grocery Store

Sometimes the best steak you will ever cook comes from a small shop you almost drove right past. Across California, neighborhood butchers are quietly selling fresher, tastier meat for less than the big grocery chains charge. It feels like finding a secret that your wallet and your dinner plate will...

Sacramento, CA · 4d

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A late Palo Alto installment brings a 10% penalty and $20.00 cost; Santa Clara County says to pay if your lender’s payment is uncertain.

As of mid-November, a recent refinance can leave you unsure who will pay the first property-tax installment on your Palo Alto, California, home. Santa Clara County recommends paying it yourself if you are unsure whether your new lender will pay. A late installment brings a 10% penalty and $20.00 cost, so settle that question before the county’s December 10 deadline.

Palo Alto, CA · 20h

The Coconut Mama

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California Eggo plant temporarily closes, affecting 112 workers

A San Jose plant tied to Eggo temporarily closed on November 4, affecting 112 workers, according to California WARN records. The short-term shutdown differs from a recent permanent California cereal-and-granola…

San Jose, CA · 1d

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San Leandro Battery Startup Coreshell Lands $30M to Ditch Chinese Graphite

2020 Williams St., Building B3 — Coreshell Technologies Headquarters. A San Leandro battery startup just pulled in $30 million to prove it can build lithium-ion cells without a single gram of Chinese graphite. Coreshell Technologies announced the close of its Series B financing round on Wednesday, with the money earmarked for scaling up manufacturing and customer programs as the company races to replace one of the battery industry's most China-dependent materials.

San Leandro, CA · 13h

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Meet the renting rich: Bay Area millionaire renters have quadrupled since 2020

The number of Bay Area tenants who earn $1 million or more a year has nearly quadrupled since the pandemic as young residents get rich faster than ever before in a housing market where demand far outstrips supply. Call it the rise of the renting rich. The number of millionaire...

San Francisco Bay Area, CA · 22h

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Vehicle parts distributor signs lease for San Jose site in expansion

SAN JOSE — An auto parts distributor has signed a lease for a big chunk of San Jose space — a fresh indicator that a growing number of companies are looking for Bay Area industrial sites. U.S. AutoForce has leased roughly 93,000 square feet of an industrial building...

San Jose, CA · 2d

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LinkedIn purges hundreds of fake jobs after investigation

Ghost jobs are so prevalent, they've become a bipartisan issue.

San Francisco Bay Area, CA · 1d

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Knob-and-tube wiring in your Mountain View attic can stall the insulation work you want done before winter.

As of mid-November, knob-and-tube wiring is an attic detail worth checking before an insulation job: the Association of Bay Area Governments warns that covering it with insulation can create a serious fire risk. If the job stalls, the insulation that would reduce heat flow remains undone.

Mountain View, CA · 11h

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Buying a Peninsula home could now cost $4,380 more a month

Buying a home on the Peninsula now can mean monthly mortgage payments nearly three times what current homeowners pay. A typical mortgage holder in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara metro area, which includes San Benito and Santa Clara counties, pays $2,659 a month in principal and interest. Buying a home with a new mortgage at the prevailing rate would bring that estimated payment to $7,039, based on September’s median listing price of $1.39 million, according to a new report from Realtor.com.

San Francisco, CA · 15h

San Francisco Chronicle

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A customer loved this Bay Area babka. So he took over the bakery

Babka specialist Braid Bakery has a new owner, a fresh outpost in Berkeley and plans to expand.

San Francisco, CA · 2d

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Your rejected Hayward property-tax e-check carries a $61.00 fee and blocks online payment for the rest of the fiscal year.

As of mid-November, a rejected property-tax e-check is more than an online-payment problem for a Hayward, California, owner. The Alameda County Treasurer-Tax Collector says you cannot pay online for the rest of the fiscal year and must mail your payment with a $61.00 returned-check fee. The first installment becomes delinquent at 5:00 p.m. December 10; after that, a 10% penalty attaches. If your online payment was rejected, prepare to mail the payment and fee before the due date.

Hayward, CA · 11h

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San Lorenzo's 135-Unit Bayfair Apartments Sold, New Owners Eye Affordable Conversion

A 135-unit apartment complex in San Lorenzo has new owners with plans to carve out affordable housing from a property built back in 1976. JSB Capital Group and Faulkner Capital Partners have purchased Bayfair Apartments, a complex off Highway 185 near Interstates 238 and 580, with intentions to designate part of the units as affordable housing.

San Lorenzo, CA · 19h

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Danaher’s Cepheid business to lay off 67 people in California

Danaher’s Cepheid molecular diagnostics subsidiary plans to lay off 67 people in California, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification letter filed with the state. The layoffs affect employees at the company’s facility in Sunnyvale, California, and are expected to take place by Dec. 28. Most of those...

California · 2d

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Vallarta Supermarkets Brings Its First Bay Area Store to San Jose

Vallarta Supermarkets, a grocery chain that began in Southern California, will open its first Bay Area store in San Jose, with a 64,000-square-foot location set to welcome shoppers on Nov. 18 ([1]). The opening carries weight beyond one new address. It marks the chain’s move into Northern California, and it brings a long-running Mexican-American market

San Jose, CA · 1d

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Apartment rents diverge: San Francisco rises, the Sun Belt falls

RealPage reported a 1.7% year-over-year rise in October rents nationally, with the Bay Area posting the strongest gains and many Sun Belt and Florida markets still declining. Deliveries and absorption are nearing balance, and occupancy was 95%. AI Summary. America’s apartment landscape has become a tale of two opposing rent...

San Francisco, CA · 15h

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Tech company signs lease for space in north San Jose office building

SAN JOSE — A tech company that makes chips for an array of uses has signed a lease for office space at a prominent office building in San Jose. Global Foundries U.S., a contract manufacturer of semiconductors, has leased space at 6220 America Center in North San Jose’s Alviso district, documents filed on Nov. 9 in Santa Clara County show.

San Jose, CA · 22h

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Almost 3 years after Saratoga home burned, insurance saga still unresolved

Jiin Song and her family lost their home in a December 2023 electrical fire that caused substantial damage to their Saratoga property. Almost three years later, they’re still waiting for the rebuild to be finished so they can move back to the Saratoga Oaks community. “We want to go...

Saratoga, CA · 18h