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Ashby BART housing: Berkeley advances 174-unit affordable project

A proposal to replace a parking lot at the Ashby BART station with an affordable apartment building and a dozen townhomes that would provide a rare opportunity for low-income buyers to own property in Berkeley took a key step forward this week. The Berkeley City Council unanimously agreed Tuesday night...

Berkeley, CA · 11d

The Coconut Mama

61-year-old California grocery bakery to close, affecting 92 workers

California’s grocery industry is facing another shutdown as major chains continue reshaping their operations. Safeway plans to permanently close its commercial bread plant in Richmond, affecting 92 employees. The facility…

Richmond, CA · 9d

KRON4 News

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United flight to SFO declares emergency over cabin odor

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — A United Airlines flight that declared an emergency before arrival at the San Francisco International Airport landed safely Wednesday morning, a company spokesperson told KRON4. United flight 1372 departed from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport at 9 a.m. and declared an emergency “due to an odor in the cabin” during the two-hour flight […]

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Gadget Review

San Francisco Is Looking For Robot-Dog Walkers For $20 An Hour

Dimensional paid $20/hour to walk Unitree robot dogs in San Francisco, collecting street data to train AI agents that still cannot navigate cities reliably.

San Francisco, CA · 12d

hoodline.com

Vacaville Drug Plant to End Manufacturing, Cutting Dozens of Jobs

4941 Allison Parkway — Approximate Site of Manufacturing Wind-Down. DesigneRx Pharmaceuticals Inc. is permanently ending manufacturing at its Vacaville site, a move that will eliminate dozens of jobs in stages through mid-November while a small crew remains to support the site wind-down. The company operates a pharmaceutical manufacturing site at 4941 Allison Parkway, Suite B. An Oct. 21 WARN notice associated with the company appears in the state's EDD log.

Vacaville, CA · 11d

rcrusadernews.com

Roxie’s still rocking after 50 years

The local corner store and sandwich market famously known as Roxie’s Food Center recently reached 50 years of business. To many, it is more than just a business, it is a market that brings comfort to all by providing sandwiches, snacks, and other goods to the community. The origin...

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Church of Scientology just bought an old building near its SF headquarters

The Church of Scientology is expanding its presence in San Francisco. The organization on Monday closed on a building at 650 Sacramento St., blocks from its local headquarters, for $2.1 million, according to property records. The seller had purchased the building, which was constructed in 1909, out of foreclosure with...

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San Francisco Chronicle

Former San Francisco Macy’s store gets a surprising new tenant, a car rental company

San Francisco’s former Macy’s men’s store is getting a new tenant: Turo is taking about 30,000 square feet at the revamped Union Square property.

KQED

San Francisco Supervisor Takes a Page From Big Grocer’s Playbook to Lower Food Prices

San Francisco Supervisor Bilal Mahmood and the Food and Agriculture Action Coalition Toward Sovereignty are launching a new pilot program that they say will put more power in the hands of small grocers while lowering grocery prices for residents contending with a staggering affordability crisis. Mahmood and FAACTS announced the...

Food Processing

Safeway Bakery in Richmond, Calif., To Close Dec. 30

The Safeway grocery chain will close a bakery in Richmond, Calif., on Dec. 30, idling 92 employees, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification filed last week with the state. The plant, which opened in 1965, supplied bread and baked goods to Bay Area Safeway stores. According to SFGate,...

Richmond, CA · 12d

AVweb

Flight School Faces $2.4M Fine Over Temperature Gauge

The FAA proposed a $2,388,500 civil penalty Friday against Stratus Aviation LLC, which operates Wings Flight School in Vacaville, California, for allegedly operating an unairworthy aircraft. According to the FAA’s announcement, the violations involved a Cessna 172M Skyhawk used by the flight training provider. The FAA says the school...

Vacaville, CA · 9d

hoodline.com

West Oakland Plan Calls for 90 Affordable Homes on Cleared Brush Street Lot

A recently cleared parcel near San Pablo Avenue and Uptown Oakland is now the site of plans for a seven-story apartment building with 90 homes, 89 of them deed-restricted as affordable for low-income households. The proposal at 2101 Brush Street, in West Oakland’s Ralph Bunche neighborhood, would set aside one unit for an on-site property manager.

Oakland, CA · 11d

alamedapost.com

Planning Board Approves Zoning Changes to Address Commercial Vacancies, South Shore ADUs

During its meeting on Monday, October 26, the Planning Board approved Zoning Text Amendments that will streamline the entitlement process for new businesses to open up along Park and Webster Streets. It also approved a Planned Development Amendment to the South Shore Beach and Tennis Club to convert a portion of the property’s existing commercial and office facilities into residential space.

Alameda, CA · 9d

Yahoo!

Thousands of restaurants rely on this company's technology. Lawsuit accuses it of ‘deceptive' practices

San Francisco's city attorney filed on Thursday a joint lawsuit with the Federal Trade Commission, Los Angeles County and attorneys general from seven states against Toast, a prominent technology company that provides point-of-sale services to thousands of restaurants, for alleged hidden fees and other "deceptive" business practices against restaurants. Toast,...

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KRON4 News

CEO of San Francisco AI company announces job cuts on LinkedIn

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — A San Francisco-based artificial intelligence company that calls itself “the industry-leading AI-powered customer service platform built for collaboration” has laid off an unspecified number of employees. Dan O’Connell, the CEO of AI startup Front announced the layoffs in a LinkedIn post Tuesday. “Today is an incredibly painful day at Front,” O […]

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San Francisco Chronicle

Exclusive: Jeff Bezos’ AI start-up is closing in on a huge S.F. lease in a former Gap office

Real estate insiders have confirmed to the Chronicle that Jeff Bezos’s AI start-up has leased all six floors of a 180,000-square-foot building located near Google’s offices at the Embarcadero.

San Francisco, CA · 9d

sfstandard.com

The night market that supplies SF restaurants is ready to expand

In the middle of the night, six days a week, a handful of warehouses in the Bayview become the heart of the city’s food universe. Truckloads of fruits and vegetables start arriving around 11 p.m. At this time of year, they are packed with persimmons, Brussels sprouts, leeks, beans, and other seasonal produce harvested from more than 350 regional farmers.

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DoorDash to Acquire Instacart to Help Local Stores Win; Tony Xu and Chris Rogers Share

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - DoorDash, Inc. and Maplebear Inc. announced a definitive agreement under which DoorDash will acquire Instacart for a total value of $65.00 for each Instacart share, or an equity value of approximately $17 billion. The aggregate transaction consideration will be at least 75% cash, with Instacart stockholders able to elect cash, DoorDash stock, or a combination of both, subject to proration so that DoorDash stock does not exceed 25% of the aggregate consideration. Instacart's board of directors has unanimously approved the agreement.