Mayor Daniel Lurie says the city is "in dialogue" about bringing giant pandas to the San Francisco Zoo as he prepares for an April trip to China and South Korea. The plan revives a 2024 agreement and raises fresh questions about cost and readiness.

Amazon held a ribbon-cutting in Brisbane to launch Amazon Pharmacy and Same-Day prescription delivery for Bay Area customers.

A remote Big Sur station listed premium at $9.99 this week. Owner says generators and delivery costs drove the high price.

EdVoice CEO Marshall Tuck says universal K‑2 screeners, heavier investment in teacher training and a new bill to screen early math are central to fixing California’s achievement gaps.

Crockett-Carquinez firefighters said Thursday they are assisting the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office in an emergency and asked that inquiries be directed to the sheriff. Officials gave no other details.

A federal judge found Sunnyvale and Mountain View liable for bacterial pollution in Stevens and Calabazas creeks and assessed $1,178,400 in fines against each city.

Kings County closed Avenal’s only fire station after a safety dispute over the new community center, setting off a county‑city standoff and legal fights.

A dead bat found on Logan Drive in Fremont’s Glenmoor neighborhood tested positive for rabies. County vector control will notify nearby homes and health officials urge reporting exposures.

The U.S. unexpectedly added 178,000 jobs in March, led by health care, while the jobless rate eased to 4.3%. Revisions and inflation risks complicate the picture.

Intel tapped Zoom COO Aparna Bawa to run legal, compliance and people as the chipmaker reshuffles senior leadership. She’s expected to join in May to oversee legal and culture.

PayPal’s branded‑checkout growth has stalled. The board installed Enrique Lores and the company plans a roughly $400M push to rebuild checkout momentum.

A UC Giannini analysis finds California lost roughly $1 billion in China sales after 2025 tariffs, with pistachios, almonds and wine among the biggest losers.

Suno quietly opened a SoMa office and is ramping local hiring as it expands its music‑AI engineering and product teams amid label disputes.