Venture cash and steady biotech postings give Peninsula life sciences room to hire, and local leaders say some laid‑off tech workers could land in labs. But space and skills gaps mean the shift will take time.

A Sacramento class‑action says Kalibrate and major retailers used shared AI pricing to align pump prices, costing Californians billions and invoking new state law AB 325.

IKEA opened a Plan & Order Point at Pleasanton Square, offering design appointments and scheduled pick‑up or delivery for Tri‑Valley shoppers.

Shareholders filed a federal suit in San Francisco accusing Uber directors of cutting compliance corners that plaintiffs say allowed thousands of sexual‑assault claims.

Four gamers sued Sony in San Francisco, saying the PlayStation Store misleads buyers into thinking digital games are owned when they9re only licensed.

Morningstar Farms voluntarily recalled two frozen items after warning that small pieces of plastic may be present. Shoppers should check UPCs and date codes and contact the company for refunds.

Budget committee advanced legislation to extend First Year Free, which waives initial permit and registration fees for qualifying small businesses. City staff proposed an $881,000 transfer to keep the program funded while the Board decides.

Yum! Brands agreed to sell Pizza Hut for $2.7 billion in two deals, sending most operations to LongRange Capital and Pizza Hut China to Yum China. The sale follows years of sliding sales and store closures.

AB30 legalized E15 in Oct. 2025 — yet most California stations still don’t sell it. A tangle of state certifications, federal rules and costly pump upgrades is to blame.

After a two‑year restoration, The DeLuxe reopens at 1511 Haight St on Thursday with new owners, refreshed sound and nightly live music.

Enliven Therapeutics has moved its headquarters to Burlingame and priced an upsized public offering of about $400M as it prepares ELVN‑001 for a Phase 3 CML trial.

Rivian cut hundreds of roles days after beginning customer deliveries of the R2 SUV as the EV maker trims staff while ramping production and expanding capacity.

A nationwide DoorDash outage on Tuesday morning left customers and dashers unable to log in or finish deliveries, with outage trackers showing a major spike in reports.