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.

Robinhood will cut about 10% of its full‑time staff — roughly 290 roles — and take roughly $20M in Q2 restructuring charges as it tightens operations while expanding products.

A San Jose class action says Robinhood packaged sportsbook‑style bets as ‘prediction markets,’ seeking refunds and disgorgement for potentially billions in losses. The suit joins a national regulatory clash over whether these products are gambling or federally regulated derivatives.

Fox agreed to buy Roku for about $22 billion, pairing Fox’s live content with Roku’s San Jose-based streaming platform and ad business. The deal centers on Roku’s reach and first‑party data.

Chevron will cut up to 8,000 roles as it absorbs Hess, with hundreds already targeted in San Ramon and downtown Houston.

E. & J. Gallo suspended crush operations at its Turner Road West plant in Lodi and laid off 20 workers as it shifts capacity across California. The company says impacted employees will get transition support.

About 254,000 Sloosh dive sticks sold online have been recalled after regulators warned they could impale swimmers; Joyin will replace sticks after proof of disposal.