South Lake Tahoe is real estate site Zillow’s most popular place of 2021, leading a West Coast near sweep of the most in-demand places of the year, including the most popular vacation town, beach town and small town. Based on Zillow page-view traffic, available housing inventory, price appreciation and other housing barometers that indicate consumer demand, […]
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San Jose Police Investigate Shooting at Oakridge Mall
On December 20th, 2021, at approximately 5:48 PM, San Jose police officers responded to Westfield Oakridge Mall located at 925 Blossom Hill Road for a shooting incident. Several callers reported gunshots being fired inside the mall near the Forever 21 store. There were also reports of at least one shooting victim according to a San […]
Sequel Raises $5 Million for Better-Performing Tampon
SAN FRANCISCO — Sequel, a startup developing a leakage-preventing tampon, has launched and raised $5 million in seed funding. Founded by two high-level athletes and Stanford engineers, Sequel’s mission is to raise the standard of women’s products with better design and superior technology. The seed funding will help Sequel brings its first novel product to […]
Savioke Introduces Relay+ Service Robot
CAMPBELL — Savioke, a company developing robots for hotels and restaurants for eight years, has introduced Relay+, a new generation service robot that brings unique benefits to owner/operators of hotels and office properties, foodservice operators, hospitals, and healthcare organizations. Relay+: Seamlessly supplements staff in these times of labor shortages, enabling existing staff to focus on […]
Palo Alto Home Burglarized, Car Stolen
Palo Alto police are investigating a burglary of an occupied home that occurred earlier this month, where the unknown suspect also stole the resident’s car. On Thursday, December 9, 2021, at about 10:12 a.m., the Palo Alto dispatch center received a call reporting a residential burglary and vehicle theft that had occurred earlier that morning […]
Macy’s Valley Fair Installs Robot Bakery Machine
SANTA CLARA — The Macy’s department store at the Westfield Valley Fair mall has installed a custom-branded Bake Xpress robotic micro-bakery, offering shoppers convenient in-store meals and snacks. Developed by Le Bread Express, the machine can make a full menu of fresh-baked meals and pastries. The Bake Xpress complements the beverage and snack options also […]
Genesys Raises $580 Million, Valued at $21 Billion
SAN FRANCISCO — Genesys, a cloud-based provider of customer service and call center technology, has raised a $580 million round of funding. The oversubscribed round was led by Salesforce Ventures with participation from other investors ServiceNow Ventures; Zoom Video Communications; funds and accounts managed by BlackRock, D1 Capital Partners and another large US-based West Coast mutual […]
Tiger Global Leads $20 Million Series A in Faire
PALO ALTO — Fable, a social platform for book clubs and stories, has raised $20 million in a Series A funding round led by Tiger Global with participation from Redpoint Ventures, Gaingels, Breyer Capital, defy.vc, and others. Fable was founded by tech industry veteran Padmasree Warrior and launched in April, 2021. Previously, the company had raised $7.25 million in seed funding led by Redpoint […]
Shoe Carnival Teams Up With Doordash For Same-Day Delivery
Shoe Carnival, Inc., a leading retailer of footwear and accessories for the family, has launched same-day delivery in partnership with DoorDash just in time for Christmas shoppers. The offering is the first-of-its-kind in family footwear and provides a convenient service for busy and last-minute shoppers alike. Shoe Carnival has 377 stores in 35 states and […]
Hyatt Rolls Out Digital Keys With Apple Wallet at Six Hotels
Hyatt Hotels is introducing digital room keys using the Apple Wallet in six participating U.S. hotels including: Hyatt Place Fremont/Silicon Valley, Andaz Maui at Wailea Resort, Hyatt Centric Key West Resort & Spa, Hyatt House Chicago/West Loop-Fulton Market, Hyatt House Dallas/Richardson, and Hyatt Regency Long Beach. As the first hotel brand to offer room keys […]
Eli Lilly, Merck Invest in Verge Genomics
SAN FRANCISCO — Verge Genomics, a drug discovery company that is using artificial intelligence (AI) and human data to develop new drugs, has closed an oversubscribed $98 million equity financing. The Series B financing was led by funds managed by BlackRock and includes new healthcare and technology investors Eli Lilly and Company, Merck Global Health […]
Noname Security Reels In $135 Million Series C
PALO ALTO — Noname Security, an API security company, has secured $135 million in Series C funding at $1 billion valuation. The funding round was led by Georgian and Lightspeed, with participation from existing investors including Insight Partners, Cyberstarts, Next47, Forgepoint, and The Syndicate Group (TSG). This new investment will fund the global expansion of Noname Security’s go-to-market and R&D teams. Noname Security […]