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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
H&R Block Sues Square’s New Block
KANSAS CITY — Tax preparation company H&R Block (Block) has filed a lawsuit against Block, Inc., formerly known as Square, Inc., seeking to enjoin the latter’s infringement of Block’s family of trademarks. The company says the goodwill and brand identity that Block has carefully cultivated and nurtured over the last 65 years is under attack […]
Tesla Employee Charged With Murder of Co-Worker
A Tesla employee shot and killed a co-worker Monday afternoon in the parking lot of the company’s massive car factory in Fremont. Tesla employs at least 10,000 workers at the factory which makes all of the company’s electric cars in the U.S. including Model S, Model 3 and Model X. The Fremont Police Department issued […]
McDonald’s Launches 12 Days of Free Food With Mariah Carey
McDonald’s, the nation’s leading fast-food chain, is launching 12 days of free food deals starting Monday with Mariah Carey. Customers can get a free Big Mac Monday with any purchase of $1 when using the McDonald’s App. Mariah Carey is one of the best-selling musicians of all time and known for her holiday hit “All […]
Adobe Sees Record Inflation Online
SAN JOSE — Adobe has released the latest online inflation data for the month of November 2021. Online prices hit a record high at a 3.5% year-over-year (YoY) increase while prices are down 2% month-over-month (MoM) due to holiday discounts. This is the highest YoY increase since Adobe first began tracking the digital economy in 2014, […]
C3.ai Wins $500 Million Defense Contract
REDWOOD CITY – Enterprise AI software company C3.ai, Inc. has been awarded a new five-year Production-Other Transaction Agreement with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). The agreement allows for an accelerated timeline to acquire C3 AI’s suite of Enterprise AI products and allows any DoD agency to acquire C3 AI products and services for modelling […]
Apple Now Worth Over $2.94 Trillion
Shares in Apple continued to hit record highs and closed at $179.45 on Friday, up $4.89. The Cupertino company is now worth $2.94 trillion and closing in on the magical $3 trillion number. No company has ever traded at a value over $3 trillion and Apple could be the first one in history. If shares […]