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Mendocino Farms, the fast-casual restaurant chain known for fresh sandwiches, salads and more, is bringing its fresh, fearless flavors to Santa Clara’s northern tech corridor at Mission Park Marketplace (2040 Wyatt Drive, Suite 110) opening on Tuesday, Jan. 17 at 11 a.m. The grand-opening festivities kick-off with a free entrée offer — when guests create a My Mendo account […]
Starbucks launched its winter menu last week, featuring the return of the fan-favorite Pistachio Latte and the new Pistachio Cream Cold Brew. The Red Velvet Loaf returns to the bakery case to round out Starbucks winter menu. The new handcrafted Starbucks Pistachio Cream Cold Brew features Starbucks Cold Brew sweetened with vanilla syrup, and is topped […]
For the fourth time in a little more than four years, the Mega Millions jackpot has topped $1 billion! After no ticket matched all six numbers drawn Friday night – the white balls 3, 20, 46, 59 and 63, plus the gold Mega Ball 13 – the jackpot for the next drawing on Tuesday, January […]
Mountain View detectives are seeking additional victims after a Palo Alto-based tech CEO was found peeping inside a woman’s restroom stall on Monday morning. Around 11:40 am on Jan. 2, Mountain View dispatchers received a call from a woman after an incident inside the woman’s restroom at the Panera on El Monte Avenue. While in […]
Delta Airlines plans to offer fast, free Wi-Fi in partnership with T-Mobile to all customers on board most domestic mainline flights beginning Feb. 1. The announcement was made at CES in Las Vegas. The airline will offer the service on more than 700 Viasat-equipped aircraft by the end of 2023. Delta also announced plans to […]
Mercedes-Benz announced at CES in Las Vegas that it is taking the next step in digitizing its production process, using the NVIDIA Omniverse platform to design and plan manufacturing and assembly facilities. By tapping into NVIDIA AI and metaverse technologies, the automaker can create feedback loops to reduce waste, decrease energy consumption and continuously enhance quality. Mercedes-Benz has […]
Roku announced at CES in Las Vegas that it will launch its own brand of television sets beginning this spring. Roku has over 70 million accounts worldwide for its streaming platform available on certain TV brands and via its own devices that can plug into TVs. The new lineup of Roku-branded TVs — Roku Select […]
Once again the Mega Millions jackpot is flirting with the magic $1 billion mark. Last July 29, a massive $1.337 billion prize was won in Illinois, and now the jackpot is closing in on 10 figures for the second time in just over five months. After no ticket matched all six numbers in the Mega […]
2022 was the year that technology stocks came crashing back to Earth. The Nasdaq stock market, where most technology stocks are listed, was down 33% for the year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 8.8% and the S&P 500 was down 19.4% for the year. With increasing interest rates and war in Ukraine, investors put […]
In 2022, inflation soared to 8.3 percent, drastically affecting the ability of nearly 92 million Americans to afford the cost of living and basic needs such as rent, mortgage, utilities, gas, and food. Even more, approximately 200 million now live paycheck-to-paycheck. The escalation of costs has increased requests for assistance by 30-50 percent in many […]
The United States Postal Service plans to buy at least 66,000 battery electric delivery vehicles as part of its 106,000 vehicle acquisition plan for deliveries between now and 2028. The vehicles purchased as part of this plan will begin to replace the Postal Service’s aging delivery fleet of over 220,000 vehicles. New electric vehicles are […]
Doordash, the nation’s leading food delivery service, has laid off 311 workers at its headquarters in San Francisco according to a WARN filing with the state of California. The company had announced it would cut 1,250 jobs on November 30. Another 75 were cut at its Los Angeles offices according to a separate WARN filing. […]