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Tag: Silicon Valley

Jill Borges, far right, a teacher at Cupertino High School, protests school closings in the Cupertino and Sunnyvale school districts with her three children, from left to right, Emry, 9, Cruz, 7, and Brooklyn, 9, in front of Fremont High School in Sunnyvale on Feb. 23, 2021. Photo by Nhat V. Meyer, Bay Area News Group
Posted inPolitics

Who has the power to reopen California classrooms?

Avatar by Laurel Rosenhall February 26, 2021February 25, 2021

Amid a confusing tangle of power, it’s hard to figure out who’s responsible for whether California kids will get back in their classrooms. Let’s sort that out.

San Francisco native Veronica Garcia sits for a portrait at Bernal Heights park on Feb. 18, 2021. Garcia says when she entered San Francisco City College in 2008 she was required to take remedial classes which caused her to take more than four years before she was able to transfer to a four-year university. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters
Posted inEducation

Tens of thousands of community college students still taking unnecessary remedial classes

Mikhail Zinshteyn by Mikhail Zinshteyn February 19, 2021February 19, 2021
Posted inWhatMatters

California loses economic ground to Utah

Emily Hoeven by Emily Hoeven February 17, 2021February 17, 2021
CJ Paillant poses for a photograph in the Jack London Square apartment he is losing in Oakland, on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021. Paillant lost his job as a product manager for a Silicon Valley software company during the pandemic and now faces a large rental debt. Photo by Anda Chu, Bay Area News Group
Posted inCalifornia Divide

How an ex-tech worker got $43,804 into rental debt

by Laurence Du Sault February 16, 2021February 18, 2021
social media
Posted inMy Turn

A time of reckoning for social media

Avatar by Guest Commentary January 15, 2021January 14, 2021
Penny Bailey, a technology recruiter for Figma, works from home in San Francisco, on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. Photo by Jane Tyska, Bay Area News Group
Posted inCalifornia Divide

Pandemic creates ‘weird boom time’ for some Bay Area remote workers

by Laurence Du Sault January 11, 2021January 12, 2021
Posted inHousing

How the remote work revolution could change California’s housing crisis

Avatar by Matt Levin December 21, 2020December 22, 2020
Posted inWhatMatters

California’s population growth hits record lows

Emily Hoeven by Emily Hoeven December 17, 2020December 17, 2020
Marcial Delgado, al centro, posa para una foto con sus dos hijos Fernando Delgado, 12, izquierda, y Javier Alonzo, 8, afuera de su casa en Campbell, el viernes 4 de diciembre de 2020. Delgado trabajaba en la cafetería de NVidia, una compañía de tecnología con sede en Santa Clara, durante 20 años antes de que la pandemia golpeara y lo enviara a casa. La compañía todavía le paga, dijo. Foto de Ray Chavez, Bay Area News Group
Posted inCalMatters en Español

A pesar de los campus cerrados, algunas empresas de tecnología de Silicon Valley siguen pagando a los trabajadores de la cafetería, conserjes

by Laurence Du Sault December 7, 2020December 8, 2020
Marcial Delgado, center, poses for a photo with his two sons Fernando Delgado, 12, left, and Javier Alonzo, 8, outside his home in Campbell, on Friday, Dec. 4, 2020. Delgado worked in the cafeteria at NVidia, a Santa-Clara based tech company, for 20 years before the pandemic hit and sent him home. He still gets paid by the company, he said. Photo by Ray Chavez, Bay Area News Group
Posted inCalifornia Divide

Despite shuttered campuses, some Silicon Valley tech firms still paying cafeteria workers, janitors

by Laurence Du Sault December 7, 2020December 8, 2020

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