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A 23-year-old Google employee lives in a truck in the company's parking lot...
When 23-year-old Brandon headed from Massachusetts to the Bay Area in mid-May to start work as a software engineer at Google, he opted out of settling into an overpriced San Francisco apartment....
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A security expert said he could hack into San Francisco's $35,000 police...
Think drones are scary? Then you might not like the notion of hackable $35,000 police drones flying in your airspace.Unfortunately, that notion is something of a reality — at least according to one...
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Apple is opening a chic new 500-person office in downtown San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - From Apple’s earliest days, executives insisted that employees work from its headquarters in sleepy suburban Cupertino.The thinking, championed by Steve Jobs, was that a...
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At least 14 injured after commuter train derails in the San Francisco Bay Area
SUNOL, Calif. (AP) — A commuter train traveling in Central California derailed Monday night and the front car plunged into a swollen creek, injuring 14 passengers, authorities said.The rail car was...
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Traffic data company Inrix put together a list of the top traffic congested cities. Produced by Jacqui FrankFollow BI Video: On Twitter Join the conversation about this story »
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San Francisco lawmakers use a secret messaging app to keep chats from prying...
Telegram, a self-destructing messaging app, has become popular among San Francisco public officials as a way to evade public-records laws, says a report in The Information.California law says that...
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George Lucas can't find a place to land his UFO-shaped museum
George Lucas, for all his fame and fortune, can't seem to stick the landing.Since 2012, the filmmaker has looked for a home for his proposed Museum of Narrative Art, which would house Lucas' personal...
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Airbnb hosts in San Francisco will have to pay taxes on dishes and bedsheets
Property owners who rent their apartments on Airbnb and other services in San Francisco have a new task: counting dishes and bedsheets.The city is about to require renters to itemize all the furniture...
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Celebrities like Justin Bieber and Beyoncé stay in this $10,000-a-night...
Celebrities are just like us: They stay at Airbnbs, too. While on his 58-city "Purpose" world tour, 22-year-old Canadian pop prodigy Justin Bieber posted up at some seriously luxe digs: a $10,000 a...
View ArticleMicrosoft is in hot water for throwing a party with scantily-clad dancers
Microsoft's Xbox division threw a party on Thursday, March 17th at a Game Developers Conference in San Francisco with scantily-clad dancing women. Since the party, many have taken to social media to...
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San Francisco's massive real estate boom has led to a ton of 'speculative...
For some time, we’ve heard through the rumor mill that commercial real estate brokers in San Francisco are getting nervous. Then Savillis Studley released its report on the San Francisco office market...
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Here's why it's so easy to live at Google, from employees who have done it
A 23-year-old Google software engineer has been living in a truck in the company parking lot for the past ten months.He's not the first to try it out.For nearly two years, one employee and his wife...
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The CEO of one of America's largest home builders says San Francisco real...
Home prices in the Bay Area have skyrocketed over the past few years. As we've documented, real-estate prices in and around San Francisco are some of the highest in the nation and getting only...
View ArticleThe couple who lived in Google’s parking lot for 2 years reveals how they...
When Pete D'Andrea landed a job at Google, he and his wife Kara wanted to avoid paying the sky high rent in Silicon Valley. So, Pete and Kara decided to move into Google's parking lot. After...
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This baby seal wandered 4 miles inland to a San Francisco front yard
FREMONT, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a baby seal made it 4 miles from the water to the front yard of a home in the San Francisco Bay Area.Rescuers nicknamed the seal Ozzie after she was found...
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I moved to San Francisco right when the startup craze began — here's what...
This week, I'm celebrating my five-year anniversary of living in San Francisco. It's been a weird half-decade around these parts: When I arrived in 2011, Facebook's IPO wasn't even a rumor, Uber was a...
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This man built a bedroom 'pod' because San Francisco housing was too expensive
As home and apartment prices in San Francisco have skyrocketed, finding an affordable place to live isn't easy.That's why 25-year-old illustrator Peter Berkowitz decided to get a little creative with...
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A new direct flight between Manchester and San Francisco could help tech...
A new direct flight between Manchester and San Francisco could provide the North of England with a welcome boost.The Virgin Atlantic flight will give entrepreneurs in the North of England easier access...
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A direct flight from San Francisco to Israel will connect 2 major tech centres
United Airlines has launched the first direct flight between San Francisco and Israel, connecting two of the world's leading startup hubs in the process.The United Airlines 954 flight from San...
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The couple that lived in the Google parking lot share what it was like to...
For nearly two years, one Google employee and his wife lived in a small RV in the lot of the tech giant's Mountain View, California headquarters.Pete D'Andrea, 33, has been at Google for five years,...
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