Archive for April 2020
How many users does Zoom have, exactly? Well, it’s complicated.
Zoom reported a massive jump in its userbase in April, then made a correction in the terms used, which can make a difference in how that figure is interpreted.
Company testing Covid-19 vaccine, new delivery method at UC Davis
Biopharmaceutical company Verndari Inc. announced it will begin preclinical testing in Sacramento and Davis on a potential Covid-19 vaccine that can be sent by the mail to people sheltering in place.
Why Gilead’s Covid-fighting drug is important — and why it’s not the final word
Data from three major studies of the Foster City-based company’s potential Covid-19 drug remdesivir arrived within a couple hours of each other. Here’s what it all means.
Local brokers forecast commercial real estate landscape after Covid-19
With a general sense of optimism, brokers from four leading Sacramento commercial real estate firms laid out visions of their industry’s future once Covid-19 recedes.
UC Davis engineers design low-cost ventilator, seek manufacturing partners
Since the device uses items that are already available in hospitals, it may have the potential to be rapidly deployed to help Covid-19 patients.
Salesforce cancels live Dreamforce 2020
The decision marks another blow to the Moscone Center and San Francisco’s struggling tourism industry, as it’s moved to a virtual event. But one question may linger.
‘Pocket listing’ restrictions take effect with steep fines for S.F. real estate agents
San Francisco agents take notice: Home listings kept out of the public’s eye have a new set of restrictions that carry fines of thousands of dollars per listing.
Food trucks? Yes. Football? No. New details in extended Sac County stay-at-home order
Sacramento County health officials are extending their order to stay at home, which has been in place since March 19.
Lime to put the squeeze on its workforce with upwards of 190 layoffs
The ride-sharing electric scooter company plans to issue pink slips to upwards of 190 workers, which would mark its second – and larger – round of layoffs this year.
Grove restaurants ‘in limbo’ while owner awaits federal relief
An unsuccessful PPP or EIDL application could spell the end for any one of group’s four San Francisco cafes.