Archive for August 2022

Legend has it that the Morabito brothers hashed out their plans to create the 49ers football franchise over egg salad sandwiches in their usual booth.

"We have no way of knowing how many complaints have been filed against Lyft or the results because Lyft requires both passengers and drivers to file those actions in arbitration, which is necessarily a private process that is very, very infrequently publicized," said Tracey Cowan, partner at law firm Peiffer Wolf Carr Kane Conway & Wise.

Sacramento global spice merchant Starwest Botanicals has revamped its consumer-facing website to help educate people about the benefits of spices, teas, herbs and natural remedies.

More than 2,000 of the island's residents— many of whom were formerly homeless— could have been eligible for damages had the lawsuit prevailed in court.

The West, including the Bay Area, is bearing much of the pain, economist Mark Vitner said.

Locally based quick-service restaurant Wing Mahal closed its Folsom location in early August.

Alameda's City Council next week will consider the long-term future of almost 850,000 square feet of existing commercial space at the former naval base.

10 startups across the country were selected from a pool of 250 applications.

A new ghost kitchen near California State University Sacramento is ready for operations, and its first restaurant users are expected to begin operating within the next month.

In this week's National Beat, we look at a mood ring venture from a founder of Tinder, as well as a look inside Meta's secretive space in Pittsburgh that's shaping the future of virtual reality.