Day: May 7, 2020

With E3 canceled and video games more popular than ever because of the coronavirus pandemic, companies have been put in an interesting spot. They have to make hype-inducing announcements without the benefit of an audience or major gathering. Nintendo has mastered this with its Nintendo Direct and Microsoft is taking a turn at it with […]

By Yuri Kageyama | Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares surged Friday on optimism the worst of the economic fallout from the pandemic may be over, as Wall Street logged its biggest rally in a week. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 jumped 1.8% to 20,025.91. South Korea’s Kospi jumped 1.3% to 1,954.48. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 […]

By Elizabeth Culliford | Reuters Facebook Inc and YouTube, the video service of Alphabet Inc’s Google, said on Thursday that they were removing a video that made medically unsubstantiated claims relating to the novel coronavirus pandemic. The 26-minute video dubbed “Plandemic” went viral this week across social media platforms. It features Judy Mikovits, an activist […]

Resurrecting California’s restaurants as the COVID-19 crisis eases will be a mammoth undertaking requiring the creativity of industry innovators, the support of landlords and civic entities and, ultimately, the trust of the dining public. That’s the message a panel of insiders gave Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday during the latest in the governor’s series of […]

In the first step toward reopening an economy decimated by coronavirus, retail stores throughout most of California can reopen their doors Friday — but not in the Bay Area. Keeping his promise to begin gradually restarting a state that has now seen more than 4 million workers file for unemployment, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday […]

By Michelle R. Smith, Nicky Forster and Christina A. Cassidy | Associated Press Many governors across the U.S. are disregarding or creatively interpreting White House guidelines in easing their states’ lockdowns and letting businesses reopen, an Associated Press analysis found. The AP determined that 17 states do not appear to meet one of the key […]

The owner of a Menlo Park art gallery that reopened this week in defiance of shelter-in-place orders is backing down after receiving two verbal warnings from Menlo Park police. Katharina Powers, owner of Art Ventures Gallery on Santa Cruz Avenue, said city police Sgt. Jeff Cooley dropped by her gallery Wednesday afternoon to issue a […]

Hours before the NFL revealed its 2020 schedule Thursday, Gov. Gavin Newsom expressed doubt that games would be played in California. “It’s difficult to imagine a stadium that’s filled until we have immunity and until we have a vaccine,” Newsom said. “There are conditions that persist in this state and this nation that make re-opening […]

SUNNYVALE — Small businesses and nonprofits in Sunnyvale will soon have access to a more than $2 million pot of money funded by the city, private donations, and federal stimulus funds, to help offset financial impacts caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The money is part of almost $3 million funneled through the new Sunnyvale Cares […]

MILPITAS — After briefly reviving the idea of potentially placing a cannabis business sales tax measure on the November ballot, the Milpitas City Council has killed the proposal. The council on Tuesday night was scheduled to consider both a cannabis business sales tax measure, as well as a general sales tax measure, but ultimately decided […]