400K handwritten postcards and letters: Mountain View woman manages massive volunteer get-out-the-vote operation
Maria Genzel’s volunteers can either pick up packets of postcards from her porch or join her regular postcard-writing “parties.”
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Valley Verde in San Jose offers community garden, sustainability tips
A nonprofit in San Jose is working to educate the public about food, gardening and environmental conservation.
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New plastic-free clay cups aim to reduce waste
A Bay Area-based tech company is trying to cut down on plastic waste by turning to clay cups.
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Tesla cutting around 2,700 jobs in Austin and more than 3,300 in California as part of broad restructuring
Tesla is eliminating about 12% of its workforce at a factory in Austin, Texas, where the electric vehicle company is headquartered.
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New service keeps household waste out of Bay Area landfills
A new door-to-door service already in the East Bay picks up waste from homes and diverts it from landfills. It soon will expand to other Bay Area locales.
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Pair of South Bay high school students invent cool ways to help our planet
As we continue celebrating Earth Week, a pair of high school students from Basis Independent Silicon Valley in San Jose introduce ways to help climate change via their senior projects.
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Groundbreaking for Oakland's newest affordable housing project
Oakland is breaking ground on a new housing development Tuesday for some of the city’s most vulnerable residents.
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Tesla shares jump 13% after Musk says company aims to start production of affordable new EV by early 2025
Tesla reported disappointing earnings and revenue, but the stock rose on optimism that a new affordable EV model could enter production sooner than expected.
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Possible TikTok ban has content creators concerned
A Senate vote Tuesday includes a proposed nationwide ban on TikTok, citing national security concerns, and a lot of content creators are worried about their livelihood.
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OpenRoad: Fighting fires, riding bikes, and changing lives (Episode 93)
We’ll tag along with the newest recruits of a unique program that’s helping young adults change their lives and start careers in the fire service.
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