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Sam Bankman-Fried’s parents used their house to bail him out. But they rent the land from Stanford

Shortly before Christmas, FTX founder Samuel Bankman-Fried, indicted on federal charges of fraud and money laundering, was released on a $250 million bail bond that was secured by his parents’ Palo Alto-area home.

Los Angeles Times

Jaime Jaquez Jr., UCLA hold off Stanford to win Pac-12 opener

PALO ALTO, Calif. — The massive early run and all those turnovers UCLA forced were not going to lead to the easy evening the Bruins once envisioned.

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Elizabeth Holmes: What convictions and acquittals led up to her sentencing

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes walked into her criminal trial in federal court in San Jose in September 2021 charged with 12 counts of fraud in connection with her now-defunct Palo Alto blood-testing startup. Four months later, she walked out guilty on four counts, after a jury found her liable for…

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Tesla Previews Humanoid Robot, but Musk Cautions It Is Not Ready Just Yet

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Friday the electric vehicle maker's eagerly anticipated humanoid robot "Optimus" would cost under $20,000 and cautioned it still had way to go before becoming fully functional. "There's still a lot of work to be done to refine Optimus and prove it," Musk told the…

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GM partners with Silicon Valley company on battery tech

General Motors Co. and Palo Alto-based OneD Battery Sciences have entered a joint research development agreement for the potential use of OneD's silicon nanotechnology in GM's battery cells to increase energy density for longer range at a lower cost.

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Snap chops nearly 500 California jobs, more than 80 in Bay Area

PALO ALTO, California — Snap has decided to chop nearly 500 jobs in California, including scores of layoffs in the Bay Area, a brutal round of cost-cutting ushered in by a string of setbacks in the financial results for the Snapchat owner.

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Elizabeth Holmes tries and fails to get jury’s fraud verdict thrown out for good

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, convicted by a jury in January of four counts of defrauding investors in her now-defunct Palo Alto blood-testing startup, appeared in federal court in San Jose on Thursday seeking to have the verdict thrown out, with no new trial, but the judge in a preliminary ruling…

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Commentary: Monkeypox is not the next COVID. But it’s spreading from the same failures

The recent discovery by Stanford scientists that wastewater in Palo Alto, Sacramento and other cities in the Bay Area contains monkeypox DNA means that the outbreak has gained traction in California, where Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a monkeypox emergency on Monday.

Los Angeles Times

Musk threatens to walk away from Twitter deal over fake accounts

Elon Musk's legal team has warned Twitter that the Tesla boss could walk away from a $44 billion deal to buy the social media giant, accusing it of breaching its contractual obligations by not sharing information about how fake accounts are calculated. We take a closer look. Plus, at its…

France 24

Cousin of Raiders WR Davante Adams shot, killed in East Palo Alto

Ralph Fields Jr, cousin of Davante Adams shot and killed in East Palo Alto

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Brickbat: What Matters Most

The Palo Alto, California, police department said it is investigating the vandalism of a "Black Lives Matter" sign as a hate crime. Someone replaced the word "black" with the word "Asian" on a sign in the yard of a woman's home. The woman said the sign was valued at $10.

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Apple CEO Tim Cook’s alleged stalker agrees to give up guns, stay away for three years

SAN JOSE, Calif. — A woman accused by Apple of stalking CEO Tim Cook for more than a year — emailing him photos of a loaded pistol and traveling across the U.S. to trespass at his home — agreed Tuesday in court to stay away from the tech chief, Apple…

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Ukrainian chess grandmaster who escaped war passes on skills to Calif. youth

PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Twelve-year-old Tessa Wong stares down at her chessboard with an intense and quiet focus. Chess has been a big part of the seventh-grader’s life — she’s played since she was 4 — but this game may be the toughest and most memorable yet.

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This new housing project in Palo Alto is aimed at people with developmental and intellectual disabilities

PALO ALTO, California — A new affordable housing development for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities has been initially approved by the Palo Alto City Council, with the aim of starting next spring.

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Apple CEO Tim Cook targeted by possibly armed stalker who came to his home, company alleges

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Apple has been granted a restraining order against a Virginia woman it said has been stalking Apple CEO Tim Cook for more than a year, emailing him photos of a loaded pistol and trespassing at his home, according to court filings.

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Daily Dose Ep 164: #PMCBank, Trump in trouble and #FacebookHorizon

In this episode of Daily Dose, Meghnad S brings you stories from Mumbai, Washington, Palo Alto and more.

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