Tesla’s massive, companywide layoff round is set to slam California, with 3,332 workers across four cities losing their jobs in June. The Elon Musk-led automaker revealed the timing and scope of the layoffs in WARN filings with California on Monday; such documentation is required by the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act in the event of mass layoffs. Tesla’s cuts are hitting its Fremont locations hardest, with 2,267 layoffs across a dozen job sites. More than 1,400 of them are...
A car belonging to a missing California man was found unoccupied last week in a river near the Humboldt-Mendocino county line, officials said. Terry McInnes, 65, was last seen by friends and neighbors on March 24, according to a news release from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office. McInnes lives in Piercy, a small Mendocino County community on the South Fork of the Eel River. The news release said the missing person report was filed on April 12 by an individual who said it was “out of...
The drama surrounding the San Francisco 49ers and star receiver Brandon Aiyuk is reaching a fever pitch ahead of Thursday’s NFL Draft. Several reports from members of the NFL media dropped Tuesday, all casting serious doubt over the situation between the receiver and team as they work through a clearly contentious contract negotiation. 49ers general manager John Lynch held a pre-draft press conference Monday where he made it clear that the team’s wish is to have Aiyuk around “for the rest of his...
LATEST April 23, 12:30 p.m. Officials at Cal Poly Humboldt confirmed to SFGATE that three students were arrested in a major pro-Palestinian protest. Protesters barricaded themselves inside Siemens Hall Monday evening. The building was shut down after they did not leave, Aileen Yoo, a university spokesperson, told SFGATE. The university is “concerned about the safety of students who remain in the building” and is asking them to leave, Yoo said. “We support free speech through open dialogue...
After weeks of scrutiny and speculation, the Outside Lands lineup is here. The three-day festival, which takes place in Golden Gate Park from August 9 to 11, announced the full lineup on Tuesday. Headliners include rapper Tyler, the Creator, who recently performed a (literally) explosive Coachella set, and 2000s rock darlings the Killers, who penned the infectious “Mr. Brightside.” There’s also a significant country streak to the headliners with the booking of Sturgill Simpson, as well as Post...
The San Francisco 49ers realistically have just one more chance to win a Super Bowl with this core. It sounds dramatic, but it’s the truth. After the 2024 season, Brock Purdy will need to get paid, and the ensuing roster reshuffle will lead to a bleeding of top-tier talent as San Francisco seeks to become salary cap compliant in 2025 and beyond. Trent Williams, Christian McCaffrey and George Kittle aren’t getting any younger, either. All of the chips must be in for 2024. The 49ers have already...
Spring is in bloom, and San Francisco’s flowers — and sound systems — are coming back to life. On Monday, Mayor London Breed’s office announced SF Live, a series of free outdoor concerts running from May through October. In the coming months, bursts of blues, brass and bass are set to shake subwoofers at parks and plazas across the city, including Union Square, Civic Center Plaza and Crane Cove Park. The series is scheduled to kick off May 4 at the Golden Gate Park Bandshell with four hours of...
Protesters at UC Berkeley have set up tents on the steps of Sproul Hall as part of a “Gaza Solidarity Encampment” demonstration at university campuses across the country. A photo posted Monday afternoon by Berkeleyside photographer Ximena Natera shows a crowd of people at the protest, which included several tents and signs. Social media videos also show protesters chanting in front of the Sproul steps. The protest is in response to Israel’s invasion of Gaza following the surprise attacks by...
A new petition dropped Monday on Change.org asking the soon-to-be Sacramento A’s to appoint former slugger Jose Canseco, who once played for the Oakland-based team, as their manager. The catch to this one, though: None other than Canseco himself appears to have started it. Canseco announced the petition Monday at 1:40 p.m. with a post on his X account. Listed on Change.org as being started by “Team Canseco,” it calls on “the owners and decision-makers of the Athletics baseball team” to consider...
The recent Netflix true crime documentary “What Jennifer Did” is mediocre in almost every way, but nefariously unethical in another. The 90-minute streaming doc concerns the tragic story of the Pan family. In 2010, Jennifer Pan, a 24-year-old Vietnamese Canadian woman living with her family near Toronto, arranged to have her parents killed. An orchestrated home invasion was carried out by three acquaintances after Jennifer signaled for them to enter the home with her bedroom light and unlocked...
California's newest state park, located 80 miles east of San Francisco, has an opening date. After a decade of planning and $40 million in funding, Dos Rios State Park in the San Joaquin Valley will open to the public on June 12, Gov. Gavin Newsom and California State Parks announced Monday. The 1,600-acre property, nestled between the Tuolumne and San Joaquin rivers, around eight miles from Modesto, is the largest public-private floodplain restoration project in the state. It's also the first...
It doesn’t take much sleuthing to deduce that Golden State Warriors star Klay Thompson was one of the participants in an anonymous NBA player poll. The Athletic dropped its semiregular poll Monday morning, saying its NBA reporters interviewed 142 players over the final month of the season to fill out the third edition of its poll. The Athletic granted anonymity in the hopes of getting more honest answers to a wide variety of questions, such as this year’s MVP, best defender, most overrated and...