New Year’s resolutions aren’t for all. But for Silicon Valley influencers looking to the other side of this pandemic, they’re a start.
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Health and Equity Experts Grade California’s Vaccine Rollout
A dozen epidemiology, public health and equity experts weigh in on the state's vaccine rollout as more people become eligible for the jab.
How Do Silicon Valley Techies Celebrate Getting Rich in a Devastating Global Pandemic?
Not by buying airplanes. Instead, the newest start-up millionaires are proceeding cautiously.
Ladder Climbers: Women Aim to End Longtime Gender Inequity in Silicon Valley Firefighting
Even as gender equality in most traditionally male sectors has improved, women in Santa Clara County continue to be shut out of firefighting.
Report: The Tech Industry Gender Pay Gap in San Jose Has Grown
The annual analysis comes as advocates and some vocal tech workers call on employers to improve equity in the workplace.
Tackling Tech’s $16 Billion Diversity and Retention Problem
Diversity in tech has been an evergreen issue for years in Silicon Valley, but has become even more central as employees begin to speak out.
Opinion: Trump Era Spurred Tech Workers to Push for Social Responsibility
The Trump era spurred them to collective action. But the work has just begun.
Google Employees: We Are Responsible for the Technology We Bring into the World
On Nov. 1, 2018, at 11:10am, some 20,000 Google employees, along with employees of Waymo, Verily and other Alphabet companies, stopped working and walked off the job in cities around the world. A week earlier, the New York Times reported that the company had paid tens of millions of dollars to two executives who had been accused of sexual misconduct toward our co-workers, staying silent about the alleged abuse and letting them walk away with no consequences.
Law Requiring More Gender Equity on Company Boards Sparks Sweeping Change
It’s clear now, a year since California passed SB 826, that there is momentum toward closing the gender gap in company boardrooms.
Google Invests $50M to Housing Trust Silicon Valley’s TECH Fund
The TECH Fund launched in March of 2017 to provide affordable housing developers the financing needed for potential sites.
Pot Shots: California Cannabis Bureau Seeks Applicants for $10 Million in Social Equity Grants
A $10 million stashbox is set aside for the program as part of the California Cannabis Equity Act, which Gov. Jerry Brown signed last year.
Op-Ed: City of San Jose Tackles Challenge of Digital Equity
San Jose may be the Capital of Silicon Valley, but it is very much a tale of two cities with significant inequality for income and connectedness.
Op-Ed: Creating Equity in the ‘Land of Opportunity’
San Jose's low-income families are in a rougher spot today than 30 years ago. We can flip this script by working together to strengthen public education.
Homeless Techie Launches Squiffy, a Janitorial Startup
British ex-pat Simon Brooks stumbled into the cleaning business after a failed tech venture left him broke and homeless in Silicon Valley.
Stanford Professor Wins ‘Nobel Prize’ of Computer Science World
The announcement set off a controversy that may change how the A.M. Turing Award honoree is vetted and chosen in the future.
Q&A: Derrick Seaver’s Big Plans as the SVO’s New President
Seaver takes the helm at the regional chamber of commerce May 17, but first he sat down to talk about his priorities, economy and even Google.
