When‌ ‌apps‌ ‌used‌ ‌by‌ ‌billions‌ ‌of‌ ‌people‌ ‌worldwide‌ ‌blinked‌ ‌out,‌ ‌lives‌ ‌were‌ ‌disrupted,‌ ‌businesses‌ ‌were‌ ‌cut‌ ‌off‌ ‌from‌ ‌customers‌ ‌—‌ ‌and‌ ‌some‌ ‌Facebook‌ ‌employees‌ ‌were‌ ‌locked‌ ‌out‌ ‌of‌ ‌their‌ ‌offices.‌ ‌Facebook’s‌ ‌internal‌ ‌communications‌ ‌platform,‌ ‌Workplace,‌ ‌was‌ ‌also‌ ‌taken‌ ‌out,‌ ‌leaving‌ ‌most‌ ‌employees‌ ‌unable‌ ‌to‌ ‌do‌ ‌their‌ ‌jobs.‌ ‌ ‌

As the valley’s tech companies have driven the U.S. economy since the Great Recession, the region remains one of the most unequal.

Covid-19 financially stunted hundreds of Bay Area performers over the past year, but some found a way to succeed anyway.

Californians voted by mail in record numbers, potentially avoiding a pandemic superspreader event and showing the nation it could be done.

Just like today, optimistic predictions and phony cures accompanied the Spanish flu as the pandemic made its deadly sweep through the region.

Businesses, entrepreneurs and innovators in the tech sector seem to be driven as much by the need to contribute as by future profit.

The owner claims she couldn’t afford to make the front staircase accessible to disabled customers. So, she shut the place down.

Carol Hoffman, a local businesswoman, is running against self-described political strategist Sergio Lopez for the open seat.

Alejandro Manrique, who now lives in Los Altos, was booked on suspicion of public drunkenness and released the next morning.

A Stanford coach, tech execs and several Mid-Peninsula families are among the dozens implicated in the nationwide bribery scheme.

In true Silicon Valley fashion, Emily Parker launched her leather studio out of her garage before opening a storefront in Menlo Park.

Yemeni-American activists called on Councilman Johnny Khamis to reconsider his support for Saudi investment in San Jose.

Adherents of a spiritual movement called the Falun Gong accuse Cisco of aiding and abetting their systematic oppression in China.

Silicon Valley prides itself on innovation, but the industry’s growth in the Bay Area perpetuates suburban sprawl and drawn-out commutes.