The permit lays the groundwork toward a driverless taxi service. Tesla has said it will launch such a service in Austin, Texas in June.

The parent company of Facebook and Instagram faced allegations that it had collected facial identification information on millions of users in violation of a state law.

San Jose’s homelessness response team visited Houston earlier this year. They came away jealous of some advantages Houston has over California cities.

While the President is at private fundraisers in Los Gatos and Atherton, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will be raising money for his presidential campaign in a private event in nearby Woodside.

A proposed California law that is part of a larger package of gun control bills would allow the attorney general to sue gun manufacturers over marketing practices.

According to the plea agreement, Brooke Campbell Solis of Austin, Tex., acknowledged that she used these privileges to defraud her former employer and embezzle money from the company, which was not identified.

The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing lawsuit said Tesla's factory is a racially segregated workplace where Black workers are subjected to racial slurs and discriminated against in job assignments, discipline, pay and promotion.

In announcing the Tesla headquarters move at the company’s annual shareholder meeting at the site of a new Tesla building near Austin, CEO Elon Musk said he will expand Tesla production at the Fremont factory.

California is one of four states, including Oregon, Minnesota and Tennessee, along with Washington, D.C., that have proposed new laws.

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