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Silicon Valley CEOs Predict Better News in 2011
SAN JOSE (KCBS) – The business community was poised to pop the champagne before New Year’s Eve, after a local expert predicted a much better year ahead for Silicon Valley. KCBS’ Mike Colgan Reports:...
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Private Donations Flood In To Save San Jose Amgen Stop
SAN JOSE (KCBS)- The wheels are turning to save the San Jose stop on this year’s Amgen Tour of California bicycle race. In the past, the city has been able to pay for the cyclists to end one leg of the...
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Governor Brown Touts Optimism Of Budget Deal To Silicon Valley CEO’s
SAN JOSE (KCBS) — 300 high-tech leaders and CEO’s had an opportunity to share some of their concerns with Governor Brown during a panel discussion in Silicon Valley on Friday. Education funding and the...
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Caltrain Polls Gauge Reaction To Proposed Sales Tax Increase
SAN JOSE (KCBS) – Would you pay a higher sales tax to keep Caltrain from running off the rails? That is the question that some Bay Area residents are being asked by pollsters, even as the agency plans...
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San Jose To Introduce Free Downtown Wi-Fi Network
SAN JOSE (KCBS) — San Jose officials claim they’ll introduce America’s fastest free outdoor Wi-Fi network this summer through a new partnership with Ruckus Wireless and SmartWAVE Technologies. The...
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New Projects Give A Boost To Silicon Valley’s Struggling Construction Industry
SAN JOSE (CBS SF) – Two major projects will be breaking ground in Silicon Valley in the month of April, providing a much needed shot in the arm to the hard-hit construction industry. The unemployment...
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Governor Brown Stresses Jobs, Economy In Visit To Silicon Valley
SAN JOSE (KCBS) – California Governor Jerry Brown paid a visit to Silicon Valley on Tuesday as he and business leaders talked jobs, the economy and continued optimism for the future of the region. At...
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Silicon Valley CEO Questions Strength Of Current Boom
SAN JOSE (KCBS) – Although Google, Facebook, Zynga and many other tech companies have been on hiring sprees lately, at least one executive has questioned how strong Silicon Valley’s latest boom cycle...
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Silicon Valley Tech Companies See Opportunity For Immigration Reform
SAN JOSE (KCBS) – Now that President Barack Obama has named immigration reform one of his top priorities this year, some technology giants of Silicon Valley plan to press for changes that would help...
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Nissan Is Latest Car Maker Opens R&D Facility in Sunnyvale
SUNNYVALE (KCBS) – Silicon Valley is welcoming a new tenant: Nissan Motors is opening a research and development center in Sunnyvale this week. It’s not the first time the auto industry has tapped into...
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Once Red-Hot Silicon Valley Job Market Shows Signs Of Cooling
SAN JOSE (KCBS) – Silicon Valley’s economic engine may still be humming along, but it does appear to be downshifting into a slightly slower gear, according to the recently-released results of the...
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Immigration Issues A Focus Of Silicon Valley CEO Summit
SAN JOSE (KCBS) – Some 200 high-tech CEO’s gathered in San Jose on Wednesday to share ideas about the economy, job growth and other important issues in Silicon Valley. One concern expressed by some at...
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Sequester Could Scuttle Plans For Permanent Silicon Valley Patent Office
SAN JOSE (KCBS) – The federal government this week stopped shopping for office space to house a permanent Silicon Valley branch of the US Patent and Trademark Office because of sequestration budget...
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No More Half-Days For East San Jose Preschoolers
EAST SAN JOSE (KCBS)— Fun and games are over for some preschoolers in Silicon Valley with a program unveiled Tuesday that would put them in school for a full eight-hour day, year round. Students and...
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Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs Worry How Much Obamacare Will Cost Them
MOUNTAIN VIEW (KCBS) – The controversy over the Affordable Care Act landed in Silicon Valley Thursday as small businesses questioned a panel of experts about whether they could afford the costs...
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Silicon Valley Tech Leader Taking Cautious Approach In The New Year
SAN JOSE (KCBS) – It was seen as a banner year in 2013 for many high tech companies in Silicon Valley, though it’s still unclear if they can maintain that momentum in 2014. Carl Guardino with the...
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California Looks At Incentives To Land Tesla Motors $5 Billion ‘Gigafactory’
FREMONT (KPIX 5) – Tesla Motors has its pick on where to build its brand new battery factory. California lawmakers are trying to win the electric car company over with incentives. “We’re all hoping...
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U.S. Senator Feinstein Pushes Cyber-Security Bill; Civil Liberties Activists...
SANTA CLARA (KCBS)— Senator Dianne Feinstein is urging Silicon Valley leaders to call their congressional representatives to express their support for her cyber-security bill, which is facing...
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Poll Finds Clinton Leading Sanders In Silicon Valley, Trump At 20%
SAN JOSE (CBS SF) – As Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders brings his message to supporters in San Jose, a new poll finds Santa Clara County voters are more supportive of frontrunner Hillary...
View ArticleHigh-Speed Rail Downsized But Not Out, Silicon Valley Business Leader Says
SAN JOSE (KPIX) — Silicon Valley Leadership Group CEO Carl Guardino says there’s still hope high-speed rail may connect Silicon Valley to the Central Valley … someday. “Do we still want to see the...
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