A Bay Area restaurant owner says Elon Musk’s SpaceX owes him $70,000 for two dinners he catered in Palo Alto. “That’s not even a penny for them,” he said.

In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam

The bond market is warning that 45 years of Republican tax cuts and exploding debt may finally force ordinary Americans to pay for a party the wealthy already enjoyed...

The slick voter registration website, currently being promoted to millions of people, is a digital surveillance machine.

After growing up in poverty, she became famous for her legendary songs, big heart and larger-than-life style. But the iconic musician insisted that "the songs lead to everything else"

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An audit of the Democratic Party’s spending concludes that it’s too focused on wooing white, male voters.

By targeting medical schools for prioritizing diversity, the Trump administration insists on a century-old belief that Black people are unequipped to practice medicine.

There's no "middle" between neofascist corporatism and democracy

A federal disclosure rule is offering new insight on the effect of health care monopolies on pricing, following a wave of U.S. mergers.

The AI gold rush isn't about innovation. It's old-fashioned greed — corporate elites grabbing profits and control while draining our water, land, and power.

A little-known company grew on promises to save distressed hospitals. Instead, it sunk them into financial chaos.

Does becoming a billionaire turn one into an insufferable jerk, or is that an innate quality they bring to the position?

The end of Temporary Protected Status and Trump’s budget cuts make a bad situation worse.

Billionaires stop paying Social Security tax before February's even over.

San Francisco locals love to dismiss the cable cars as tourist traps. A new Muni line aims to win them over with history, lighter crowds and a special route.

Why is Trump paying companies NOT to build wind farms?

Republicans win the White House, enact trickle-down tax cuts, and collapse the economy.Feel like we've been here before?

The probe cites possible religious discrimination against the San Francisco Giants players who were warned by MLB for writing Bible verses on their rainbow Pride Night hats last Friday.

OPINION: As it contemplates layoffs, the California Academy of Sciences has an existential choice on whether to forfeit its standing as a world-class museum, Matt Blackwell writes.

But wait, Stanley didn’t eliminate the jobs, it just moved them. To Thailand, where labor is paid 75% less than in Connecticut. Indeed, the major foreign competitor to Stanley turns out to be… Stanley...

Murky political super PACs tout innocuous causes like “jobs,” “democracy,” and “electing women.” Here’s a guide to who’s really behind them.

He’s got his eye on your retirement savings and his net worth.

OPINION: With Newsom’s presidential run sucking up the media oxygen, California needs a governor with ideas to solve problems. The editorial board says there are two candidates worth considering.

The same bold playbook that built the middle class can restore it, and voters are ready…

U.S. health officials have stopped the publication of a study on the COVID-19 vaccine's effectiveness in preventing hospitalizations.

How Phillips will choose our next president

A federal fraud indictment against a civil rights nonprofit shocked many Americans.