Category: San Mateo
Xona Space Systems raises $1 million to improve satellite-based navigation services
San Mateo-based startup Xona Space Systems has raised a $1 million “pre-seed” round led by 1517, and including participation from Seraphim Capital, Trucks Venture Capital and Stellar Solutions. The company is focused on developing a Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) satellite service that it believes can supersede Global Navigation Satellite…
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Tesla prepares to bring back 30% of Fremont factory workers in spite of county order
Tesla is aiming to ramping up ‘limited operations’ at its factory in Fremont, California, a decision that puts the company and its CEO Elon Musk in direct conflict with a stay-at-home order in Alameda County. Employees received two emails — one from Musk and another from the Valerie Workman, the…
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Stay-at-home order for 7 million Bay Area residents extended to end of May
A stay-at-home order for seven San Francisco Bay Area counties will be extended through the end of May due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a decision that affects 7 million residents and thousands of businesses. The Public Health Officers of the Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo…
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Good news, Bay Area, you can still go on a hike (for now)
Yesterday, San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced a lockdown for six Bay Area Counties: San Francisco, Santa Clara, San Mateo, Marin, Contra Costa and Alameda. The public health order marks a big step to help reduce the movement of the nearly 7 million people within the Bay Area, as well…
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Silicon Valley Community Foundation challenges donors to address local problems
‘I like to think about community as an ecosystem,’ says CEO Nicole Taylor Scott Bade 8 hours Scott Bade Contributor Scott Bade is a former speechwriter for Mike Bloomberg and co-author of “More Human: Designing a World Where People Come First.” More posts by this contributor The tech of giving…
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