California
I recently moved from a beach town in San Diego to a neighborhood in the South Bay Area. In other words, I went from daily strolls by the sea to suburban sidewalks. It’s been a … transition, to say the least. Loading audio narration… However, it turns out my new…
The hunt for shares in Anthropic has become so frenzied in recent weeks that a tech banker is offering up his $4.8 million Marin County estate, in exchange for stock. Loading audio narration… “If you’re going fishing, you’ve got to put a worm on the hook,” said Storm Duncan, the…
Sakura Kishiro packs a lot into 400 square feet. Loading audio narration… The 26-year-old and her partner started seriously thinking about building a tiny home last fall. They soon settled on a modern-style model with bright glass windows and a custom, generously-sized back deck. For a little over $100,000, the…
Iran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, through which a quarter of global seaborne oil and a fifth of global liquefied natural gas is shipped, has had sweeping implications worldwide.Rising gas prices amid the Iran war have sparked panic-buying lines and shortages at gas pumps. Other supply chains, such as fertilizer and seafood,…
In 2023, Lin Koh, her husband, and their two young children moved from Santa Clara, California, to France to help care for her husband’s mother, who lives in France and has Alzheimer’s.”We were observing her decline, and we made the call,” Koh told Business Insider. The Bay Area’s high cost…
California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Friday that his office reached a settlement with the El Monte Union High School District.The settlement follows what Bonta described as years of “mishandling” sexual harassment, assault, and abuse complaints from students.In 2023, Business Insider published an extensive investigation into allegations of misconduct at…
