“Qualified tips must be paid voluntarily by the customer and not be subject to negotiation,” said a statement released by the agency on Sept. 28. If a customer has no option to disregard or modify the ...

The governor touts California’s new law as one that will establish some of the first-in-the-nation regulations on large-scale AI models without hurting a homegrown industry.

The update comes in the wake of mounting pressure for the artificial intelligence startup to make changes to its chatbot, which has amassed over 700 million users since its launch in late 2022.

With a 0% mortgage, a typical California buyer for a $821,000 median-priced home gets a $2,919 monthly payment. That 79% of the median wage.

A private school in Hillsborough is borrowing $26 million in muni bonds to modernize the historic mansion that stands as the picturesque centerpiece of the campus.

Electronic Arts, maker of video games like “Madden NFL,” “Battlefield,” and “The Sims,” is being acquired for $52.5 billion in what could become the largest-ever buyout funded by private-equity firms.

A federal judge ordered the Department of Interior to take 68 acres of land bordering Windsor out of trust for the Koi Nation, further imperiling the tribe’s casino project.

Unlike vegetables, not everyone actually needs life insurance.

For the Bay Area as a whole, the median price of a single-family home last month was $1.28 million, a 2.8% increase over the prior August, according to the California Association of Realtors.

Indicted investment adviser Ken Mattson built his real estate empire in large part on loans from hard-money lender Socotra Capital. With Mattson now accused of running a Ponzi scheme, ...

Indicted investment adviser Ken Mattson built his real estate empire in large part on loans from hard-money lender Socotra Capital. With Mattson now accused of running a Ponzi scheme, Socotra's ...