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FedEx hit with $2 million jury award to deaf worker claiming supervisors yelled, spit on him

Younes Mchaar transferred from his FedEx package-handler job in Virginia to a similar position in San Jose, California, hoping to leave behind the disability discrimination he experienced at work as a deaf person. Instead, he found more of the same, and worse: Managers mocked him, yelled at him, and one…

Tribune News Service · May 24, 2023

Dieter Kurtenbach: Super Bowl 60 is coming to the Bay and San Jose — not San Francisco — should host

Santa Clara is going to host another Super Bowl. And this time, it should host the whole week’s worth of festivities.

Tribune News Service · May 23, 2023

Rep. Eric Swalwell says he received death threat from ex-49er Bruce Miller

SAN JOSE, Calif. — U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell is taking seriously an online death threat that came from the Twitter account of former San Francisco 49ers fullback Bruce Miller.

Tribune News Service · May 18, 2023

California snowpack data debunked: 2023 was no record year. And neither was 1952

SAN JOSE, Calif. — It was the snowpack reading that spawned a hundred headlines. “California ties 1952 record for all-time Sierra snowpack,” proclaimed KTVU. “California’s snowpack soars to record high after 17 atmospheric rivers,” trumpeted the Washington Post.

Tribune News Service · Apr 23, 2023

‘I was able to give back’: Landmark firefighting law sparks new hope for former inmates

SAN JOSE, Calif. — When Benjamin Fowler was serving a second 10-year prison term, he didn’t see a clear path forward to a new life after his time was up. He was in his mid-30s, with a young son, a teenage daughter and a 2023 release date. He figured he…

Tribune News Service · Apr 23, 2023

Dieter Kurtenbach: Oakland, the East Bay deserve better than John Fisher’s bush-league A’s

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Around these parts, those who can do.

Tribune News Service · Apr 21, 2023

Harmonic’s Cloud Set to Reign on Video Services

Harmonic’s broadband segment is on quite a roll, with the San Jose, California-based software company’s sticky network virtualization products currently all the rage among larger cable operators including Comcast and Charter Communications.

TV Tech · Apr 18, 2023

Booming Scranton, falling San Jose: The latest home price data for the nation’s 400 largest housing markets

These 7 charts tell us what's happening to home prices.

Fortune · Apr 15, 2023

Former Sen. Barbara Boxer to Feinstein: “I would call the people who love me … and make a decision”

SAN JOSE, Calif. — When Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein were first elected U.S. senators from California in 1992 — a historic victory for women — Feinstein sat Boxer down and told her, “You’ve got to stick with this. The longer you stay, the better you’ll feel, the more you’ll…

Tribune News Service · Apr 15, 2023

MLS Makes Decision on Discipline for Red Bulls’ Vanzeir for Racist Language During March

The incident occurred in the Red Bulls’ game vs. San Jose on Sunday.

Sports Illustrated · Apr 14, 2023