Tenderloin YMCA Being Rebuilt To House Chronically Homeless
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi and San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee showed off some of the good work emerging from the stimulus on Friday. When construction finishes, the ornate...
View ArticleBay Area Medical Labs Face Critical Shortage Of Skilled Workers
SAN JOSE (KCBS) – Despite the high unemployment rate in the state, Bay Area medical laboratories that run genetic tests that predict illnesses patients may suffer later in life have been confronting a...
View ArticleFremont-Based Solyndra Goes Bankrupt; 1,100 Workers Laid Off
FREMONT (CBS SF) – A leading Bay Area manufacturer of solar power systems has abruptly shut down operations and laid off its staff while it sought to file for bankruptcy protection. Solyndra LLC, which...
View ArticleMemo Shows Solyndra Execs Knew Of Impending Financial Collapse
WASHINGTON (CBS/AP) — A congressional memorandum indicates that even as the executives of a solar energy company assured members of Congress that their finances were improving, a different story was...
View ArticleFederal Analysts Warned Of Solyndra Financial Problems In 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C. (CNN Wire) — Federal analysts looking at a proposed loan to a Bay Area solar energy company in 2009 warned then of possible problems, as well as pressure from the White House to speed...
View ArticleSolyndra Execs Refuse To Testify At House Hearing On Loan
WASHINGTON (CBS/AP) — Top executives from a bankrupt Fremont-based solar energy company declined to testify before a congressional hearing investigating their half-billion dollar government loan....
View ArticleWhite House Orders Review Of Energy Dept. Loan Guarantees After Solyndra...
WASHINGTON (CBS/AP) — The White House on Friday ordered an independent review of clean-energy loans made by the Energy Department, its latest response to questions and criticism over a...
View ArticleCalifornia Lawmakers Hope To Use Millions In Stimulus Before Deadline
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS)— Millions of dollars in federal stimulus money remains unspent in California, but before that cash goes back to Washington, some state lawmakers want to make sure it gets spent....
View ArticleBankrupt Solyndra Caught Destroying Brand New Parts
FREMONT (CBS 5) — After filing for bankruptcy last year, Fremont solar company Solyndra still owes American taxpayers half a billion dollars. But CBS 5 caught them destroying millions of dollars worth...
View ArticleEPA Head Tours Bay Area Electric Car Company
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – The head of the Environmental Protection Agency is in the Bay Area Thursday and planned to tour an electric vehicle company. It’s an industry that has really benefited from the...
View ArticleSolyndra Not Dealing With Toxic Waste At Milpitas Facility
MILPITAS (CBS 5) — Three months ago, CBS 5 caught Solyndra tossing millions of dollars worth of brand new glass tubes used to make solar panels. Now the bankrupt solar firm, once touted as a symbol of...
View ArticleFact Check: Romney Misses A Mark On Solyndra Claim
WASHINGTON (CBS / AP) — Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney has revived charges about the failed solar company Solyndra as he assails President Barack Obama’s green energy policy. But he...
View ArticleSolyndra Wants More Time To File Bankruptcy Plan
FREMONT (CBS / AP) – An East Bay solar panel manufacturer that received a half-billion dollar loan from the federal government before filing for bankruptcy protection is asking for more time to file a...
View ArticleOpinion: Mitt Romney’s Bailout Double Standard
W. Mitt Romney is currently running for President with a campaign strategy of twisting President Obama’s words to imply that the President has a “foreign outlook” and believes that business owners did...
View ArticleSolyndra Agrees To Settle Suit Over Layoffs
FREMONT (CBS / AP) — Bankrupt solar company Solyndra has agreed to pay $3.5 million to settle accusations that it failed to properly notify employees they would losing their jobs. The settlement comes...
View ArticleSeagate Technology To Buy Shuttered Solyndra Plant
FREMONT (CBS / AP) — Seagate Technology has reached a tentative deal to buy the former headquarters of solar company Solyndra. The Oakland Tribune reports the Cupertino-based maker of disc drives has...
View ArticleOpinion: Paul Ryan And His Little White Lies
Last night, Republican Vice Presidential nominee Paul Ryan addressed the Republican National Convention. After a shaky start, Ryan became comfortable with the TelePrompter and delivered a talking...
View ArticleFremont Solyndra Factory Sold To Seagate For Fraction Of Original Price
FREMONT (CBS SF) – Disk drive maker Seagate has reached a deal to buy the former Solyndra solar panel factory in Fremont for less than a third of the building’s original price tag. The San Jose Mercury...
View ArticleIRS Launches ‘Get My Payment’ Tool To Help Americans Track Stimulus Money
(CBS Local) — The IRS has launched a website that gives you the ability to track the status of your economic stimulus payment from the federal government during the coronavirus pandemic. Get My...
View ArticleHow To Get Your Stimulus Payment
The IRS has launched a website that gives you the ability to track the status of your economic stimulus payment from the federal government during the coronavirus pandemic.
View ArticleSenate Passes $483 Billion Aid Package To Restart Small Business Loan...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A $483 billion coronavirus aid package flew through the Senate on Tuesday after Congress and the White House reached a deal to replenish a small-business payroll fund and provided new...
View ArticleSens. Harris, Sanders Call For $2,000 Monthly Payments To Americans During...
(CBS SF / CNN) — In response to the worsening economic crisis facing the country, Sens. Kamala Harris of California and Bernie Sanders of Vermont along with Ed Markey of Massachusetts will introduce a...
View ArticleTrump’s Additional Unemployment Benefit: What We Know Right Now
(CBSNewYork) — Almost three weeks ago, President Trump issued an executive order meant to provide additional aid to the unemployed. The Lost Wages Assistance program (LWA), created by executive order,...
View ArticleTrump’s Additional $300 Unemployment Benefits Could Now Last Up To Six Weeks
(CBS San Francisco) — The nation’s unemployed received some good news last week. Those who qualify for the additional $300 in weekly federal unemployment benefits under the Lost Wages Assistance...
View ArticleStimulus Check Update: Will Americans See More Financial Aid Before The...
(CBSNewYork) — In recent weeks, hope of relief for the unemployed and struggling workers had grown increasingly faint. The first stimulus package is now a distant memory. President Trump’s Lost Wages...
View ArticleStimulus Check Update: What’s The Latest On A Second Payment Package?
(CBSNewYork) — Stimulus discussions are back on the table in Washington. Late last week House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin suggested they would soon continue talks about a...
View ArticleNeed Grows In Bay Area Amid Ongoing Battle For COVID-19 Stimulus
(KPIX 5) – While politicians in Washington battle over the specifics of a stimulus package for Americans in need, that need is growing for many Bay Area families and cities that could use some...
View ArticleCOVID: Stimulus For Struggling Bay Area Families, Businesses Could Be Delayed...
BERKELEY (KPIX 5) — Congressional leaders are trying to figure out their next move after President Donald Trump threatened to veto the $900 billion COVID-19 relief bill, saying $600 stimulus checks...
View ArticleCOVID Relief: House Passes Bill To Increase Stimulus Checks to $2,000
WASHINGTON (CBS News) — The U.S. House of Representatives on Monday voted to pass a bill to increase the $600 stimulus checks to $2,000, with 275 members voting for the bill and 134 voting against it....
View ArticleCOVID Layoffs: Southwest Cancels Plans To Furlough 7,000 Employees After...
SAN JOSE (KPIX/CBS SF) – Southwest Airlines employees will be spared the company’s next round of anticipated job cuts thanks to the new COVID-19 relief bill signed by President Trump. Earlier in...
View ArticleCOVID Relief: Our Children Will Pay For These Trillion Dollar Stimulus Packages
BERKELEY (KPIX) — The Internal Revenue Service is already processing millions of $600 stimulus checks and Americans with direct deposit could see it in their bank accounts as early as Tuesday night....
View ArticleCOVID: Legislature Approves $600 Stimulus Payments For 5.7 Million Californians
SACRAMENTO (CBS / AP) — California lawmakers on Monday cleared the way for 5.7 million people to get at least $600 in one-time payments, part of a state-sized coronavirus relief package aimed at...
View ArticleCOVID Relief: Bay Area Lawmakers Laud Passage Of $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Package
WASHINGTON (BCN) – Bay Area legislators celebrated Wednesday following Congress’ passage of the American Rescue Plan Act, a $1.9 trillion coronavirus pandemic relief and stimulus package. The ARPA,...
View ArticleSacramento Woman Denied Stimulus Money, Tax Returns Because IRS Says She’s Dead
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Watching home video Tiffany Ruvalcaba shot during a recent family trip to Tahoe, it’s clear she isn’t deceased. “I am very much alive,” Ruvalcaba confirmed during our interview....
View ArticleCOVID: California to Begin Distributing Second Stimulus Payments
SACRAMENTO (CBS SF) — Officials with the California Franchise Tax Board have launched a section of the agency’s website providing information for the upcoming Golden State Stimulus II payment for...
View ArticleSonoma County Holding Town Hall On Spending Federal Stimulus Funds
SANTA ROSA (CBS SF/BCN) — Preparing to spend $96 million in federal stimulus funds, Sonoma County is holding one last town hall Wednesday to gather suggestions for using the money. Residents will be...
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