Facebook Could Bring State Even Bigger Windfall Than Expected
Facebook has raised its IPO price, which could mean more money coming in from tax receipts to the state.
Facebook has raised its IPO price, which could mean more money coming in from tax receipts to the state.
The Wall Street Journal reports that Apple may announce upgrades to its cloud-storage service at their worldwide developer conference next month. KCBS' Technology Analyst expects improvements for both photo and video sharing.
Half of Americans think Facebook is a passing fad, according to the results of a new Associated Press-CNBC poll. And, in the run-up to the social network's initial public offering of stock, half of Americans also say the social network's expected asking price is too high.
He famously wears a hoodie, jeans and sneakers, and he was born the year Apple introduced the Macintosh. But Mark Zuckerberg is no boy-CEO.
Facebook is revealing much more about how it uses the information it collects about users to comply with a data protection audit ahead of it's IPO.
Friday's event was the last of the bigger road show events that Facebook Inc. is holding ahead of its initial public offering of stock expected late next week. The luncheon was held at the Crown Plaza Hotel in Palo Alto, Calif. Zuckerberg arrived in a caravan of black SUVs and got in the hotel's back entrance.
Facebook is updating its data use policy in an attempt to give users more clarity on how the information they share is used by the company. The move comes a week ahead of its expected initial public offering of stock.
Microsoft is ramping up its fight against Google with a tweak to its Bing search engine by adding social components with connections to both Facebook and Twitter.
Facebook said the number of people logging in is continuing to grow more quickly than the number of ads delivered.
Top executives are traveling across the country as the social network gets set to go public next week.
Facebook, the company that turned the Web social, has set a price range for an initial public offering of stock that values the company at up to $95 billion.
A bill in the California Assembly to ban employers from demanding access to a job applicant's social media accounts has cleared a key committee, with little opposition expected when it goes for a vote.
Facebook will go public on May 18, a published report said, in one of the most highly anticipated tech initial public offerings since Google went public in August 2004.
CEO Mark Zuckerberg says U.S. and U.K. users will be able to enroll as organ donors via links on the world's biggest social networking site.
The state Department of Education said images of state tests have been discovered on about a dozen social networking websites, including Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr.
A North Carolina woman claims Facebook locked her account after she posted pictures of her son, who has Down's syndrome, participating in a Special Olympics event.
Facebook's first-quarter net income fell 12 percent, weighed down by higher expenses even as its revenue soared, the social networking company said Monday, just a few weeks ahead of its expected initial public offering in May.
The Menlo Park City Council has paved the way for Facebook to nearly double the number of employees at its headquarters in exchange for numerous investments the company has agreed to make in the community.
Reaction to the death Wednesday of entertainment icon Dick Clark spread all over the internet through Facebook and San Francisco-based Twitter...
With black market cell phones helping some of California's most dangerous criminals stay connected to the outside world, corrections officials have announced a plan to block illegal cell phone calls by inmates.
The Bob Marley documentary "Marley" will stream on Facebook simultaneously during its theatrical opening, a signal that social media may also play a role...
A new survey has found that 38 percent of children in the U.S. who use Facebook are under the age of 12. Children are logging on despite terms of service that states children under the age of 13 are not allowed to use the website.
Google is tweaking its social network, Google Plus, to make it easier to use and to distinguish itself from rival Facebook.
Facebook's Instagram acquisition announcement is already touching off protests from some users of the photo-sharing service who are threatening to delete their accounts.
Facebook says it will spend $1 billion to buy the photo-sharing software company Instagram.
CBS News is fact checking the biggest claims made by Tim Walz and JD Vance during the vice presidential debate.
San Francisco started off October on a hot note, with parts of the city registering temperatures as high as 95 degrees on an unusually warm start to the first full month of autumn.
Bay Area people with connections to Israel and Iran were anxiously watching the latest developments play out.
The Oakland Unified School District on Tuesday confirmed a staff member at Laurel Child Development Center was injured Monday afternoon when they were hit by their own car during an attempted carjacking near the school.
San Francisco firefighters said some Bret Harte neighborhood residents may have to evacuate or shelter in place due to a reported gas leak.
CBS News is fact checking the biggest claims made by Tim Walz and JD Vance during the vice presidential debate.
San Francisco started off October on a hot note, with parts of the city registering temperatures as high as 95 degrees on an unusually warm start to the first full month of autumn.
Bay Area people with connections to Israel and Iran were anxiously watching the latest developments play out.
The Oakland Unified School District on Tuesday confirmed a staff member at Laurel Child Development Center was injured Monday afternoon when they were hit by their own car during an attempted carjacking near the school.
San Francisco firefighters said some Bret Harte neighborhood residents may have to evacuate or shelter in place due to a reported gas leak.
San Francisco started off October on a hot note, with parts of the city registering temperatures as high as 95 degrees on an unusually warm start to the first full month of autumn.
Bay Area people with connections to Israel and Iran were anxiously watching the latest developments play out.
San Francisco firefighters said some Bret Harte neighborhood residents may have to evacuate or shelter in place due to a reported gas leak.
The San Francisco Giants introduced their new top executive Tuesday morning as franchise legend Buster Posey took the reins as president of baseball operations.
San Francisco Mayor London Breed has withdrawn from the latest forum between candidates, this time from one for the San Francisco League of Women Voters.
The Oakland Unified School District on Tuesday confirmed a staff member at Laurel Child Development Center was injured Monday afternoon when they were hit by their own car during an attempted carjacking near the school.
CHP and fire units are at the scene of a tractor-trailer fire on Highway 24 in Orinda Tuesday afternoon that has closed multiple eastbound lanes for hours, according to authorities.
A Hayward man was arrested for allegedly killing his wife following a police investigation into her death which was originally deemed suspicious, authorities said.
A person died after being struck by a BART train near the Hayward station Monday night, a spokesperson for the transit agency said.
In Vallejo, residents are saying the weekend's sideshows were the biggest - most out of hand - they've ever seen.
Firefighters in San Jose are working to contain a two-alarm residential structure fire in the Seven Trees neighborhood Tuesday evening that left two victims being evaluated for smoke inhalation.
High up in the Saratoga foothills, Richard Suarez Valdez is finding his future.
A San Jose man has been arrested on felony vandalism charges following a series of shootings with a BB guns targeting businesses and people's cars, police said.
San Jose police are looking for the person who shot and killed a man a man early Friday morning.
At least one was killed in a crash early Monday morning on northbound Interstate Highway 880 in San Jose, according to the California Highway Patrol.
A project to repair a portion of a wastewater treatment plant in Vallejo is causing a stench, and residents aren't happy with the projected timeline.
A Santa Rosa man was reunited with three of his stolen goats thanks to a tip from a community member.
A proposal to phase out large-scale confined animal farms will be put before voters in a Northern California county.
A special school now completing reconstruction following the deadly Tubbs Fire is being held up by delays from PG&E.
Novato police said a suspect rammed into a storefront to burglarize the business early Saturday morning.
The San Francisco Giants introduced their new top executive Tuesday morning as franchise legend Buster Posey took the reins as president of baseball operations.
A matchup with the banged-up, struggling New England Patriots was just what the San Francisco 49ers needed following back-to-back losses on the road.
Pete Rose, Major League Baseball's all-time hit leader who was later banned for betting on games, has died.
The WNBA will have its first expansion draft in 16 years in December as the Golden State Valkyries start to fill out their roster.
The San Francisco Giants announced that they have parted ways with Farhan Zaidi and have named three-time World Series champion Buster Posey as president of baseball operations.
The Oakland Unified School District on Tuesday confirmed a staff member at Laurel Child Development Center was injured Monday afternoon when they were hit by their own car during an attempted carjacking near the school.
A man wanted for the murder of another man in Daly City over the weekend was arrested Monday as was the suspect's mother who was identified as an alleged accomplice, police said.
A Hayward man was arrested for allegedly killing his wife following a police investigation into her death which was originally deemed suspicious, authorities said.
In Vallejo, residents are saying the weekend's sideshows were the biggest - most out of hand - they've ever seen.
A Santa Rosa man was reunited with three of his stolen goats thanks to a tip from a community member.
General Motors' Cruise autonomous vehicle division will pay a $1.5 million penalty as part of a consent order after the unit failed to fully report a crash in San Francisco last October involving a pedestrian, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration officials said.
Verizon customers reported their mobile phone service was down in cities across the U.S., giving them only SOS mode.
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday vetoed a landmark bill aimed at establishing first-in-the-nation safety measures for large artificial intelligence models.
Two UC Berkeley alums developed technology to help keep communities safe from wildfires by closely monitoring the physical condition of the electrical grid.
Meta AI will talk to you in the voice of a handful of celebrities, Mark Zuckerberg announced today.
On Saturday, families came together for the second annual Walk for Alopecia in San Francisco.
Like San Francisco, fentanyl drove a surge in overdose numbers in Vancouver, British Columbia. After implementing progressive drug policies, the Canadian province is signaling a significant change of course.
In the ongoing fight against opioid addiction, Gov. Gavin Newson has signed a bill aimed at expanding access to methadone treatment in California.
Gov. Gavin Newsom signs law prompted by a decade-long CBS News California investigation into California's newborn genetic biobank.
Hundreds of people stood side by side at Portsmouth Square in Chinatown on Wednesday to advocate for a $390 million public health bond on the November ballot.
CBS News is fact checking the biggest claims made by Tim Walz and JD Vance during the vice presidential debate.
Bay Area people with connections to Israel and Iran were anxiously watching the latest developments play out.
Sen. JD Vance and Gov. Tim Walz are on stage for the CBS News vice presidential debate in New York.
California is suing a Catholic hospital for denying an emergency abortion to a woman who was miscarrying and sending her instead to another hospital miles away.
Vice presidential candidates Gov. Tim Walz and Sen. JD Vance are going head-to-head tonight at their first and only debate, hosted by CBS News.
Thousands of transgender individuals are seeking asylum in the United States, fleeing countries where being themselves can mean persecution or even violence. A Bay Area organization is making it possible for them to find safety and acceptance.
This Sunday, downtown Oakland will come alive with color, music, and celebration as big crowds gather for the 14th Annual Oakland Pride Parade and Festival.
The Riot Party held at Kapwa Gardens was a powerful reminder of the progress made in the fight for LGBTQ rights and the work that remains.
Oakland native Shay Franco-Clausen arrived at the Democratic National Convention hoping to witness history with fellow Oakland native Kamala Harris officially accepting the party’s nomination to run for President. Ryan Yamamoto reports.
In the heart of San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood, one figure stands out as a beacon of resilience and a living testament to the community's transformation.
Frank Fritz starred for more than a decade on the History Channel program "American Pickers."
Prolific songwriter and guitarist Jack White on Monday announced he's bringing his unorthodox pop-up tour to the Bay Area this week for a pair of shows in Petaluma and San Francisco.
There are five new stadium dates for next summer in Toronto, Chicago, New Jersey, Los Angeles and Mexico City.
Part of what makes L.A. unique is its abundance of historic theaters, salvaged or resurrected in recent years by those with ties to the film industry.
Kris Kristofferson, a songwriter who became a country star and A-list actor, died at his home on Maui surrounded by family on Saturday, a spokesperson said in an statement.
Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic, the Oakland Unified School District has seen an alarming spike in the number of unhoused students in the school system who deal with a host of challenges far beyond what most children face.
Meteorologist and CBS News Bay Area's resident pilot Lt. Jessica Burch got a treat during Fleet Week, taking to the skies with one of the Blue Angels.
A Bay Area man discovered his devastating loss left him with a new opportunity to rethink how he lives -- follow his journey in virtual reality, 360-degree video.
A groundbreaking medical study involving the UCSF Medical Center has shown some colorectal cancer patients can safely skip radiation treatment and enjoy a potentially higher quality of life.
Every day, San Francisco bar pilot Captain Zach Kellerman goes through what might just be the world's most dangerous commute.
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Elizabeth Court interviews CSU East Bay politics and history Prof. Nolan Higdon about possible topics in the vice presidential debate.
Team coverage of how San Francisco residents are trying to beat the heat Tuesday.
CBS News Bay Area afternoon headlines for Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. Watch full newscasts streamed at the CBS SF website or on the app.
Ryan Yamamoto reports on the Giants holding a press conference introducing Buster Posey in his new executive role.
A beloved 88-year-old volunteer shows there's power in reading to children and her giving ways are an example for all ages.
At her home in San Jose, 91-year-old Terry Asquith looks back at how she's given the gift of life to at-risk babies. 50 years ago, she founded the nation's oldest nonprofit milk bank, Mothers' Milk Bank.
The only therapeutic pool of its kind on the Peninsula is back open again, thanks in large part to one local woman who dived in to save it.
A local shop owner who some call the Mayor of the Broadway business district in Burlingame has long been the go-to person when area merchants have a problem.
Swimming lessons are not simply a summer activity but a weekly highlight for differently-abled children in a popular aquatic program that has lasted for more than three decades.
For Students Rising Above scholar Josh Collins it took moving across the country to realize the value of his Bay Area family.
Samir Hooker had to grow up fast after his stepfather was shot dead 12 years ago. Now he is watching over his mom and sister while attending UC Berkeley.
It's hard enough to graduate from one of the most prestigious schools in the country when you're the first in your family to go to college. Imagine doing that while you're also trying to protect your parents from being deported?
Some students who are the first in their families to go to college face the challenge of balancing a rigorous academic load while still working to help support their family back home.
A onetime pupil has now become a student advisor, giving back after years of mentorship led him to success.