Shares of this manufacturer of robot-assisted surgical systems dropped Tuesday following the company’s Thursday report of lower profits for the fourth quarter of 2014.
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Hundreds of people rallied in San Francisco on Jan. 19 to honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
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Two roads towards a world without hunger
In this time of exploding population, climate change, and distressing levels of both food waste and global hunger, experts differ on views about ways to grow food.
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Netflix shares continue rise
After failing to meet analysts’ expectations for subscriber growth in the third quarter, the Internet television network and digital streaming company exceeded analysts’ projected numbers for the fourth quarter.
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Major league fans reach for the second screen to view baseball’s biggest games
In what’s been dubbed the “second screen” phenomenon, contemporary baseball fans appear to be glued to their mobile devices while watching games.
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Hens get second chance at Milpitas adoption event
Local animal groups teamed up this month to give young hens from a “battery” egg farm a second chance.
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Recreational drone industry taking off
From Friday night fights to aerial photography, recreational unmanned aerial vehicles are being used more and more for recreation.
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Sea stars of the past help solve scientific questions of today
Sea stars can give scientists hints about what climate change is doing to their habitats in the rocky intertidal.
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Students prepare for global space balloon challenge
A global balloon challenge connecting people from all over the world aims to simultaneously launch balloons to space from every corner of the Earth.
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Santa Clara County residents may have to cut water use further — for the fish
Californians may have felt the pinch of the ongoing drought. But native fish species face a bigger crisis: as waterways grow drier, the fish could die off from local rivers and creeks as a result.
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SPECIAL REPORT – Living in Silicon Valley: Profiles of communities in transition
Profiles of Silicon Valley communities in transition, from transformations in Menlo Park’s Belle Haven neighborhood to the unsheltered homeless in Santa Clara County to North Fair Oaks’ revitalization efforts.
SPECIAL REPORT – Leaded gas: A toxic tale
An adaptation of an award-winning print article that tells the story of how major corporate interests turned a blind eye to health risks from leaded gasoline from the 1920s through the 1980s.
SPECIAL REPORT: Climate change comes home
Climate change is already happening, and though local governments in the Bay Area have begun to recognize extreme weather events, sea level rise, prolonged heat waves and drought, are they doing enough?
SPECIAL REPORT: On Silicon Valley’s coast, cows unite ranchers and open space groups
In an expensive region, farmers and ranchers are looking to partnerships to keep their operations alive, and old grievances are slowly fading as new pressures bring together those who work the land and those who would seek to protect it.
SPECIAL REPORT: Silicon Gap – Widening Inequality in the Valley
A multimedia website devoted to articles and multimedia reports from Joint Venture Silicon Valley’s 2014 State of the Valley conference and report.
SPECIAL REPORT: Obamacare on the Peninsula
An exploration of the Affordable Care Act’s local impacts, from how Silicon Valley medical device makers are coping with a new tax, to why some have experienced delays in meeting with insurance enrollment counselors, to how consumers and providers view the ACA.