San Francisco Bay Area health officials announced on Friday that they would implement California's new stay-at-home order early.
California will impose a limited stay-at-home order on regions of the state where Covid cases place a strain on ICU units, Gov. Gavin Newsom said.
The biggest benefits scandal in California history has been revealed, and it put millions of pandemic-related unemployment in the wrong hands. CNBC's Aditi Roy reports.
Coronavirus cases in the U.S. just topped 12 million as states imposed more and more restrictions. This comes as the CDC warns Americans not to travel for the holidays. More than one million airline passengers already boarded flights ahead of Thanksgiving. Most California businesses now face severe restrictions, including bans on indoor dining in Los Angeles.
Billionaire businessman Tom Steyer, one of the co-chairs, said that priorities going forward include bridging the digital divide and supporting small business.
As coronavirus cases surge across the U.S., states put new restrictions in place. The national seven-day average of daily new infections now stands at 161,165, according to a CNBC analysis of John Hopkins data. That's 26 percent higher than a week ago.
8VC founding partner and Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale wrote in an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal this week about why he decided to move his company from California to Texas. He joins 'Power Lunch' to discuss what tipped him over the edge and the reasons behind the decision.
Stumpf agreed to pay a $2.5 million civil penalty to resolve the matter, allowing him to avoid admitting or denying the SEC's charges.
The U.S. is now reporting an average of more than 120,000 new Covid-19 cases a day. Cases are also rising at a faster pace, with a roughly 33 percent jump in the seven-day average over the past week, according to a CNBC analysis of data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
Joe Lonsdale is moving his venture firm's headquarters from San Francisco to Austin, Texas, just months after Palantir left Silicon Valley for Denver.
CNBC's Deirdre Bosa reports on her conversation with Lyft's chief policy officer Anthony Foxx on replicating success of Prop 22 in other states.
Proposition 22 exempts Uber, Lyft and other app-based transportation and delivery companies from classifying their California workers as employees.
The food delivery companies contributed a combined $75 million to help pass Proposition 22 in California and keep their business intact.
Uber and Lyft are big winners of California's Prop 22 results on independent contractors, but freelancers across all professions, and the U.S., may be relieved.
The ballot measure had essentially become one of Uber and Lyft's last hopes in the state to continue their status quo operations.
The coronavirus and the rise of remote work is reshaping Silicon Valley, the epicenter of U.S. tech culture and innovation for 70 years.
In the past 30 days, Yes on Prop 22, backed by Uber and Lyft, has spent $3.7 million on Facebook ads in California.
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra joins "Squawk Alley" to discuss the legal battle over California's gig economy laws and the proposition up for a vote in November.
The unusually late and intense fire season in Colorado is part of a larger problem of worsening destruction fueled by climate change.
An upcoming ballot measure could still undermine the entire case.
