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New York Observer · Cupertino, CA

John Ternus’ First Major Stress Test as Apple CEO Is the Memory Cost Crisis

Apple CEO John Ternus holds the iPhone Duo during Apple’s “Surprise and Shine” event at the company's corporate headquarters, Apple Park, on September 9, 2026 in Cupertino, California." width="970" height="647" data-caption='Apple CEO John Ternus holds the iPhone Duo during his first keynote at Apple Park on Sept. 9, 2026. He is now working to secure component supplies and cut costs elsewhere as rising memory prices squeeze Apple’s profit margins. Benjamin Fanjoy/Getty Images'> John Ternus is trying to lock down Apple’s component supply as inflated memory costs test his first months as CEO. In Apple’s fiscal 2026 annual report released Nov. 3, the company outlined manufacturing purchase obligations of $89.7 billion, with $82.7 billion payable in the 12 months after Sept. 26. This is up from roughly $57 billion in obligations in the previous quarter.

The Mercury News · Saratoga, CA

Nearby: Saratoga, CA

Saratoga: Five-bedroom house sells for $5 million

By Bay Area Home Report | [email protected] | Bay Area News GroupPUBLISHED: November 13, 2026 at 2:00 PM PST Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...Sobey Rd. 14471 – Google Street View A single-family home located in the 14400 block of Sobey Road in Saratoga changed owner on Sept. 21. The 5,171-square-foot home, built in 1951, was sold for $5,000,000, or $967 per square foot. This two-story house has five bedrooms and five bathrooms. The property is equipped with forced air heating with air conditioning and a cooling system. Additionally, the building offers three parking spots. Additionally, it includes a pool with hot tub or spa. The property sits on a 1.1-acre lot. Other homes in Saratoga that have recently been sold close by include: In February, a 1,548-square-foot single-family house in the 14400 block of Sobey Road sold for $3,150,000, a price per square foot of $2,035. The home has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.

The Stanford Daily · Santa Clara, CA

Nearby: Santa Clara, CA

Stanford undergraduate to be tried for alleged rape of fellow student

Content warning: This article contains references to sexual violence. Leo Rossitter, a Stanford undergraduate, will face a criminal trial in Santa Clara County for allegedly raping a fellow student, according to public court filings. A hearing to schedule a trial is set to proceed in December. The University’s media relations office confirmed to The Daily that Rossitter, an economics and data science student, is enrolled at Stanford and living off campus. The Daily independently confirmed that he is currently taking classes on campus. The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s office specifically charged him in October 2024 with rape of an intoxicated person, oral copulation of an intoxicated person and penetration by force. The University said it was aware of the charges. Rossitter’s attorney, Daniel Barton, told The Daily in a statement that his client “is not guilty of the horrible things that he is accused of.

San José Spotlight · Santa Clara, CA

Nearby: Santa Clara, CA

Grave in Santa Clara cemetery deemed historic

Santa Clara is recognizing a piece of its history often overlooked in the city’s historic preservation efforts — the grave site of Tiburcio Vásquez, a notorious 19th-century outlaw whose legacy is intertwined with the experiences of California’s Mexican-era residents. The City Council unanimously approved the grave site’s historic designation on Oct. 20, giving new recognition to Vásquez’s connection to the region and adding to local efforts to preserve the history of Californios — people of Spanish and Mexican descent who lived in California before it became part of the U.S in 1850. For community advocates and descendants, the designation is an opportunity to bring greater attention to stories of displacement, resistance and cultural identity, which they said have long been overlooked. “It is really important for these cities to recognize their history, that it did not start with the Americans,” Lorie Garcia, a Santa Clara historian, told San José Spotlight.

San José Spotlight · Santa Clara, CA

Nearby: Santa Clara, CA

South Bay voters pass term limits for hospital district board

Out of more than 100 races and measures on ballots across Santa Clara County this November, the single least controversial item flew largely under the radar, garnering little attention and no campaign fundraising. Measure S, which establishes term limits for the El Camino Healthcare District’s board, passed in a landslide, receiving 92% support as of Sunday. That’s the largest vote share of any ballot item, except for a handful of uncontested races with only a single candidate. The measure will limit board members to serving no more than four full four-year terms, or 16 years in total. The El Camino Healthcare District is a little-known public agency that oversees El Camino Hospital. The district’s board manages the tax-funded district and serves on the nonprofit hospital’s board of directors.

San José Spotlight · Los Gatos, CA

Nearby: Los Gatos, CA

Waymo expands further into South Bay

Waymo’s driverless cars are serving more South Bay destinations, including the Berryessa Transit Center in East San Jose, giving commuters another option for getting to and from public transportation — though some residents remain wary of the autonomous vehicles. The expansion on Nov. 3 also brings the ride-hailing service to the Great Mall and San Jose Fairgrounds, as well as additional neighborhoods in Los Gatos and Monte Sereno. Company representatives said the move expands Waymo’s Bay Area service area to 350 square miles. While VTA officials welcome additional transportation options, they have no plans to coordinate with the company. Some commuters also remain skeptical of driverless vehicles, citing concerns about safety, affordability and the technology’s impact on human jobs.

San José Spotlight · San Jose, CA

Nearby: San Jose, CA

New Silicon Valley BART extension cost increases raise questions

The future of the Silicon Valley BART extension has once again been thrown into doubt, after transit officials revealed this week the multibillion-dollar project is not on course to meet its budget targets. The plan to bring BART service to downtown San Jose and Santa Clara has faced increasing financial roadblocks caused by a variety of factors, including a nationwide spike in construction costs as well as project delays, according to officials with VTA, the public transit agency overseeing the effort. The cost increases make it unlikely VTA will be able to deliver the four-station extension under the current budget target of $12.7 billion — prompting the project’s backers to consider major revisions. Tom Maguire, chief megaprojects officer for VTA, said it is too soon to provide an updated cost estimate, but that more details will be presented in December to the full board — comprised of elected officials from throughout Santa Clara County.

San José Spotlight · San Jose, CA

Nearby: San Jose, CA

Golas: Community responsibility doesn’t stop at city limits

Thirty volunteers in bright blue vests cleared 4,000 pounds of dumping from a treasured creek in San Jose. Those numbers tell the story of Urban Compassion Project’s first cleanup in San Jose, but they don’t capture what made the experience so meaningful toward bringing UCP’s community-driven movement beyond Oakland and across the entire Bay Area. What stood out to me was the welcoming spirit of Mayor Matt Mahan, the Coyote Mudlarks and the San Jose Conservation Corps, and the willingness of our volunteers to show up for a city they didn’t call home. We rigged ropes down a steep and muddy ravine to reach the water and haul shopping carts, car jacks and refrigerators from Coyote Creek. The cleanup reinforced that communities may be separated by city boundaries, but the challenges we face, and our responsibility to address them, are shared.

Cortez Journal · San Jose, CA

Nearby: San Jose, CA

Jensen Huang built the company that powers AI. Now Nvidia must find a way forward without him

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigned Thursday, capping a spectacular downfall for a poster boy of the artificial intelligence boom whose exit following reports of extramarital affairs now thrusts the chipmaker into an uncertain future. After a dizzying series of headlines about Huang’s infidelity and ties to an alleged Chinese spy, his departure sets off a scramble to find a permanent replacement to lead the multitrillion-dollar colossus that grew from obscurity to a perch between Apple and Microsoft at the top of the S&P index. The resignation sent shares of Nvidia plummeting 14% at the opening bell, before stabilizing. The stock closed down about 4% Thursday as investors pondered the lawsuits, investigations, likely corporate jockeying and the resilience of a market driven by the gains of a few tech giants.

AIStockWire · San Jose, CA

Nearby: San Jose, CA

US prosecutors probe whether Alice Huang helped smuggle Super Micro (SMCI) products to China

Key points US probes whether Alice Huang-linked entities helped smuggle Super Micro products The Manhattan US Attorney's Office is leading the Alice Huang inquiry Nvidia hired a former head of the office to investigate reporting about Jensen Huang The Justice Department is investigating whether entities linked to Alice Huang were involved in efforts to smuggle products made by Super Micro Computer (SMCI) to China, Bloomberg reported on Nov. 12. US officials suspect Alice Huang, a former Megaspeed executive, of spying for China, according to the report. Jensen Huang, who acknowledged an affair on Nov. 8, resigned as Nvidia's CEO the same day as the report. Super Micro shares were at $27.48 at 3:06 p.m. ET, down 9.7% from Wednesday's close of $30.43. The stock had opened about 11% lower, before the report was published. The shares closed the day down 11.3% at $26.99.

San José Spotlight · San Jose, CA

Nearby: San Jose, CA

Silicon Valley BART extension hits construction milestone

Transportation officials overseeing the multibillion-dollar Silicon Valley BART extension are celebrating an early construction milestone in bringing the rapid transit service to downtown San Jose and Santa Clara. Workers in recent weeks completed excavating and reinforcing an 83-foot-deep hole on a former rail yard property nearby PayPal Park. The shaft will serve as the launch point for the massive boring machine that will drill out the 5-mile tunnel made to house the new BART tracks. The $12.7 billion public works project overseen by VTA will eventually add four new BART stations: three in San Jose and one in Santa Clara. In the works for more than a decade, the effort has faced delays, ballooning costs and a series of controversies, including pushback against its single tunnel design.

The Daily Caller · San Jose, CA

Nearby: San Jose, CA

Nvidia CEO Resigns After Alleged Affair With Chinese Spy

Dylan Kresak Technology Reporter November 12, 2026 9:15 AM ET November 12, 2026 9:15 AM ET Dylan Kresak Technology Reporter Font Size: The CEO of Nvidia resigned Thursday following allegations of an affair with a suspected Chinese spy. Jensen Huang announced he is stepping down immediately and leaving the company’s board following a board meeting to determine his status with the company, Reuters reported Thursday. Huang’s departure follows his Sunday confession to the company that he had a romantic relationship with Alice Huang, a former executive at Singapore-based tech firm Megaspeed and an alleged Chinese asset. “Jensen’s contributions to NVIDIA are profound. NVIDIA is one of the most consequential technology companies in the world,” Harvey Jones, a chair on Nvidia’s Board of directors, said in a memo to company employees, Reuters reported. “The Board takes seriously our duty as stewards of this great company,” Jones told the company.

San José Spotlight · San Jose, CA

Nearby: San Jose, CA

Bramson: Voters have spoken, but California’s affordability crisis remains

For a family in San Jose struggling to pay $3,000 a month in rent, the results of the Nov. 3 election probably won’t change much about next month’s bills. Neither will they shorten the commute of a worker traveling two hours each day because living near their job is simply too expensive. And for someone facing eviction, the promise of future housing construction offers little comfort when the rent is due tomorrow. Yet California voters delivered an important message last week. They are willing to invest in making their communities more affordable. The challenge now is turning that political support into something residents can actually experience. Consider the results. Proposition 1, authorizing more than $11 billion in housing bonds, passed with approximately 61% support. Voters also rejected Proposition 43, preserving the ability of citizen-led local tax measures to pass without a two-thirds supermajority.