Kurtenbach: Four things 49ers need to show me in their second preseason game
San Francisco 49ers: Can Trey Lance beat up on lesser competition? Can the Niners’ rookie kicker make a kick? We’ll find out when San Francisco plays the Broncos Saturday. I’m not going to tell you that NFL preseason games aren’t important, but I’m also not going to pretend that there’s nothing to watch. There’s a…
The SF Giants don’t hit the ball hard. Does that matter?
The Giants have hit fewer balls at 110+ mph than all but one other team — and three players alone on the Atlanta Braves ATLANTA (AP) — Look at the leaderboard to see how frequently all 30 MLB teams record balls in play at 110 mph or higher. Now scroll, scroll, and scroll some more.…
High school football 2023 preview: West Catholic Athletic League
Top players & predicted order of finish in the eight-school West Catholic Athletic League WEST CATHOLIC ATHLETIC LEAGUE (Probable order of completion) No. 1 SERRA Coach: Patrick Walsh Record in 2022: 13-1 What to anticipate: Last season, Serra was the undisputed No. 1 team in Northern California, defeating Folsom and De La Salle on the…
‘Blood for blood’: Indictments detail East Contra Costa cops’ alleged crimes that went unnoticed for years
Officers plotted violence, collected ‘trophies’ among other misdeeds, feds say The FBI’s investigation into widespread corruption in the Antioch and Pittsburg police departments resulted in the indictment of ten people on Thursday, marking one of the Bay Area’s largest and most egregious policing scandals in recent memory. In four indictments filed in East Contra Costa…
Amazon employees are internally sharing mock leadership principles that make fun of the company’s aggressive RTO policy: ‘Disagree and comply’
Amazon employees are mocking the company’s return-to-office policy in a very Amazon way. The mock list reflects the rising employee frustration over the RTO policy. Amazon is dealing with an unusually contentious response to its RTO policy. When making important company decisions, Amazon is well-known for adhering to its 16 leadership principles. However, the company’s…
Amazon wants to make RTO exceptions extremely rare, and workers are considering drastic hacks to comply
Amazon is telling employees to relocate to their team’s nearest “hub” or find a new job. The company wants RTO policy exceptions to be extremely rare. Employees are considering drastic measures to comply with the order. Amazon is doubling down on its plan to get employees back to work by making policy exceptions extremely rare. As…
Amazon is expanding its own shipping service that directly competes with FedEx and UPS, email invite shows
Amazon is inviting sellers to use its own in-house shipping service, called Amazon Shipping. Amazon Shipping is expanding to handle shipments within the contiguous United States. It ships packages for products sold on Amazon, but also the seller’s own website or other marketplaces. Amazon’s own shipping service, which competes with FedEx and UPS, is rapidly…
$3.7 billion data startup Cohesity prepares for a public listing, again, as hope rises that IPOs will return this fall
Cohesity just hired a new chief financial officer and is talking about getting ready for its IPO. It filed confidential paperwork in December 2021, right as the markets closed to new offerings. “We continue to be in a state of public readiness,” CEO Sanjay Poonen said. Cohesity, a data startup, is preparing to go public…
An influencer who got paid to promote TV and movies is pivoting to music content and more UGC on TikTok and Snapchat to earn money as the Hollywood strikes continue
As actors and writers continue to strike, some influencers are standing in solidarity. Creators who were paid to attend TV and movie premieres are trying to make money in other ways. One influencer is now posting sponsored content for music artists and festivals instead. When Joseph Arujo, a fashion and lifestyle influencer, posted a TikTok…
