A continuous glucose monitor helped me discover I have hypoglycemia. Here’s how startup January uses AI to predict blood sugar spikes and crashes and coached me to better food choices.
The healthcare startup January uses CGMs and AI to monitor glucose levels, exercise, and sleep. The startup has received funding from Felicis Ventures, HAND Capital, and Marc Benioff. I have low blood sugar, and January used machine learning to coach me to healthier habits. The health-and-fitness startup industry is thriving, thanks in part to the…
‘We are at a tremendous loss’: As victims in fatal San Jose double stabbing are mourned, family speaks out
No suspect has been publicly identified in the slayings of 6-year-old Jordan Cam Walker and 71-year-old Delphina Turner SAN JOSE, Calif. — As family members mourn the deaths of a young boy and his great-grandmother in a grisly double stabbing at their San Jose apartment earlier this month, key questions remain, the most pressing of…
Yeti store and several restaurants head to Santana Row in San Jose
San Jose mixed-use village lands more merchants in post-COVID rebound SAN JOSE, Calif. — Santana Row in San Jose, described as one of the parent company’s “big four” centers by its principal owner, has added new tenants, including an outdoor gear retailer. YETI, which specializes in outdoor clothing and equipment, celebrated the grand opening of…
Author David Simon shares how ‘Homicide’ became a graphic novel some 30 years later: ‘It feels different’
Jonathan M. Pitts | The Baltimore Sun BALTIMORE (AP) — David Simon’s life has changed dramatically since his first book, “Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets,” was published in 1991. His 600-page blockbuster about a team of Baltimore homicide detectives was a best-seller and is now considered a classic. It was the inspiration for…
Could Buster Posey really be a future SF Giants manager? Here’s why it’s impossible now — and unlikely later
As Buster Posey moves back to the Bay Area, speculation has started that the former catcher could want to be the manager of the San Francisco Giants Buster Posey’s plans to return to the Bay Area may have sparked some speculation about him managing the Giants in the future, but don’t count on him. Posey…
Is the housing market about to crash? What the experts are saying
Bankrate.com’s Jeff Ostrowski (TNS) After a record-breaking run that saw mortgage rates fall to all-time lows and home prices soar to new highs, the housing market in the United States began to slow in late 2022. Mortgage companies laid off thousands of workers, real estate economists lamented a “housing recession,” and home prices appeared to…
Preseason all-Bay Area News Group high school football 2023: Quarterbacks
Serra, San Ramon Valley, Acalanes standouts lead all-Bay Area News Group preseason quarterbacks list PRESEASON ALL-BAY AREA NEWS GROUP QUARTERBACKS (arranged alphabetically) Marley Alcantara, 5-10, 180, junior, Pittsburg Last season, despite playing behind four-star quarterback Jaden Rashada, Alcantara passed for 14 touchdowns and rushed for three more. In the Big Little Game, he threw for…
Snap is ending employees’ cash food benefit, citing ‘on-site’ meals ahead of full RTO mandate
For the last three years Snapchat workers received a weekly stipend for food. That benefit is disappearing as Snap wants to get people in the office at least four days a week. Instead of the food benefit, workers have been told to “explore” on-site lunch offerings. Snap is discontinuing a benefit that allowed employees to…
A handful of portfolio managers exited $20 billion hedge fund Balyasny in early August
Four stock-picking portfolio managers left Balyasny in early August. Some are headed to rival multi-manager hedge funds, according to people familiar with the matter. The $20 billion fund is trailing its peers in performance this year. According to people familiar with the matter, multi-strategy hedge fund Balyasny Asset Management saw a handful of departures in…
