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Business

Your DoorDash Driver? He’s The Company’s Co-Founder

SAN FRANCISCO — On a recent afternoon in San Francisco, a DoorDash driver was circling the neighborhood — first in his car, then on foot — trying to find the restaurant where he needed to pick up two orders. Finally, he Googled the location and realized DoorDash’s app sent him to the ...

‘An Important Need’

Dan and Beth Hocking, owners of ACME The Appliance Store, recently donated a Weber Gas Grill that will be used for a drawing to support the 27th annual TRC Golf Classic. The TRC Golf Classic is the major annual fundraising event for Filling the Gap Inc., a Jamestown-based non-profit ...

Statewide Initiative To Improve Skills And Competency Of Workers

A statewide initiative aimed at improving the skills and competency of workers who support people with disabilities has been embraced by employees of The Resource Center, with 18 staff members achieving national certification during the program’s first three months. The Resource Center was ...

Landlords Say They’re Drowning In Debt

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Retiree Pamela Haile has paid property taxes, insurance and other bills on a house she lets out in Oakland, but for more than three years her tenants have paid no rent thanks to one of the longest-lasting eviction bans in the country. The eviction moratorium in the San ...

Unemployment Applications Drop Across Country

Applications for unemployment benefits fell significantly last week after claims appeared to stabilize at modestly elevated levels in recent weeks. U.S. applications for jobless claims fell by 26,000 to 239,000 for the week ending June 24, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Economists ...

No Bonanza Yet

WASHINGTON — To President Donald Trump, America’s trade relationship with Mexico was intolerable. He seethed over the U.S. trade deficit and the shuttered factories in America’s heartland. “No longer,’’ he vowed six years ago, “are we going to allow other countries to break the ...