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Diverse burst of technological innovation of the past 150 years, writes historian leslie berlin. Quote, five Major Industries were born; personal computing, video games, advanced semiconductor logic, modern Venture Capital and biotechnology. Unquote. The valley brought to life new Iconic Companies including apple, atari, genentech and major venture firms. Berlin spent six years doing research with many of the Unsung Heroes of this era behind these landmark developments and that set in motion the...

Atari, genentech, venture firms, berlin spent six years doing research with many Unsung Heroes of this era behind landmark developments and set in motion Ripple Effects which changed the world, tonight she joins us to discuss her new book troublemakers, Silicon Valleys coming of age. The side of the stage we are pleased to present a small exhibit tonight of artifacts related to each of the Silicon Valley troublemakers featured in her book. Bob swanson and bob taylor, we are thrilled to have seve...

The end of the year as the city tries to keep up with the increasing demand. San jose is going to grow more than San Francisco and oakland combined. Its becoming the Geographic Center and the driver of the bay area. Today architects and engineers lined up at city hall to get their plan for new projects approved. The city gave the green light for the developer to build a highrise behind the tech museum for hotels and offices. The city is going to the next level and we are taking advantage of this...

There are a few folks waiting for the cash lanes. Reports of garbage on eastbound 24 approaching the walnut creek interchange. No slowing shows up, but im going to check back in a few minutes. So far, nothing big for the peninsula or south bay. Back to marcus. Thanks. Today is one month since the devastating north bay wildfires broke out. This is what we saw for weeks in the north bay area. This morning, many questions remain on where communities go from here. Pete suratos is live in santa rosa ...

Mountainview and concord. Could you find the list on our website at nbcbayarea. Com. It could be a chaotic day in the south bay, because of a strike planned by sunnyvale workers. Marianne favro joins us from sunnyvale with a look at what is planned there. Reporter well, the city tells us that police and dispatchers and fire crews will not be impacted by tomorrows walkout. But it will definitely not be business as usual. About 400 people are expected to walk off the job tomorrow. And that is beca...

A Birthday Party at the Swimming Pool when a white mail opened fire. A Police Officer helicopter arrived over the scene, and they could see the gunman reloading. Three officers arrived. They say the shooter pointed his gun at them, all three officers opened fire, killing him. From the screams, you could hear somebody or people were hit. I could see everybody on the balcony just ducking down for cover. And the shots were being fired from the same place, the area where the police were located arou...

Collapsed in oakland. Workers fell two stories. Some trapped in wet cement. Maria medina reports from oakland with witnesses descriptions of the chaos. Reporter a much different scene out here now compared to this morning. This morning, there was panic and chaos and you can see behind me a tarp where the accident happened. Cal osha preserving that site to figure out what happened. Next thing you know everything collapsed. Reporter the scene unfolded here. Too much weight. It was a wrap and it wa...

Reporter we have seen napa police officers, Highway Patrol and private security in and outside of the event. One napa resident says she would not have minded seeing even more. Maybe a little bit more would have been nice at night but right now i feel safe. Reporter so far no word of any major problems. Tonight,s headliner is maroon 5 at 8 00. Allen . Sharon chin live at bottlerock in napa, thanks. We have posted a bottlerock Survival Guide with details on the weekend lineup and tips for getting ...

Into affect tomorrow morning, lasting through monday night. We are about to see some of the hottest air we have seen so far this year. We will talk about temperatures in a few minutes, guys, coming up in the forecast. Many of us will look for the waves to beat the heat this weekend. Amy hollyfield is live at the dublin and pleasanton b. A. R. T. Station where riders are getting an early start before the temperatures go up. Reporter the commuters are happy about the direction they are going, towa...

Far this year, well, over the weekend. A refreshing look outside from the emeriville camera. Busy water. Refreshing look. Temperaturewise, in the 70s and 80s, and some at 90 degrees in this early hour. Tracking temperatures this afternoon, low 90s, but this is the coolest day we have in the next seven days. A heat advisory in Effect Tomorrow morning and excessive heat warning in effect for solano county. Well track how hot temperatures get and how long the heat wave lasts in that full accuweathe...