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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 these ripple effects which have literally changed the world. Tonight she joins us to discuss her new bo...

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 several of the remarkable troublemakers with us tonight so please stand and be recognized. [applause] th...

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 current economic break. And a lot of flips. Imported for the silicon valley. And a lot of these hig...

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 with the complicated issues the fire victims are facing a month later. Good morning, pete. Reporter ...

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 because Union Employees say after years of negotiations they have hit a tail ma a stalemate with the cit...