SAN RAFAEL – Tuition at University of California’s nine public schools -- including its law schools -- increased roughly 15,000 percent during the last 35 years, and a retired board regent is speaking out about it.
OAKLAND – After receiving intellectual property rights for developments in CRISPR technology in mid-February, Caribou Biosciences Inc., announced a new alliance with Integrated DNA Technologies Inc., (IDT) that will allow both companies to perform extensive research in CRISPR - Cas9 technology.
SAN FRANCISCO – A South Dakota man alleges that a hard drive manufacturer misrepresents its product as high-performance and reliable despite multiple failed hard drives reported by consumers.
SAN FRANCISCO – The spouse of a telecommunications engineer is suing the IUOE Stationary Engineers Local 39 Pension Plan and its board of trustees because of their alleged refusal to pay for a mandatory spousal pension benefit solely because he was married to a man.
SAN JOSE – The city of Berkeley is suing three corporations over the alleged presence of an environmental contaminant called polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), which purportedly can cause health problems in animals and humans.
