California Start-Up Will Buy Assets of Bankrupt Swedish Battery Maker

Lyten will acquire German and Swedish factories built by Northvolt, which declared bankruptcy in March.

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‘They Kept Coming’: Hundreds of Packages Pile Up Outside Woman’s Home

A year ago, misdirected Amazon returns began arriving at Karen Holton’s house in California. Eventually, she said, they were stacked so high that she could not easily use her door.

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San Jose Considers Arresting Homeless People Who Refuse Housing

The mayor of the Silicon Valley city has proposed arresting people who don’t accept offers of shelter. It’s the latest sign of frustrations over tent encampments in California.

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A Prolonged Strike Gave Silicon Valley a Glimpse of Life Without Transit

An unusually long strike in the San Jose area forced a shutdown of buses and light-rail trains. It was a possible harbinger of things to come for transit agencies elsewhere.

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Bob Fernandez, Who Survived Pearl Harbor as a Teenager, Dies at 100

Mr. Fernandez was a 17-year-old sailor aboard the U.S.S. Curtiss when Japanese forces attacked. He had recently canceled a trip to Hawaii for the 83rd anniversary of the bombing.

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