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California county says Tesla may not reopen vehicle factory

Tesla "must not reopen" its vehicle factory in the San Francisco Bay area as local lockdown measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus remain in effect, the local county health department said on Friday.

Want your relief check by direct deposit? Better hurry

If you want to get your $1,200 stimulus check more quickly, you need to make sure the government has your bank account information on file. But time is running out. You now have until noon on May 13 to enter that data.

Souplantation's buffet-style restaurants closing for good

The permanent shuttering of the 97 restaurants was announced Thursday following weeks of efforts to salvage San Diego-based Garden Fresh Restaurants, the parent company of Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes, which operates outside of Southern California. The closing will mean lost jobs for 4,400 employees.

Virus shows how easy it is to go from middle class to poverty

As the unemployment rate skyrockets and over 20 million are out of work, some are slipping through the giant holes in the U.S. safety net.

9 startups helping moms get back to work after having kids

Most of these startups are mom-founded, and they're all helping mothers deal with the stress and anxiety of re-entering the workforce.

Engineer's $86 million deal to make ventilators unravels

The offer to the Federal Emergency Management Agency sounded promising: A Silicon Valley engineer said that he could deliver thousands of ventilators from manufacturers across China to help hospitals treat coronavirus patients.

Coronavirus-related lawsuits are about to flood courts

At least 895 federal and state lawsuits have been filed in relation to the pandemic, according to one count.

Soaring joblessness could shake US economy, politics for years

Mass unemployment on a scale not seen since the Great Depression has erased the economic gains of the past decade and now threatens to linger for years, fueling social discord and shaking an already polarized political system.