Topic: Business & Public Policy

Why Venezuela’s oil is not the cash cow Trump claims it to be

San Francisco Chronicle

Valero confirms Benicia refinery will close, leaving city’s future uncertain

The Mercury News

Cut electric rates 25%? Don’t hold your breath.

The Press Democrat

Faculty News

California vs. the deepfakes: How a Haas faculty member helped write first-in-the-nation AI law  

Why Californians Will Pay $340 More for Electricity Next Year

The American Prospect

Wildfires and a ‘black box’ of utility spending drive California’s record electric rate hikes

Straight Arrow News

The oil business is hurting but still in love with Trump

E&E News

ChileCompra, University of Chile, and UC Berkeley expand collaboration to apply AI in public procurement

Marca Chile

Research

Democracy Boot Camp

Political training program helps candidates win elections

Online child safety advocates urge California lawmakers to increase protections

Los Angeles Times

Fixing America’s Self-Inflicted Infrastructure Crisis

Project Syndicate

Product management = Policy + business + tech

TechCity

Where does one go on a first date with the mayor?

New York Times

What you need to know about AI at university

FAZ

Alumni News

Trevor Traina, MBA 96, serial entrepreneur and former U.S. Ambassador to Austria, on the 3 steps of good decision making

Nvidia lands $2 billion Kazakhstan AI chip deal as stock sheds $450 billion in market cap

Cryptorank

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff issues apology for urging National Guard response in San Francisco

KPIX CBS News Bay Area

California Is getting its ‘AI act’ together

Tech Policy.Press

Tariffs | Balancing Act with John Katko

PBS | WCNY

This UC Berkeley grad went from making boba in her dorm room to running a thriving SF cafe

SFGate