Ricardo Lara
Democratic state insurance commissioner, battered by ethics controversies, faces easy November re-election after main rival, Assemblyman Marc Levine, D-San Rafael, concedes narrow primary loss to Republican Robert Howell.
Sunny Balwani
A jury finds the former chief operating officer of failed blood testing company Theranos and ex-boyfriend of founder Elizabeth Holmes guilty of defrauding patients and investors. He now faces up to 20 years in prison.
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Twitter
TwitterThe risk of a big shake-up and the return of Donald Trump to the San Francisco social media platform seem to be over, as Elon Musk slows takeover efforts. Still, Twitter hasn’t turned a profit in eight of the last 10 years.