Vice Mayor Sophie Hahn said via email that even with the cap, she will continue to encourage diners to order directly from restaurants, or use restaurants’ own delivery services if available, to curb the expense of using delivery apps, a cost that is often not readily evident to consumers when they place an order. … [Read more...] about Berkeley caps delivery commission fees at 15% as pressure on apps heats up
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Uber’s name-your-price feature for drivers hits Bay Area
AB5, the California gig-work law enacted this year, makes it much harder for companies to decline to classify workers as employees, which costs them much more. Uber and rival Lyft say their business models rely on the flexiblity of drivers being independent contractors. … [Read more...] about Uber’s name-your-price feature for drivers hits Bay Area
Giants try to get serious in a ballgame that features homers by Sandoval, Pence
Sandoval also homered, with a man aboard, on a hanging Andrew Triggs curveball. Catcher Chadwick Tromp also had a big scoring hit, a triple off the center field wall, which Mike Yastrzemski crashed into trying to make the catch. It jolted him momentarily, but he was OK. … [Read more...] about Giants try to get serious in a ballgame that features homers by Sandoval, Pence
US Covid-19 cases are climbing but some state and local leaders clash over moves to curb the spread
The debates are part of nationwide efforts by US leaders to control a now rapid spread of coronavirus without having to force residents into a second lockdown. More than half of US states have paused or rolled back their reopening plans in hopes of slowing down new cases. But both mandates and suggestions for face masks by officials still face heavy backlash by many Americans -- even as experts warn they're the most effective way to prevent further spread of the virus. … [Read more...] about US Covid-19 cases are climbing but some state and local leaders clash over moves to curb the spread
Record heat possible from California to Texas on Sunday
Other hot locations include Houston, New Orleans, Montgomery, Alabama, and Columbia, South Carolina, which will at hit a high temperature of at least 95 degrees Sunday. But those locations will not be under a heat advisory because the National Weather Service uses different criteria for heat advisories in different parts of the country. If the forecast calls for a heat index of 105 degrees in Dallas or Atlanta, the NWS will issue a heat advisory, but that's not high enough for San Antonio, which needs a heat index of at least 108 degrees or Columbia, South Carolina, which needs at least 110 degrees before heat advisories are issued. … [Read more...] about Record heat possible from California to Texas on Sunday
