Comcast got me fired after billing dispute, says California man [Updated]
"OAKLAND, CA—Speaking over lunch last Friday, a Northern California man named Conal O'Rourke laid out what admittedly sounds like a crazy story: a year-long billing dispute over his home Comcast service that ultimately resulted in Comcast getting O'Rourke fired from his job at PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC) in nearby...
Neel Kashkari’s bid for governor challenges Jerry Brown and the Republican Party
Republican Neel Kashkari's bid for governor was always going to be an uphill battle, but now two polls have him running way behind Democratic incumbent Gov. Jerry Brown, and one survey found that just a quarter of likely voters could even identify Kashkari as a candidate. So what's...
Now entering political arena: Women in tech
More recently, there’s been a realization that getting in with lawmakers can be vital to easing regulatory burdens. For instance, Anne Wojcicki, CEO of genetic-testing company 23andMe, has spent months working the Food and Drug Administration to get approval for her company’s DNA health test...
A show of disunity at California GOP convention
It was a double indignity for Neel Kashkari this weekend when not just one but two fellow Republicans on November's statewide ballot declined to endorse his campaign to oust Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown. When Kashkari reached for an analogy Saturday to describe the party fracture,...
Election upset of Rep. Mike Honda seen as unlikely
Washington -- - Rep. Mike Honda prefers the floor to a chair, sitting Japanese-style with his back against the couch. He loves to fish, not golf. Not the glamorous Idaho fly fishing that some of his Silicon Valley constituents might enjoy, but lowly surf fishing...
Kashkari’s gubernatorial campaign heads in unconventional directions
On a recent sunny Sunday in South Los Angeles, worshipers gathered in a wood-beam Pentecostal church to sing and offer testimonials of faith. In the middle of the African American congregation, swaying during the hymns and dropping money into the collection basket, stood Neel Kashkari,...