• Tesla Fires Hundreds of Workers

    The electric-car maker Tesla fired hundreds of workers this week after a series of performance reviews conducted during the biggest expansion in the company's history. Tesla said Friday that the dismissals were not out of the ordinary, even though they came as the automaker tries to increase the production of its first mass-market vehicle, the Model 3 sedan.
  • Trapped Oakland firefighters 'thought we were going to die' in Wine Country blaze

    Oakland Battalion Chief Nick Luby, left, and retired Sacramento metro fire chief Kurt Henke go over maps at the Dry Creek Lokoya Fire Station 16 to the west of Napa on Thursday. A strike team comprised of Oakland, Alameda County, Fremont and Hayward firefighters has been working the fires early Monday morning.
  • Tesla reportedly fires hundreds at Fremont plant

    Tesla fired several hundred employees at its Fremont auto factory this week, even as it tries to increase production, according to a report published Friday. The Palo Alto maker of luxury electric cars fired an estimated 400 to 700 employees, according to the Mercury News.

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