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5 shuttle buses chartered by Google, Apple apparently vandalized on I-280, possibly with pellet gun
Shuttle buses carrying Apple and Google employees were apparently vandalized Tuesday while traveling to and from the South Bay, officials said. No injuries were reported.
Five buses driving in the northbound and southbound directions of Interstate 280 between Highway 84 and Highway 85 were damaged during the Tuesday morning and evening commute, said California Highway Patrol Officer Art Montiel. Four buses were chartered by Apple and one by Google, the officer said. The Apple campus is located off I-280 in Cupertino. Google headquarters is in Mountain View off Highway 101.
According to Montiel, several bus windows were damaged and cracked, possibly by pellet guns, BB guns or rocks.
According to an article on TechCrunch
In response, we've learned that Apple has rerouted the bus routes for employees living in San Francisco, adding 30-45 minutes of commute time each way, as the company works with authorities to see what exactly is going on.
Also at The Guardian.
(Score: 3, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 18 2018, @06:16PM (3 children)
You imply the have-nots can't do tech jobs, and you have no idea what you are talking about. The billionaire tech giants refuse to hire locals who do have the tech skills and can do the tech jobs. H1Bs are just cheaper to hire and cheaper to bus in.
There isn't any place where US citizens can move to in search of jobs when employers refuse to employ US citizens.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by HiThere on Thursday January 18 2018, @06:38PM (1 child)
Don't assume that the people being bussed in are H1B's. Most local papers say that they are causing the rents to raise and gentrifying neighborhoods that poorer people have been living in. But, yes, there is a *lot* of local resentment.
Javascript is what you use to allow unknown third parties to run software you have no idea about on your computer.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 18 2018, @06:56PM
Let's bus the poor people to the coal mines. Problem solved.
(Score: 2) by NewNic on Thursday January 18 2018, @06:53PM
These buses are bringing people from San Francisco. San Francisco is one of the most expensive cities in the USA.
Those low wage H1-Bs can't afford to live in SF.
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