Apple continued to grow its fleet of self-driving cars over the summer, adding four cars and 28 safety drivers to its fleet, which remains the state’s third-largest, behind autonomous fleets operated by General Motors Co. and Alphabet Inc.-owned Waymo, according to DMV data first spotted by MacReports. There are now 57 companies with permits to operate 556 self-driving cars on California’s roads. This group employs a total of 1,917 safety drivers. As of this week, Apple is testing 70 autonomous…

Hardware entrepreneurs say new levies on Chinese imports of up to 25 percent could be the “death knell” for their inventions.

The Port of Portland is losing its CFO. Cynthia Nichol will take over as Sacramento County’s airport system director on Oct. 22. County supervisors voted to affirm the appointment Tuesday. Nichol has more than 30 years of executive experience in airport management, in both the private and public sectors, according to the county. Since 2012, Nichol has served as chief financial officer for the Port of Portland, working on a team that manages three airports, port terminals, an industrial park and…

International leaders, state and local officials, climate change experts and CEOs will descend on San Francisco this week for what organizers are calling the “landmark” Global Climate Action Summit, a top-level conference aimed at reducing emissions and fighting climate change. The summit will feature a series of panels, speakers and emission-reducing announcements from major companies, states and cities from Wednesday to Friday. The event kicks off at the Moscone Center with high-profile policymakers,…

The city said it’s looking to convert the existing housing for “extremely low-income and vulnerable individuals” to options that accommodate those looking to exit homelessness.

Fast-growing Chinese electric carmaker Nio, a Tesla rival with U.S. headquarters in San Jose, limped into its much-anticipated initial public offering this morning, raising roughly $1 billion and valuing the company at $6.41 billion. At one point, Nio said it hoped to raise as much as $3 billion in its IPO, valuing the company at $20 billion, The Wall Street Journal reports. In an August filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Nio tempered its earlier expectations, saying it planned…