Telecommunications equipment provider Calix is moving its global headquarters from Petaluma to North San Jose, where it plans to hire hundreds of additional employees.

However, he says details are still being worked out regarding the HQ location and the number of current workers who will relocate to Colorado.

A former accountant for the city of Cupertino was arrested Wednesday for allegedly embezzling almost $800,000 in public funds, city officials said. Jennifer “Yuen-Cheng” Chang, formerly a senior accountant with the city, was arrested by the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office on suspicion of embezzling $791,494 from the city between 2000 and 2014, the city said in a statement on Wednesday. The county District Attorney’s office has brought 68 criminal charges against Chang, who is accused of…

Looking ahead to its business post-Disney acquisition, 21st Century Fox has invested $100 million in Caffeine Inc., a next-generation social broadcast platform for gaming, entertainment and other creative content. The investment in teh Redwood City-based business is part of a larger round in which existing investors Andreessen Horowitz, Greylock Partners and others participated, though only Fox’s share was disclosed. In addition, Caffeine announced a content agreement with Live Nation (NYSE:…

Freelance marketplace Upwork Inc. on Thursday joined what is turning into a flood of Bay Area companies filing plans to go public this year. The Mountain View company that was formed by the 2014 merger of Elance and Odesk said it plans to raise $100 million in its IPO. It joins eight others from the region with outstanding public IPO filings, including electric car company Nio Inc., which is expected to debut on Wall Street next Wednesday. Redwood City-based biotech Guardent Health Inc. also filed…

Facing the threat of a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission investigation, Tesla, Inc. CEO Elon Musk has hired two high-powered Washington D.C. lawyers to defend him, Fox Business Network reports. Musk has reportedly hired Roel Campos and Steven Farina, lawyers with Hughes Hubbard & Reed and Williams & Connolly, respectively. Campos is a Republican who served as the SEC commissioner from 2002 to 2007, under President George W. Bush. Farina is a partner at his firm, and co-chairs its Securities…