GDC Canceled After Companies Pull Out Over Coronavirus Concerns

The spread of the coronavirus has caused the cancellation of major sporting events and concerts throughout the country, causing financial uncertainty for thousands of arena workers.

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This year’s AIDS/LifeCycle has been cancelled.

Among the perks offered by tech companies to lure and retain employees, serving workers a free lunch is one of the most ingrained in the industry. But now that the coronavirus pandemic is forcing thousands of people to work from home, will some still get that free lunch? For two companies in the San Francisco Bay Area, the answer is yes.

Officials in six San Francisco Bay Area counties issued a shelter-in-place mandate on Monday affecting nearly 7 million people, including the city of San Francisco itself.

The Matrix has joined the growing list of movies shut down due to coronavirus concerns.

Warner Bros. has decided to shutter production on “The Matrix” as the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread.

Earlier this week, Berlin’s Berghain—a dance club infamous for its anything-goes darkrooms—announced it was canceling all upcoming “self-produced events” and effectively going dark through April 20. At Barcelona’s Sala Apolo, the lights will stay off for at least the next two weeks, its wooden floorboards gleaming dully in the emptiness.

The fashion world is pulling back from upcoming resort runway shows due to the global spread of the coronavirus. Gucci canceled its Cruise 2021 fashion show that was going to be on May 18 in San Francisco.

Xsolla, a video game business engine, will host a virtual event in the upcoming sandbox gameYour World from developer and publisher Pantera Entertainment. The event, dubbed the Game Developers Carnival, will allow developers who were affected by the postponement of the annual Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, which was originally slated to run next week but was pushed back due to the coronavirus pandemic, to interact and conduct business in the virtual world.

The Golden State Warriors will be the first team in the NBA to play without fans in their arena due to the coronavirus outbreak. "Due to escalating concerns about the spread of the coronavirus, and in consultation with the City and County of San Francisco, tomorrow night’s game vs.

Washington Governor Jay Inslee has banned gatherings of more than 250 people in three counties in the state’s the Seattle-Tacoma area through “at least” the end of March, he said at a press conference late Tuesday. Hours later, San Francisco issued a similar ban on gatherings of more than 1,000 people.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An investigation commissioned by the Los Angeles Opera into sexual harassment allegations against ‪Plácido Domingo has found that the legendary tenor engaged in "inappropriate conduct" with multiple women over the three decades he held senior positions at the company, which he …

Some events planned for GDC 2020 will now take place virtually, after this month’s in-person San Francisco conference was canceled over coronavirus concerns.

Disclosure has some of North America's biggest music festivals on their spring tour schedule, with stops at Coachella and III Points both impending for the Lawrence brothers.

Led Zeppelin on Monday persuaded a U.S. appeals court to reinstate a jury verdict that it did not steal the opening guitar riff for “Stairway to Heaven” from an obscure song written four years earlier.

The Curry’s are a solid squad! Ayesha Curry sat courtside on Thursday night in support of husband Steph Curry, who returned to Dub Nation after four months of rehab on a broken left hand. The chef and cookbook author and Steph’s sister, Sydel Curry-Lee shared videos on Instagram Stories from inside Golden State’s new home arena at the Chase Center in San Francisco.

Gucci is taking precautions amid the spread of coronavirus, which has led to the deaths of six people in the U.S. as of Monday.

SAN FRANCISCO -- A senior member of the main U.S. union that represents opera performers resigned Monday, accusing the leadership of a cover-up in its investigation into accusations of sexual harassment against superstar Plácido Domingo.