FILE: Michael Moritz sits onstage at the Vanity Fair New Establishment Summit at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts on Oct. 19, 2016, in San Francisco. Michael Kovac/Getty Images for Vanity Fair Michael Moritz got obscenely rich as an investor in the Bay Area’s tech industry. Now, he’s been putting that money into a push to change … Read more
Miles and miles of unpaved roads are carved into the eastern half of California City, intersecting and folding into themselves only to bottom out into empty cul de sacs. Even though there are no houses in sight, the roads are marked with street signs — with names like Lincoln Boulevard, Rutgers Road and Aristotle Drive … Read more
An aerial view of Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, Calif. Flannery Associates, a group backed by several tech billionaires, has bought up 52,000 acres near the base. Google Street View The cadre of tech billionaires who mysteriously bought up 52,000 acres of land in Solano County has finally explained the reason behind years of … Read more
A portion of westbound Interstate 780 at East Second Street in Benicia was closed Wednesday morning due to an “overturned tanker truck,” officials said. CHP Solano LATEST Sept. 6, 12:30 p.m. The California Highway Patrol said as of 12:30 p.m. westbound Interstate 780 at East Second Street in Benicia remains closed, and traffic is being rerouted off … Read more
Since 2018, a shadowy company called Flannery Associates has been purchasing plots of primarily agricultural land between Vacaville and Rio Vista. Their 52,000 acres, which cost the company nearly $1 billion, make them the single biggest landowner in Solano County. Last week, the people behind Flannery went public: The backers include some of tech’s biggest names, … Read more
Patrick Collison speaks onstage during WIRED25 Work: Inside San Francisco’s Most Innovative Workplaces on Oct. 12, 2018, in San Francisco. Phillip Faraone / Getty Images For months, rumors swirled about the purpose of Flannery Associates’ land grab. Skeptical landowners turned down jacked-up prices. Officials worried about the acres’ adjacency to Travis Air Force Base. Then, a survey … Read more