Why hasn't SpaceX, worth $2T, paid this Bay Area chef the $70K it owes him?

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• Article URL: https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaurants/article/spacex-stateline-napa-late-payment-22463945.php Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50045288 Points: 14 # Comments: 6…
• Reported by Hacker News and published Sun, 11 Oct 2026 16:59:24 UTC.

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