Now tech layoffs are slowing Bay Area housing market as prices fall even more Add tech company layoffs to the list of headwinds facing California's Bay Area housing market. Tribune News Service · Nov 18, 2022
Tech layoffs: San Jose streaming giant Roku plans to cut hundreds of jobs SAN JOSE, California — Roku, a San Jose streaming giant, has disclosed plans to jettison hundreds of employees, in a new disclosure that widens the increasingly painful job cuts that have jolted the Bay Area’s tech sector. Tribune News Service · Nov 17, 2022
Billionaires gone wild: Musk, Zuckerberg slash jobs, roll dice with future of Bay Area tech icons As Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg lay off thousands of workers in pursuit of their personal visions for the future of the internet, the fate of Twitter and Facebook rests in the hands of these two billionaires, experts say — and the outcome for the two iconic Bay Area technology… Tribune News Service · Nov 14, 2022
Facebook’s owner Meta chops thousands of Bay Area jobs: official EDD files MENLO PARK, California — Facebook app owner Meta Platforms has decided to chop thousands of jobs in the Bay Area, a fresh round of painful tech layoffs that will jolt five cities in this region, state labor officials report. Tribune News Service · Nov 14, 2022
Warriors unveil new City Edition uniform designed by Bay Area artist with special meaining The Golden State Warriors dropped new City Edition uniforms designed by a Bay Area artist with a special meaning. USA Today Sports Media Group · Nov 11, 2022
VTA mass shooting: Victims’ families to split $8 million settlement Nearly one and a half years after a disgruntled mechanic killed nine of his coworkers, the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority on Thursday announced an $8 million settlement with the widows, children and other family members left grieving in the wake of the Bay Area’s deadliest mass shooting. Tribune News Service · Nov 11, 2022
Bay Area job cuts widen, affecting both tech company and airline workers SAN JOSE, Calif. — Fresh employment cuts loom over the Bay Area’s uneven economy with a loss of hundreds of jobs due to shifting business needs for an airline and retrenchments for some high-profile tech companies. Tribune News Service · Nov 9, 2022
San Francisco died so the Bay Area could thrive: What the 10 fastest-growing metro areas reveal about the world of remote work Remote work is a "major shock" to San Francisco, its mayor says. So how come its metro area is growing so fast? Fortune · Nov 9, 2022
Widening tech, biotech job cuts could jolt broader Bay Area economy: experts SAN JOSE, Calif. — Bay Area tech and biotech companies have recently revealed plans to chop thousands of jobs, layoffs that raise the specter that these cutbacks might haunt the region’s broader economy. Tribune News Service · Nov 8, 2022
Twitter lays off about 900 in Bay Area after Elon Musk takeover: official state report Twitter’s wide-ranging layoffs include nearly 900 jobs in the Bay Area and about 1,000 total in California, a huge portion of the company’s local workforce, new state filings show. Tribune News Service · Nov 7, 2022
New San Francisco park makes National Geographic’s global list of best trips for next year SAN JOSE, Calif. — How special is it that the world’s premiere travel-and-photography outlet puts a macro lens on a new Bay Area park? For its 25 Breathtaking Places and Experiences for 2023, National Geographic includes San Francisco’s Tunnel Tops as one of the top destinations in the world, praising… Tribune News Service · Nov 7, 2022
Elon Musk sows chaos at key Bay Area tech company Twitter. What’s next? SAN JOSE, Calif. — The future of one of the Bay Area’s most influential — and unprofitable — companies is in the hands of a man seen by some as a genius and by others as a madman. For now, chaos reigns at Twitter, with thousands of workers abruptly ousted… Tribune News Service · Nov 5, 2022
‘We are not trying to scare you.’ In California, fentanyl now behind 1 out every 5 youth deaths SAN JOSE, Calif. — Jan Blom knew little about fentanyl when his 17-year-old son, Linus, went to take a nap in their Los Gatos home in July 2020. Tribune News Service · Oct 31, 2022
Christian McCaffrey comes to 49ers with chip on his shoulder Christian McCaffrey is bringing a chip on his shoulder to the Bay Area after being traded. USA Today Sports Media Group · Oct 28, 2022
Los Angeles Times · Oct 27, 2022 2.1 million earthquake early warnings issued for San Francisco Bay Area quake Many San Francisco Bay Area residents were given several seconds' warning before shaking arrived from a magnitude 5.1 earthquake that struck under the mountains east of San Jose, California, this week.
USA Today Sports Media Group · Oct 27, 2022 San Jose State Vs Nevada: Game Preview, How To Watch, Odds, Prediction San Jose State Vs Nevada: Game Preview, How To Watch, Odds, Prediction Nevada heads up to the Bay Area to face off against San Jose State trying to snap a six game losing streak Contact/Follow @BrandonGBlake & @MWCwire. Nevada Looking To Snap A Six ...
The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2022 Magnitude 5.1 quake strikes in San Francisco Bay Area A magnitude 5.1 earthquake has rattled the San Francisco Bay Area
Tribune News Service · Oct 24, 2022 Bay Area the only region in California where homes are selling for less than a year ago Perhaps it was inevitable — what goes up, up, up, must come down eventually. Homes in the Bay Area are now selling for less than they were a year ago, the only part of California where that is true, as rising interest rates continue to throw cold water on the…
Tribune News Service · Oct 21, 2022 Bay Area loses jobs in September, California gains slow to a crawl California's Bay Area lost jobs during September, while the state's employment gains slowed to a crawl, a report released on Friday showed, an ominous yellow flag for the once-booming economies in the region and statewide.
Los Angeles Times · Oct 21, 2022 San Francisco mayor apologizes for saying 'a lot of' drug dealers are Honduran San Francisco Mayor London Breed issued an apology Thursday for comments she made that linked Honduran immigrants to drug dealing in the city, which drew condemnation from Bay Area Latino organizations and community members.
Tribune News Service · Oct 20, 2022 This company is looking to make building ADUs in Bay Area easier Since 2017, California has passed a slew of laws aimed at making it easier for homeowners to build accessory dwelling units on their properties.
Tribune News Service · Oct 18, 2022 San Francisco Bay Area counties defend use of election software ensnared in China data-sharing probe SAN JOSE, Calif. — Three of the San Francisco Bay Area’s largest counties will continue to use polling station software that was ensnared in a Los Angeles data breach investigation and resulted in at least four other election jurisdictions ditching the software amid allegations of embezzlement and Chinese data sharing.
Tribune News Service · Oct 17, 2022 Bay Area exodus: Median income drops as wealthy residents move out New census data is shining more light on the Bay Area’s pandemic exodus: The region saw the largest drop in median income of any big U.S. metro area as wealthy people moved away — and current residents of all incomes are more likely to relocate soon than in any other…
Tribune News Service · Oct 17, 2022 The perfect day trip to Bay Area's Emeryville, from restaurants to murals and Pixar SAN JOSE, Calif. — In the 1960s, as if directed by a single frequency, people began arriving at Emeryville’s tidal mudflats for an extremely strange project. Using driftwood, scrap metal, broken glass and moth-holed fabric, they erected structures resembling totem poles and spacecraft, a crooked windmill and a Trojan Horse…
Los Angeles Times · Oct 13, 2022 Michael Hiltzik: An abrupt format change at a beloved Bay Area station shows what's wrong with the radio business Listeners of San Francisco's KGO radio station woke up to a shock Monday.