Economy
Share the Spirit: White Pony Express combats East Bay food insecurity
White Pony Express is aiming to chip away at food insecurity in the East Bay.
Holiday cheer: Major price hikes not expected for Christmas trees
National Christmas Tree Association urges families to buy early ensure the best selection of trees.
Black Friday: Bay Area shoppers still worried about prices, but appear ready to spend this holiday season
Optimistic prediction comes despite widespread anxiety over higher prices.
Which US industries bet big on noncitizen workers?
There were 14.7 million "noncitizen" US workers in 2022, authorized or not. That's 9% of all people employed.
California consumer confidence tumbles after Trump’s election
Statewide optimism off 12% in a month, by this polling, the biggest tumble since May 2023.
California gobbles more home-grown turkeys than you think
In 2023, California produced 6.2 million turkeys, each with an average weight of 31.9 pounds.
Healthcare leviathan Kaiser shrinks downtown Oakland footprint again
Kaiser Permanente is warning it plans to slash its downtown Oakland headquarters footprint.
25 Southern California tech firms make fast-growth list
Highest-ranked local firm was Gamefam, a video-game developer and platform from Los Angeles.
Silicon Valley tech boom lifts California’s dreary budget view
A gauge of the so-called Magnificent Seven mega tech companies — Alphabet, Amazon.com Inc., Apple, Meta, Microsoft Corp., Nvidia and Tesla Inc. — is up 56% so far this year, more than twice the advance of the SP 500 Index.
US Justice Department seeks Google Chrome sale to curb monopoly
The US Justice Department and a group of states proposed major changes to Alphabet Inc.’s Google — including a forced sale of the company’s Chrome web browser — after a landmark ruling that the tech giant illegally monopolized online search.
California’s ‘Trump-proofing’ likely won’t include AI — at least not yet
President-elect Trump has vowed to rescind an executive order that imposed AI safeguards, and could use tech to enable mass deportations. How far will California go in the other direction?
Auto parts layoffs erase 100-plus Bay Area jobs, 1,000-plus in state
An auto parts retailer has sketched out plans to slash jobs in California and the Bay Area.
Big housing development with several hundred units is eyed in San Jose
A housing project that could produce hundreds of units is being eyed at a prime San Jose property.
Mexican supermarket chain will open first Bay Area store in San Jose
A Mexican supermarket and retail chain will open its first Bay Area store at a long-empty San Jose retail site.
Trump immigration policy: Will California’s undocumented community face deportation?
In 2021, nearly 6 million people in California were undocumented or lived in a household with an undocumented family member.
These Southern California startups are part of a growing epicenter of EV truck production
Southern California is becoming the epicenter for manufacturing commercial electric vehicle trucks.
Manufacturing already has made a comeback
The rebound president-elect Donald Trump promises has already been underway in many places.
Bay Area sees small job gains in October, California loses thousands
The Bay Area managed tiny job gains in October but California employers slashed thousands of jobs.