George Avalos
East Bay Times
San Francisco Bay Area, CA, United States
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Bay Area prices soar amid jumps in prices for food and utilities
The pace of inflation has worsened in the Bay Area, driven by a jump in consumer prices. → Read More
Bay Area prices soar amid jumps in prices for food and utilities
The pace of inflation has worsened in the Bay Area, driven by a jump in consumer prices. → Read More
Facebook owner Meta will chop 10,000 more jobs as tech layoffs worsen
Facebook app owner Meta Platforms said Tuesday it has decided to chop another 10,000 jobs and hold off on filling thousands of open positions. → Read More
Facebook owner Meta will chop 10,000 more jobs as tech layoffs worsen
Facebook app owner Meta Platforms has decided to chop another 10,000 jobs and hold off on filling thousands of open positions in a fresh round of layoffs for the Bay Area's wobbly tech sector. → Read More
Bay Area powers to strong job gains in January despite tech layoffs
The Bay Area economy powered to robust job gains in January, an upswing led by the South Bay, the East Bay and the San Francisco-San Mateo metro region. → Read More
Feds backstop all deposits of failed Silicon Valley Bank, second Bay Area bank plunges
Federal officials moved to insure all deposits at failed Silicon Valley Bank, hoping to inoculate the banking system against contagion, but shares of another Bay Area bank plunged. → Read More
California adds jobs in January but unemployment rate worsens
California produced sturdy job gains in January, a welcome increase to kick off 2023, the state labor agency reported Friday. → Read More
California adds jobs in January but unemployment rate worsens
California produced sturdy job gains in January, a welcome increase that suggests the state has -- so far -- been able to withstand the effects of a dreary drumbeat of tech and biotech layoffs. → Read More
Oakland and lender seek “win-win” rescue for Holy Names University
Holy Names University in Oakland might remain an educational institution if a "win-win" remedy is found to cure the college's dire financial ailments. → Read More
Bay Area university faces default on loan for its huge property
Holy Names University, a 154-year-old private Catholic college in Oakland, has defaulted on the loan for its property, a fresh financial jolt for the school as it faces a shutdown this year. → Read More
Housing development could sprout at San Jose fast-food restaurant site
A housing development could sprout on the site of a fast-food restaurant in San Jose. → Read More
Bay Area apartment complexes, old and new, land local buyers
Local buyers have grabbed apartment complexes in San Jose and Palo Alto in deals that suggest investors still thirst for Bay Area residential sites. → Read More
Adobe opens Founders Tower in new downtown San Jose expansion
Adobe’s newly opened downtown San Jose tower goes far beyond a skyline landmark, it underscores the tech titan’s investments in the Bay Area’s largest city. → Read More
Adobe launches extensive San Jose hometown commitment as tower opens
Adobe has embarked on an effort the tech titan calls its hometown commitment as it aims to strengthen its ties to the San Jose community and its nonprofits. → Read More
500-plus additional layoffs hit Bay Area including Waymo, Clif Bar and Johnson & Johnson units
Tech and life science companies, along with a health food firm, are among the employers that have decided to embark on layoffs that will erase several hundred more jobs in the Bay Area. → Read More
Nordstrom store at Pleasanton mall is bought, may become housing site
The former Nordstrom department store building at Pleasanton’s Stoneridge mall has been bought in a deal that could lead to housing on the prime site. → Read More
Amazon buys big Bay Area industrial site where factory closed
An Amazon unit has paid well over $200 million for a big industrial site in Santa Clara where a factory had operated for decades until it closed its doors in recent months, public real estate records show. → Read More
San Jose airport passenger activity soars, full COVID recovery is elusive
San Jose International Airport soared to strong gains in passenger flight activity during January -- but the aviation hub remains stuck well below the peaks in passenger volume it achieved prior to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. → Read More
Escape room, other tenants, land at City Center Bishop Ranch in San Ramon
An escape room and other tenants have landed at San Ramon's City Center Bishop Ranch, marking a fresh batch of leases for the bustling mixed-use downtown complex. → Read More
Bay Area layoffs worsen: Rivian Auto, Impossible Foods chop hundreds
Rivian Automotive and Impossible Foods have joined Zoom Video Communications in a fresh round of wrenching layoffs that are terminating the jobs of hundreds of Bay Area workers. → Read More