Bay Area and California add jobs in April

siliconvalley.com The Bay Area and California both added jobs in April, but the gains were puny and sketch a picture of an ominously feeble employment market statewide and in this region, a…

Tech job cuts ease a bit in Bay Area as industry layoffs haunt region

siliconvalley.com The Bay Area’s wobbly tech industry is showing signs of stabilizing after suffering years-long waves of wrenching layoffs unleashed by the sector’s quest for improved…

Tesla chops hundreds more Bay Area jobs as tech industry layoffs widen

siliconvalley.com FREMONT — Tesla, in a fresh jolt to the Bay Area employment market, has decided to slash several hundred more jobs in the region, affecting workers in the East Bay and South…

Niles: Two major bits of news reverborate in Disney’s world

siliconvalley.com Disney’s theme parks enjoyed a big week last week, with a long-awaited announcement, debuts of several new attractions and a big political win. First up, Disney fans got the…

Big East Bay office property is bought by Silicon Valley real estate firm

siliconvalley.com PLEASANTON — A big office complex in the East Bay has been bought for more than $150 million in a deal that shows investors still hunger for some Bay Area properties despite…

Bay Area rents are on the rise again

siliconvalley.com Relief was short-lived for Bay Area renters: After nearly a year of stagnation, rents are back on the rise. The San Francisco metro area, which includes San Francisco and…

Flyers, welcome to 'San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport'

oaklandside.org It’s official: Oakland’s airport is now the San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport. The Oakland Port Commission, an independent government agency with authority…

Oakland Airport fires back and sues San Francisco over name dispute

siliconvalley.com OAKLAND — East Bay officials fired back with a lawsuit against San Francisco in the latest twist arising from an increasingly tangled legal war over a quest to rename…

Blueprint for housing development in Los Gatos receives state approval

siliconvalley.com The seventh draft proved to be the charm for Los Gatos’ Housing Element, as the state approved the document in a May 3 letter. Town officials sent the much-revised Housing…

Meta now has an AI chatbot. Experts say get ready for more AI-powered social media

siliconvalley.com Jireh Deng | Los Angeles Times (TNS) When you use Facebook Messenger these days, a new prompt greets you with this come-on: “Ask Meta AI anything.” You may have opened the…

East Bay sites are grabbed for $100 million-plus in big property deal

siliconvalley.com FREMONT — An East Coast investment group has widened its shopping spree for Bay Area commercial real estate by grabbing some big properties in Alameda County for well over…

Concord is nearly $40 million in the hole for Naval Weapons Station project. Here’s how they plan to get it back

siliconvalley.com CONCORD — Transforming an abandoned military base into a massive $6 billion, mixed-use community is no simple task — and Concord has the $40 million bill to prove it. For…