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| Jun.22 |
San Francisco |
Exodus of S.F.'s middle class| The number of low- and middle-income residents is shrinking as the wealthy population swells due to the city's exorbitant housing costs | |
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| Mar.8 |
San Francisco |
Treasury Secretary came to Bay Area| Henry Paulson came amid a slew of bad news on the housing and economy fronts, including a report that 63,000 jobs disappeared nationwide | | |
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| Mar.4 |
Bay Area |
Record low Bay Area business confidence| The Bay Area Business Confidence Index, a quarterly measure of the outlook of employers, tumbled to its lowest level in its 7 1/2-year history | |
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| Jan.2 |
San Francisco |
Cost of living puts minimum wage over $9 Low-paid workers got a 3.6% pay raise when the minimum wage was increased to $9.14 an hour
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| May.18 |
Bay Area |
Bay Area executives to add employees| The quarterly survey found that 43% of 512 CEOs and executives lan to add employees over next 6 months | |
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Labor Stalemate Slows Crime Fight
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| Feb.17 |
San Jose |
Silicon Valley job outlook improving Executives express cautious optimism as economy strengthens, but housing costs still a worry
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| Jan.21 |
San Jose |
Bay Area Improving Job Growth in 2005 Santa Clara County saw its lowest December jobless rate in 5 years at 4.5%
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| Dec.29 |
Bay Area |
Bay Area wages highest in nation High-tech, management jobs give the 10-county region's workers 17% edge on national average
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| Nov.19 |
San Francisco |
Jobless rate rose to 4.6% In the area, including San Mateo and Marin counties, the rate rose from 4.4% the month before
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| Oct.22 |
San Francisco |
Unemployment rate fell to 4.4% The September rate in the 3-county region from a 4.7% in August
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San Jose |
Jobless rate fell to 5.2% The rate is down from 5.4% in August and 6% in September 2004
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| Sep.27 |
San Jose |
County Shows Surprising Poverty Rate 14,841 families with children in Santa Clara County living below the poverty level
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| Aug.20 |
Alameda County |
Unemployment rate dropped to 5.1% In counties of Alameda and Contra Costa, the rate was 5.1% in July compared with 6.1% last year
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San Jose |
Unemployment rate dropped to 5.5% The metropolitan San Jose has recently begun gaining jobs after five years of declines
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San Francisco |
Unemployment rate dropped to 4.6% In San Francisco, Marin and San Mateo counties, the rate dropped to 4.6% from an estimated 5.6% in July 2004
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| May.29 |
San Jose |
Upturn in Silicon Valley business conditions Survey found that respondents were positive about the economic conditions and growth
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| May.21 |
San Jose |
Unemployment Down In South Bay The April figures show Silicon Valley unemployment slid to 5.4%, down from 5.8% in March
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| May.3 |
Oakland Downtown |
First East Bay Economic Summit
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| Apr.16 |
San Jose |
Unemployment is 5.8%
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Contra Costa County |
March unemployment rate was 5.1%
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San Francisco |
Unemployment rate fell to 4.7%
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| Mar.19 |
San Jose |
Unemployment dropped to 6.2% Unemployment dropped to 6.2% in the San Jose metropolitan area, compared with 6.3% in January
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CEO Fiorina out
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| Aug.22 |
Berkeley |
Developer Funds Wetlands Restoration Work has begun on a wetlands restoration project along the waterfront, funded by Cherokee Simeon Company
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| Jun.16 |
San Jose |
County unemployment down to 5.9% Unemployment rates are at their lowest points since 2001
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| Mar.13 |
San Jose |
Unemployment rate dropped to 6.8% Some Silicon Valley business leaders are expressing optimism that worst may be over
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| Jan.19 |
San Jose |
Survey of Valley shows economy changes A survey at the Silicon Valley hints at a move of jobs from software toward the biomedical industry
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| Nov.19 |
Sebastopol |
Living wage ordinance
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| Nov.4 |
San Francisco |
$8.50-per-hour minimum wage approved| Voters decided that employers should have to pay their workers a minimum wage that mirrors the cost of living | |
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Schwarzenegger to run for governor
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| Aug.5 |
Santa Clara |
Job Fair Draws Hundreds of Hopefuls
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| Jul.24 |
San Jose |
Job Fair Attracts Hundreds
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| May.13 |
Oakland |
Nation's 8th best city for business
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| Jul.18 |
Palo Alto |
City drops its user utility tax
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