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Pittsburg Mayor Jelani Killings delivering his speech at Pittsburg's State of the City address on Thursday (Nov.20). (Photo by Hema Sivanandam)
Mayor says Pittsburg is positioning itself as a 'regional powerhouse' for investment and innovation
Pittsburg Mayor Jelani Killings delivering his speech at Pittsburg's State of the City address on Thursday (Nov.20). (Photo by Hema Sivanandam)
Federal agents block people protesting an ICE immigration raid at a nearby licensed cannabis farm on July 10, 2025, near Camarillo, California. Protestors stood off with federal agents for hours outside the farm in the farmworker community in Ventura County. A Los Angeles federal judge is set to rule Friday on a temporary restraining order which would… (Mario Tama/Getty Images North America/TNS)

Trump allows more foreign ag workers, eases off ICE raids on farms

ICE in recent months appears to be refraining from conducting agricultural workplace raids.
Office building at 250 West Washington Avenue in downtown Sunnyvale, foreground. An office building at 200 West Washington is in the left background.

Report: Silicon Valley commercial leasing surges and new development rises

The uneven return to the office has repercussions for Silicon Valley vacancies and rents.
Traders Fred Demarco, left, and Edward McCarthy work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, Nov. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Stocks climb on hopes for lower interest rates as Dow rallies 660 points

Alphabet rose another 0.7%, continuing a strong run on excitement about its recently released Gemini...
Workforce housing development at 760 Hillsdale Avenue in San Jose, seen in an image concept.

School district eyes hundreds of San Jose homes intended for its workers

San Jose Unified is considering developing a 288-unit complex and offering rents that district employees...
Jill Schlesinger

Jill On Money: Changes to charitable giving

While many people give because they want to do good, the tax rules around philanthropy...
Luis Barragan receives food donations from Shiloh Church volunteer Donna Cason at the Shiloh Mercy House in Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2025. Bay Area food banks are scrambling for donations as the Thanksgiving holiday approaches and demand continues to surge even after the government shutdown. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

Work rules could push thousands of Californians off SNAP

New law extends requirement to older people, some parents and veterans.
Trader Michael Capolino works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, Nov. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Another rally for Alphabet leads the US stock market higher

After last week’s ups and downs over AI and Nvidia, traders will focus more on...
Military jets fly over the White House as President Donald Trump welcomes Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

US consumer sentiment falls to near lowest on record

US consumer sentiment fell in November to one of the lowest levels on record as...
Tracking budget-conscious online searches with ‘Stretched Wallet Index’ that combines 12 terms financially stretched folks might use. (Graphic by Flourish)

California shoppers intensely searching for bargains

California's online interest in thriftiness increased by 12% over the past year.
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Tech companies trim just over 100 South Bay jobs in latest staff cuts

Both companies stated that the job cuts would be permanent.
Downtown San Jose skyline as seen on Sept. 25, 2024.

Downtown San Jose group picks leader at key time for city economy

The San Jose Downtown Association has picked a new leader as the city seeks a...
Travelers leave Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport on Nov. 7, 2025.

Bay Area airports prep for busy holiday travel as uncertainties loom

All three of the Bay Area's major airports are expecting a busy holiday travel season.
The U.S. House of Representatives and Capitol Dome on May 28, 2023, in Washington, DC. (Anna Rose Layden/Getty Images/TNS)

US employers add a surprising 119,000 jobs in September according to data delayed for weeks

The increase in payrolls was more than double the 50,000 economists had forecast.
Volunteers pack produce at the Alameda County Community Food Bank

1 in 3 Californians have cut back on food to save money, survey finds

"Californians have been gloomy about the economy and affordability for several years now, and it's...
578 University Avenue in Palo Alto, an office building, as seen in 2024.

Real estate investors collect downtown Palo Alto office buildings

Local real estate investors have bought an office building across the street from another office...
The iconic retro McDonald’s restaurant at the intersection of Lakewood Boulevard and Florence Avenue seen in March 2020, in Downey, California. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

McDonald’s is losing its low-income customers. Economists call it a symptom of the stark wealth divide

The iconic brand still has staying power, even with prices creeping up, some customers said.
Shoppers walk towards a Target retail store, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, in Salem, N.H. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Quarterly profit slide at Target hints at a challenging holiday season for the retailer

The company expects its sales slump to extend through the critical holiday shopping season.
PG&E Substation A near the Diridon train station and SAP Center, as seen on Oct. 22, 2025.

PG&E says data center projects may appear in San Jose area by 2026

The first power projects in PG&E’s pipeline to serve data centers could appear on the...
Specialist Glenn Carell, left, and trader Fred Demarco work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Wall Street swings through another erratic day ahead of a couple of crucial tests

The most influential stock on Wall Street, Nvidia steers the direction of the S&P 500...
Amazon "last-mile" package distribution hub at 1605 South Seventh Street in San Jose, concept image.

Amazon moves ahead with ‘last-mile’ package hub in central San Jose

Amazon is pushing ahead with a big new San Jose distribution hub where several hundred...
4650 Old Ironsides Drive (left) and 4700 Old Ironsides Drive (right background), two data centers in Santa Clara, seen in Nov. 2024.

Santa Clara data centers bought by Texas firm for $90 million-plus

A Texas company has paid well over $90 million to buy a pair of data...
Sutter Medical Center at 2831 and 2841 Mission College Blvd. in Santa Clara, an eight-story new hospital, concept image.

Sutter Health taking ‘big swing’ on ultramodern Bay Area hospital

The Santa Clara endeavors represent a $2.8 billion investment, the largest ever undertaken by the...
The Fay, a 23-story housing tower with 336 apartments at 10 East Reed Street in downtown San Jose.

Construction firm files to force San Jose tower owner into bankruptcy

A construction firm has filed papers that seek to shove the owner of a San...
Jill Schlesinger

Jill On Money: Five stages of job loss

The sluggish employment landscape explains why workers are now “job hugging,” rather than job hopping.
President Donald Trump waves as he walks to board Marine One, Friday, Nov. 14, 2025, on the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington for a trip to Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)

New analysis shows more US consumers are falling behind on their utility bills

Voters have said they're worried about the high cost of living.
Leaves blanket a picnic area at Countrywood in Walnut Creek, Calif., on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025. Countrywood is a community of 299 townhomes located on 42 acres at the corner of Treat Boulevard and Bancroft Road. Countrywood's HOA is asking Walnut Creek officials to consider carving out an exemption from its new ban on gas-powered leaf blowers. The leaf blowers with batteries are no match for large associations like theirs, with more than 1,200 trees. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)

Another Bay Area city is banning gas-powered leaf blowers. But not everyone is ready for the switch to electric.

Los Altos became the first to oust the noisy power tools in 1991 – a...
FILE – Coffee beans are prepared at a farm in Braganca Paulista, Brazil, Monday, Aug. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)

Brazilian coffee, beef and tropical fruit will still be tariffed 40%, says Brazil’s vice president

In a dramatic move on Friday, Trump scrapped levies announced in April on what he...
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy speaks to the media alongside Sean O’Brien, President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, from left, Chris Sununu, president & CEO of Airlines for America, Vice President JD Vance and aviation industry representatives, about the impact of the government shutdown on the aviation industry, outside of the West Wing of the White House, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Court blocks new rules limiting which immigrants can get commercial drivers’ licenses

The Transportation Department’s new restrictions that would severely limit which immigrants can get commercial driver’s...
File photo: President Donald Trump speaks during an event about drug prices, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump’s defense of H-1B visas in sync with Silicon Valley, sparks controversy within MAGA

Some supporters want more restrictions on the skilled work visa, others say it is still...
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Software companies reveal plans to slash hundreds of Bay Area tech jobs

Two software companies have disclosed plans for layoffs that will eliminate hundreds of Bay Area...
Maple & Main, a 341-unit residential development at 22330 Main Street in Hayward, concept image.

Housing project site in Hayward suffers loan default after never breaking ground

The site of a proposed East Bay housing development has flopped into a loan default.
Lawmakers are deadlocked on Capitol Hill, and the U.S. economy appears to be at a crossroads. MUST CREDIT: Salwan Georges/The Washington Post

It’s not just affordability, Americans anxious over jobs too

Some 55% of employed Americans say they’re concerned about losing their jobs.
Hayward City Hall. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group)

With overtime and other staffing costs ballooning, a Bay Area city attempts to fix its budget crisis

As Hayward revises its 2025-2026 budget after depleting $31 million in its general fund budget,...
President Donald Trump speaks before signing the funding bill to reopen the government, in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025, in Washington.

President Trump signs government funding bill, ending shutdown after a record 43-day disruption for country

The shutdown magnified partisan divisions in Washington as Trump took unprecedented unilateral actions — including...
An airplane prepares to land at O’Hare International Airport, in Chicago, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

FAA says flight cuts will stay at 6% because more air traffic controllers are coming to work

Flight reductions at 40 major U.S. airports will remain at 6% instead of rising to...
Sonesta Select hotel at 2250 Contra Costa Boulevard in Pleasant Hill, seen in 2022.

Pleasant Hill hotel deal offers clues to health of regional lodging market

An East Bay hotel has been bought at a price that points to feeble values...
Annual rate of change in consumer debts per person. (Graphic by Flourish)

Californians slow borrowing as unpaid debts hit 5-year high

2% of California consumer bills are unpaid – the highest since the first quarter of...
Comparing mortgage payoffs, 30 years vs. 50 years. (Graphic by Flourish)

Why Trump’s 50-year mortgage isn’t the worst idea ever

One shouldn't quickly dismiss savings of "just a few hundred bucks" a month
Families wait to receive food items during the weekly food distribution by the nonprofit Hunger at Home, held in the parking lot of the San Jose Flea Market in San Jose, Calif., on Monday, Nov. 10, 2025. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

Uncertainty looms in Bay Area amid possible end to government shutdown

Federal assistance arrived for Bay Area recipients last week, but the future is still up...
FILE – A sign is seen at a Wendy’s restaurant Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025, in Garland, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Wendy’s plans to close hundreds of US stores amid financial struggles

The new round of closures comes on top of the closure of 240 U.S. Wendy’s...
The U.S. Capitol is photographed on 37th day of the government shutdown, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Senate approves bill to end the shutdown, sending it to the House

The Senate passed legislation Monday to reopen the government, bringing the longest shutdown in history...
Jill Schlesinger

Jill On Money: Year end planning 2025

For some, the end of Halloween ushers in the holiday season. For personal finance nerds...
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a“ Make America Wealthy Again” trade announcement event in the Rose Garden at the White House on April 2, 2025, in Washington, D.C. Touting the event as“ Liberation Day,” Trump announced additional tariffs targeting goods imported to the U.S.. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images North America/TNS)

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says Trump’s $2,000 ‘dividend’ may come via tax cuts

Bessent said he hadn’t spoken to the president about this idea but “the $2,000 dividend...
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, arrives to meet with fellow Republicans behind closed doors to discuss proposals on ending the government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

What’s in the legislation to end the federal government shutdown

What’s in and out of the bipartisan deal drew sharp criticism and leaves few senators...
Jets sit parked on the tarmac at Miami International Airport, Monday, Nov. 10, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

While Trump threatens controllers, US flight cancellations will drag on even after shutdown ends

The pain Americans are facing at airports across the country is expected to get worse...
An employee moves pallets of food at a warehouse of the Capital Area Food Bank, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Washington’s struggling economy takes another hit from the government shutdown

The nation’s capital has been battered by a series of decisions by the Trump administration.
CEO exits from Challenger, Gray &  Christmas (Graphic by Flourish)

194 California CEOs left their jobs so far in 2025, No. 1 in US

California's CEO turnover increased by five in a year, ranking as the 12th largest increase...
H-1B application documents in 2000 (Meri Simon/Bay Area News Group)

H-1B visa: Spouses on H-4 visa face new threat

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said Friday that gaps in employment could result if visa...
A copy of the final edition of the Farmers' Almanac is seen, Friday, Nov. 7, 2025, in Alexander, Maine.

Farmers’ Almanac will end 200-year run with 2026 edition

In response to the news, the more widely known Old Farmer's Almanac issued a statement...
How California purchases of new cars and all homes compare. (Graphic by Flourish)

Californians reluctant to buy homes – or new cars

The 2025 California sales pace for new vehicles and all homes is well off recent...
Union member Beatrice Lao leads chants while protesting with University Professional and Technical Employees-CWA Local 9119 and AFSCME Local 3299 in front of UC Irvine Medical Center in Orange, CA on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025.  More than 86,000 union nurses and healthcare professionals plan a two-day strike on Nov. 17-18, 2025. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)

86,000 University of California workers to strike statewide Nov. 17-18

The three bargaining unions involved in the strike said the Oakland-based UC system has failed...
The interior of the tokamak at the DIII-D National Fusion Facility, located on the San Diego campus of General Atomics. (General Atomics)

Should California financially contribute to the nuclear fusion industry?

A new study predicts nuclear fusion has the potential to support more than 40,000 jobs
President Donald Trump speaks during an event about drug prices, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump is ramping up a new effort to convince a skeptical public he can fix affordability worries

The White House is adjusting its messaging strategy after voters said the economy was their...
Westfield Valley Fair mall on Stevens Creek Boulevard in San Jose and Santa Clara.

Valley Fair in San Jose preps opening of new stores and restaurants

Several new restaurants and shops are heading to Westfield Valley Fair in San Jose.
FILE – A job seeker waits to talk to a recruiter at a job fair Aug. 28, 2025, in Sunrise, Fla. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier, File)

‘No hire’ job market leaves unemployed in limbo as threats to economy multiply

The “low hire, low fire” economy has meant fewer layoffs for those with jobs, while...
IBM Silicon Valley Lab at 555 Bailey Avenue in the Coyote Valley region of south San Jose, seen in 2024.

IBM layoffs among new tech industry job cuts in Bay Area

Two tech companies, IBM and Infineon, have disclosed a new round of job cuts for...
Safeway store at 231 West Jackson Street in Hayward, seen in 2022.

Safeway will close Hayward supermarket in 2026 but aims to save jobs

Safeway will close a Hayward supermarket in early 2026 but aims to save the jobs...
Oakland International Airport as seen in July 2025.

FAA slowdown looms as three Bay Area airports chase better passenger numbers

A federal plan to trim air traffic arrives even as Bay Area airports are chasing...
Layoffs plans of big companies WORKERS INVOLVED, 2025’S FIRST 10 MONTHS (Graphic by Flourish)

California layoff plans hit 158,700 workers, No. 2 in US

California-related layoff plans in the first 10 months of 2025 account for 14% of the...
FILE – A for sale sign stands outside a single-family residence on the market May 22, 2024, in southeast Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Average US long-term mortgage rate ticks up to 6.22% after four straight weekly declines

The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage ticked up for the first time in...
An American flag flies at half-staff outside the Supreme Court on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump has other tariff options if the Supreme Court strikes down his worldwide import taxes

Trump will still have plenty of options to keep taxing imports aggressively even if the...
Hewlett Packard Enterprise employees gather near the new HPE headquarters at 6280 Great America Center Drive in north San Jose, as seen in 2019.

Tech companies chop 100-plus more Bay Area jobs in new layoff rounds

Tech workers are slated to lose well over 100 jobs in the Bay Area in...
Michael Burry attends "The Big Short" screening on November 23, 2015, in New York City.Credit:Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images via CNN Newsource

Michael Burry of ‘The Big Short’ is back with two massive bets

Burry made a splash among investors last week, when he posted on X for the...
Where are millennials most valued, compared their incomes to others. (Graphic by Flourish)

Are California’s millennials paid enough?

Golden State millennials receive an 8% premium pay above the statewide norm, the same increase...
A sign that reads “Closed due to federal government shutdown,” is seen outside of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, Oct. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

23 effects being felt on Day 35 of the shutdown

Many of the effects — like lapses in food aid for the lowest-income Americans —...
With less than four weeks until Super Bowl 50, Levi's Stadium is decorated with a large mural of the Lombardi Trophy, on Monday, Jan. 11, 2016, in Santa Clara, Calif. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

Super Bowl LX week will once again be centered in SF, but San Jose will kick off the fanfare

The opening night ceremony will be held at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center.
President Donald Trump is illuminated by a camera flash as he walks across the South Lawn of the White House, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025, in Washington, after returning from a trip to Florida. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Fact check: 18 false claims President Trump made on ‘60 Minutes’

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President Donald Trump littered his new “60 Minutes” interview with a wide-ranging assortment of false...
Jill Schlesinger

Jill On Money: Seniors get a 2026 raise

The higher the Social Security benefit, the more money that you can collect every year...
Illustration by Jeff Durham / Bay Area News Group

Silicon Valley tech firms’ snug relationship with Trump deepens, bears fruit

For tech CEOs, a new political reality means the relationship with the president holds outsized...
Amazon logo is visible on packages being processed at an fulfillment center in the San Joaquin County city of Tracy, as seen in 2016.

Bay Area tech layoffs top 1,400 in one week with new Amazon cuts in S.F.

The tech industry's job cuts this week alone have now topped 1,400 in the Bay...
Erik Hayden founder of Urban Catalyst at the Paseo project building on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025, in San Jose, Calif.  The downtown  property consists of roughly 75,000 square feet of office and 25,000 square feet of retail space. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group)

Bay Area developer on what downtown San Jose needs to get “it” factor

Erik Hayden, who is one of downtown San Jose's busiest developers, talks about the city's...
File photo of packages traveling down a conveyor belt at the Amazon fulfillment center in Tracy, Calif., on Tuesday, April 12, 2016. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group)

Amazon details Bay Area cutbacks that will erase hundreds of jobs

The e-commerce company has decided to chop 643 jobs in the Bay Area.
California confidence index by Conference Board (Graphic by Flourish)

Californians’ economic hopes drop 23% since Trump election

There's been a 23% slide in the "expectations" slice of the California consumer confidence index...
Sleeping Beauty Castle is decked out with 70th anniversary decorations inside Disneyland in Anaheim, CA, on Wednesday, May 14, 2025. Disneyland is celebrating its 70th anniversary from May 16, 2025 through summer 2026. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Disneyland lays off about 100 salaried employees

The Disneyland resort is Orange County’s largest employer with 36,000 workers.
FILE - The General Motors logo is seen at its headquarters in Detroit on April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

General Motors to lay off more than 3,300 employees across 3 states

The company said about 1,200 employees at its all-electric factory near Detroit and 550 at...
Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, pictured here, in Menlo Park, California, on Oct. 29, 2021 threatened to remove news from its social media sites in California if the state passes a bill requiring big tech companies to pay news outlets for their content.(Nick Otto/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

Meta, Applied Materials reveal plans for Bay Area layoffs

Tech titans Applied Materials and Facebook app owner Meta Platforms have disclosed plans to chop...
A woman looks at shoes at a Sam’s Club, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025, in Bentonville, Ark. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Federal Reserve cuts key rate yet Powell says future reductions are not locked in

Wednesday’s decision brings the Fed’s key rate down to about 3.9%, from about 4.1%.
Black Hawk helicopters circle over Levi's Stadium Tuesday afternoon Feb. 2, 2016, as security ratchets up for Super Bowl 50 in Santa Clara, Calif. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

With 3 major sporting events, will San Jose escape San Francisco’s shadow?

With the Super Bowl, March Madness and World Cup around the corner, San Jose tries...
Walmart announced its Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals for 2025 on Monday. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Walmart unveils 2025 deals for Black Friday and Cyber Monday

On sale this year: a 98-inch TV, a space heater, Levi's jeans, a Dyson cordless...
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell walks to a meeting during the World Bank/IMF Annual Meetings at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) headquarters in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Federal Reserve likely to cut key rate Wednesday and may signal another cut to follow

A Fed rate cut could benefit consumers by bringing down borrowing costs for mortgages and...
FILE – The Amazon logo is pictured at the Amazon Robotic Sorting Fulfillment Center in Madison County, Miss., Aug. 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

Amazon to cut 30,000 corporate jobs: reports

The reduction would impact 10% of the company’s 350,000 office workers.
Hiring managers and recruiters attended the job fair to recruit workers for some of the positions businesses are trying to fill in Miami, Broward, and Palm Beach Counties. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images North America/TNS)

Economists are realizing the job market is cooling. Workers have known it for months

The data may finally be starting to reflect Americans’ experiences. Hiring has flatlined.
Insurance giant Cigna is headquartered in Bloomfield, Connecticut. (Brad Horrigan/Hartford Courant/TNS)

Cigna will end drug rebates in many private health plans

The change will initially apply to about 2 million of Cigna’s fully insured members.
The sticker price on a new Cadillac Escalade can typically run well over $100,000. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)

Average price for a new car surpasses $50,000 for first time

The head of California's car dealers worries that higher prices are not healthy for both...
Jill Schlesinger

Jill On Money: Estate planning cheat sheet

Only one in four Americans has a will and these numbers have gotten WORSE since...
On the Tongue CBD strip package produced at Esther Formula USA in Lakeport on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025.  (Christopher Chung/The Press Democrat)

Popular South Korean supplements maker opens Northern California plant for US market

Esther Formula USA is working to bring thin, quickly dissolving nutritional supplement strips to the...
An aerial view of Antioch City Hall in downtown Antioch, Calif., on Thursday, April 3, 2025. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

Antioch council to discuss housing projects linked to controversial developer

ANTIOCH – Two projects connected to a developer involved in an alleged corruption scheme will...
FILE – Traditional Russian wooden dolls called Matryoshka depicting China’s President Xi Jinping and President Donald Trump at a souvenir shop in St. Petersburg, Russia, Nov. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, File)

US, China Tee Up Sweeping Trade Deal for Trump, Xi to Finish

(Bloomberg) -- Top trade negotiators for the US and China said they came to terms...
PG&E San Jose Substation A, located near the corner of South Montgomery Street and Otterson Street in downtown San Jose, seen on June 17, 2025.

PG&E sees major growth potential in San Jose as electricity demand rises

PG&E is focusing its power system expansions in the San Jose area to meet a...
President Donald Trump speaks with reporters aboard Air Force One at Al Udeid Air Base in Doha, Qatar, Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump threatens Canada with 10% extra import tax for not pulling down anti-tariffs ad sooner

The ad used the words of former President Ronald Reagan to criticize U.S. tariffs, angering...
President Donald Trump talks to reporters as he departs the White House, Friday, Oct. 24, 2025, in Washington, for a trip to Asia. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)

Trump aims to start his Asia trip with dealmaking in Malaysia

Trump will attend the annual summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, which is...
FILE – Pediatrician Irving Phillips, left, examines a 16-month-old boy at a CommuniCARE+OLE clinic, June 26, 2025, in Davis, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez, File)

Could a one-time billionaire tax save California’s low-income health care funding?

Service Employees International Union announced a proposal to impose a one-time 5% tax on billionaires...
FILE – Jaqueline Benitez pushes her cart down an aisle as she shops for groceries at a supermarket in Bellflower, Calif., on Monday, Feb. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Allison Dinner, file)

Consumer price chart: Monthly change in cost of groceries, gasoline and more

Particularly big increases were noted for coffee and beef.
Applied Materials headquarter in Santa Clara on May 25, 2005.  (Joanne Ho-Young Lee/San Jose Mercury News)

Silicon Valley tech giant to cut more than 1,400 jobs after sales slow

Earlier this month, Applied Materials said an expansion of US export curbs to China would...
A PG&E technician disconnects power lines as firefighters battle a five-alarm vegetation fire at Mountain Boulevard and Maynard Avenue in the Oakland Hills on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)

PG&E CEO sees no credit upgrades until California fire season ends

While PG&E Corp. was upgraded by one of the major ratings firms last month, California’s...
FILE – The Social Security Administration’s main campus is seen in Woodlawn, Md., Jan. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Social Security cost-of-living increase announced for 2026

Friday’s announcement was meant to be made last week but was delayed because of the...
Gas prices, which rose modestly in September, were expected to be a contributor to a rise in inflation last month, along with increases seen in areas such as food, housing, electricity and tariff-impacted goods.(Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images via CNN Newsource)

US inflation is back at 3%. That’s higher than normal but not out of control

The cost of living got even more expensive for Americans last month, with prices rising...
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