Two Major Tahoe Ski Resorts Open Thanks To Natural And Man-Made Snow
Two major Tahoe ski resorts opened Friday thanks to both natural and man-made snow, with a third resort expected to open before Thanksgiving.
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Two major Tahoe ski resorts opened Friday thanks to both natural and man-made snow, with a third resort expected to open before Thanksgiving.
San Jose is the most recent city to consider slapping a hotel tax on short-term rentals from websites like Airbnb, but the city maintains it's not trying to discourage the "shared economy".
Shopping can be a hassle, but there's a new service intended to make it a less painful experience.
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee may not be able to count Senator Dianne Feinstein among his backers for his re-election campaign.
San Francisco's Transbay Transit Center reached a milestone this week when construction came above ground for the first time.
Lee said he enjoys the job and wants to continue delivering on promises.
Many seeking employment at a South of Market job fair were elated, after Tuesday's vote in San Francisco to gradually raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour.
With more than half a million legal permanent residents calling the Bay Area home, high-tech companies in Silicon Valley are leading the charge on helping their green-card holding employees achieve citizenship.
California incomes have been rising and the state continues to create new jobs, but a group of leading economists still does not expect the recovery to pick up steam any time soon.
UC Berkeley researchers have given a second opinion on how raising San Francisco's minimum wage to $15 an hour would impact the city and its employment rate and they seem to think it's a good idea.
Earlier this week, budget watchdogs wrote an open letter warning five states, including California, not to offer too many incentives to Tesla.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) dropped by the Central Subway construction project at San Francisco's Moscone Center Tuesday to campaign for the election of House Democrats in November.
The report from the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research shows the manufacturing sector in Silicon Valley has been a leading factor for economic growth in the region.
Labor leaders in the South Bay are pushing for more high-paying jobs at the 49ers' new stadium in Santa Clara.
The government said early Thursday that U.S. employers added 288,000 workers last month, far more than economists were expecting. The unemployment rate fell to 6.1 percent.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry held up his own state as a model for responsible energy production and economic growth in California.
This year marks the 25th anniversary of a Silicon Valley conference aimed at getting more women into senior positions in the technology industry.
More and more, home buyers are bringing a once-rare tactic to the negotiation -- all-cash offers. In San Francisco, a lot of those buyers are coming from China.
Chris Thornberg, founding partner of Beacon Economics, said businesses will eventually follow, as many people with jobs in San Francisco and Silicon Valley have already moved to the East Bay.
San Francisco's unemployment rate is at its lowest level in six years, but for those in the restaurant industry, the booming economy is making it hard for some small businesses to fill job openings.
According to a new Bay Area Council poll, almost 60 percent of Bay Area residents believe the region is headed in the right direction.
Researchers say California's drought could cost the state's agricultural economy $1.7 billion this year and leave more than 14,000 farmworkers without work.
California's unemployment rate has dipped below 8 percent for the first time in nearly six years, a sign that the state's economy has rebounded from the depths of the recession.
The middle class is being pushed out of the San Francisco metro area's housing market.
California Gov. Jerry Brown unveiled his revised state budget on Tuesday, which is $1 billion more than the original he submitted in January. The majority of the funds would go to health-care costs for the poor.
