Unemployment Rate Creeps Higher In Some Bay Area Counties
Unemployment rates in parts of the Bay Area saw increases in January while the statewide rate went unchanged for the month, according to employment data released Friday.
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Unemployment rates in parts of the Bay Area saw increases in January while the statewide rate went unchanged for the month, according to employment data released Friday.
A new report has cut the Bay Area's economic benefits from the America's Cup Race this summer in San Francisco from $1.4 billion down to $780 million.
Silicon Valley's economic engine may still be humming along, but it does appear to be downshifting into a slightly slower gear.
A new poll shows that most Californians are downright gloomy about the state's economy and very few voters think the job market will improve this year.
Big parties are making a comeback in San Francisco, as big companies give up on recession chic and pull out the stops to entertain in style.
Santa Clara University Economic Professor Mario Belotti's annual economic forecast calls for a 2.5 percent growth this year.
Gov. Rick Perry is wrapping up his high-profile recruiting trip to California without having convinced any businesses to relocate to his state—at least not yet.
President Barack Obama is urging a divided Congress to boost job creation and strengthen the middle class through a package of government-backed proposals - a move that drew support from members of California's largely Democratic Congressional delegation.
A new report says Silicon Valley bounced out of the recession last year, adding jobs, income and initial public offerings.
Lee said it's been a successful year for job creation, commercial construction and attracting tech companies to the city.
The 113th Congress of the United States was sworn in Thursday, including two freshmen Representatives from the Bay Area, who both say they intend to pursue stricter gun control once the debt ceiling debate has been resolved.
The unemployment rate in California dropped below 10 percent in November, while most Bay Area counties saw similar or slightly lowered unemployment figures from October, according to a state employment report released Friday.
The FTC's chairman, Jon Leibowitz, defended the government's approach. "When you are talking about children, you have to give the benefit of the doubt to privacy," he said last week on Capitol Hill.
Officials are warning that California's economic recovery could come to a halt if Congress and President Barack Obama are unable to avert the "fiscal cliff."
The White House and the mayor of Los Angeles are urging a quick end to a strike that's shut down much of the nation's busiest port complex for eight days.
Speaker John Boehner believes he holds a strong hand in fiscal cliff and debt limit talks. He is, once again, taking the global economy hostage and playing politics with the U.S. debt limit.
Obama is hoping to promote the discussion of the Bush tax cut extensions by getting people hooked on the topic and by getting them to use the #My2K hashtag on Twitter.
Most Americans who traveled during this Thanksgiving holiday came face to face with an American reality: while there is much to be thankful for, our infrastructure is not one of those things.
After all the hype regarding Walmart employees' discontent with their employer and the threat of a strike on Black Friday, the long holiday weekend was saw banner sales and virtually no protest at Walmarts.
Grover is the ultimate in single interest constituencies in Washington. He is not accountable to anybody. He does not disclose who funds him, who pays him to do what he does or how much he is paid to blackmail GOP Members of Congress to sign his pledge not to raise taxes.
If Republicans, as a political party, continue this hostility toward science then they do not understand the driving force that science and innovation play in our economy. It also is another proof point in the case that Democrats made about Republican math not adding up.
There is a new breed of truthers on the right. Joining the paranoid ranks of the advocates of a government role in 9-11 and the birthers fascination with President Obama's birth certificate are conservatives that believe the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is making up jobs numbers to benefit President Obama.
Federal statistics released Wednesday indicate strong growth at Bay Area technology companies may be responsible for job creation that outpaces much of the country.
In no time, conservatives will be trying to hold back the smirks as these liberals slowly but surely realize what they've done to our country.
Today, Republicans feel a combination of confusion, disbelief, and anger as to how a slim majority of Americans can possibly want four more years of the Obama administration in the White House. To many, it seems inconceivable that people want to take a chance on more of the same.
A federal grand jury indicted five former California executives of a top alcohol distributor for their alleged roles in a bribery and obstruction scheme at grocery stores across the state.
Three adults and five juveniles were arrested after two people were stabbed on Wednesday at San Francisco's Dolores Park, police said.
The San Francisco 49ers are hiring former Chicago Bears head coach Matt Eberflus as a defensive assistant on coach Kyle Shanahan's staff.
Two vehicles traveling on Highway 101 in Sunnyvale were damaged after a tall tree fell onto the freeway Thursday afternoon, authorities said.
The owner of a Bay Area "squatter removal" service to evict tenants outside of the court system or eviction proceedings, and his associate, will stand trial on multiple felonies after five people were forced out of a San Bruno home.
A federal grand jury indicted five former California executives of a top alcohol distributor for their alleged roles in a bribery and obstruction scheme at grocery stores across the state.
Three adults and five juveniles were arrested after two people were stabbed on Wednesday at San Francisco's Dolores Park, police said.
The San Francisco 49ers are hiring former Chicago Bears head coach Matt Eberflus as a defensive assistant on coach Kyle Shanahan's staff.
Two vehicles traveling on Highway 101 in Sunnyvale were damaged after a tall tree fell onto the freeway Thursday afternoon, authorities said.
The owner of a Bay Area "squatter removal" service to evict tenants outside of the court system or eviction proceedings, and his associate, will stand trial on multiple felonies after five people were forced out of a San Bruno home.
Three adults and five juveniles were arrested after two people were stabbed on Wednesday at San Francisco's Dolores Park, police said.
The owner of a Bay Area "squatter removal" service to evict tenants outside of the court system or eviction proceedings, and his associate, will stand trial on multiple felonies after five people were forced out of a San Bruno home.
A San Mateo County man is facing life in prison after he was convicted in the killing of his pregnant girlfriend and their unborn child, prosecutors said.
One person was taken to the hospital following a fire in San Francisco's Tenderloin Wednesday night, firefighters sai
The Port of San Francisco looked for a buyer but got no takers. And then, in January, Port officials appeared at City Hall to say the rusting structure had turned into an emergency situation.
City leaders in Oakland have officially set a rally to honor Olympic figure skater Alysa Liu after winning gold at the Winter Olympics.
The crash happened early Wednesday morning on eastbound Highway 580, east of North Flynn Road. According to the CHP, they were heading home after work and told officers they dozed off while driving.
At issue is a proposal by an Oakland-based nonprofit that runs outdoor programs to bring students from different backgrounds together through nature. The nonprofit acquired 37 acres of undeveloped land with the hope of building a permanent home for its programs.
Back in August, the county launched the new SHIFT initiative to tackle the affordable housing crisis. Alameda County awarded Oakland-based company Inspired ADUs to lead the effort of building more affordable homes on infill lots.
Measure W is a half-cent sales tax to support homelessness services, housing, health services, and system infrastructure. It was passed in 2020, but distributing that money was held up by a legal battle.
Two vehicles traveling on Highway 101 in Sunnyvale were damaged after a tall tree fell onto the freeway Thursday afternoon, authorities said.
Santa Clara County Sheriff Robert Jonsen said the cost of doing business has dramatically changed since the last time they negotiated a contract in 2014.
A San Francisco Bay Area woman who was dubbed a "party mom" by prosecutors has been convicted in connection with hosting parties for her teenage son and her friends, in which she encouraged drinking and sexual acts during the pandemic.
Dozens of residents of an apartment complex in the South Bay have been displaced following a fire that began in a carport Monday afternoon.
One of the people at the rally said she believes going to war with Iran could continue to exacerbate socio-economic issues here in the United States.
A Santa Rosa man will likely spend the rest of his life in prison after being convicted in a shooting at a shopping center in 2024, prosecutors said.
The California Highway Patrol arrested two drivers on Highway 101 in Sonoma County early Monday morning after they allegedly took part in a street race in which a third driver was filming.
Officers arrested a suspect with an outstanding out-of-state murder warrant in Vallejo, police said Friday.
A suspect is accused of animal cruelty after hundreds of birds and evidence consistent with bird fighting were located at a home just outside of Santa Rosa city limits on Wednesday, authorities said.
Authorities in the San Francisco Bay Area have arrested three people from the East Coast on suspicion of identity theft in an alleged bank fraud case, including a woman who was reported missing several months ago.
The San Francisco 49ers are hiring former Chicago Bears head coach Matt Eberflus as a defensive assistant on coach Kyle Shanahan's staff.
City leaders in Oakland have officially set a rally to honor Olympic figure skater Alysa Liu after winning gold at the Winter Olympics.
The San Jose Sharks signed forward Kiefer Sherwood to a five-year, $28.75 million extension six weeks after acquiring him in a trade from Vancouver.
Holtz coached Notre Dame from 1986 to 1996, winning 100 games with the school, including a 12-0 national title-winning season in 1988.
Macklin Celebrini had a goal and three assists, Kiefer Sherwood scored the tiebreaking goal on a power play with 3:26 remaining, and the San Jose Sharks beat the Montreal Canadiens 7-5.
A federal grand jury indicted five former California executives of a top alcohol distributor for their alleged roles in a bribery and obstruction scheme at grocery stores across the state.
Three adults and five juveniles were arrested after two people were stabbed on Wednesday at San Francisco's Dolores Park, police said.
The owner of a Bay Area "squatter removal" service to evict tenants outside of the court system or eviction proceedings, and his associate, will stand trial on multiple felonies after five people were forced out of a San Bruno home.
A Santa Rosa man will likely spend the rest of his life in prison after being convicted in a shooting at a shopping center in 2024, prosecutors said.
A San Mateo County man is facing life in prison after he was convicted in the killing of his pregnant girlfriend and their unborn child, prosecutors said.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said his company and the Department of Defense "have much more in common than we have differences."
At the meeting, Waymo said there are about 70 dispatchers at a call center in the Philippines to assist cars in the company's global fleet that require human intervention. But on the night of Dec 20, they said the system was simply overwhelmed.
After the Trump administration cut it off, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei told CBS News in an exclusive interview Friday night he wants to work with the military — but only if it addresses the firm's concerns.
President Trump said he will give federal agencies six months to phase out their use of Anthropic's AI products.
The 20-year-old plaintiff alleges that using YouTube and Instagram from a young age intensified her depression and led to suicidal thoughts.
Tests of dozens of baby formulas by Consumer Reports found that nearly half contained potentially dangerous chemicals.
A trial has been set in the San Francisco Bay Area for a Florida woman accused of providing a cosmetic injection that killed a woman who was known as a Kim Kardashian lookalike, prosecutors said.
USALESS.COM is recalling its Rhino Choco VIP 10X product due to the undeclared presence of Tadalafil, which is the active ingredient in Cialis.
A Santa Clara County resident with measles may have exposed others while dining at a restaurant in Burlingame earlier this week, health officials said.
Multiple elephant seal pups along the Northern California coast have tested positive for the deadly avian influenza, or bird flu, according to new research from the University of California.
The announcement comes amid criticism of DHS spending under Noem, and as Congress has allowed the department's funding to lapse.
The House resolution to constrain Trump's war powers failed in a 212 to 219 vote, with four Democrats joining all but two Republicans to kill it.
Santa Clara County Sheriff Robert Jonsen said the cost of doing business has dramatically changed since the last time they negotiated a contract in 2014.
San Francisco Supervisor Connie Chan was born in Hong Kong and immigrated from Taiwan before moving to Chinatown, a neighborhood that she says became central to her upbringing.
The California state senator says it was a Muni ride nearly 30 years ago, and a moment emerging from the Castro Station into the sunlight that made him feel like he finally belonged.
A man has been arrested and accused of a hate crime after a San Francisco church was vandalized over the weekend, police said.
A Yosemite park ranger was fired last year after helping to display a transgender pride flag from El Capitan.
After more than two years of renovations, the historic Castro Theatre is back open for business.
A large Pride flag has been removed from the Stonewall National Monument in Greenwich Village. The National Park Service said it did so under guidance from the federal government.
The billionaire and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donated $45 million to The Trevor Project, a nonprofit focused on suicide prevention and advocacy for LGBTQ young people.
Friday, March 6, marks 100 years since the historic location opened its doors, but they'll be celebrating a little early with free movies on Wednesday.
Along with the "True Lies" co-stars, the California Hall of Fame's new inductees will include Olympians Carl Lewis and Janet Evans and Mariachi Reyna de Los Ángeles.
The design process for the floats began in November, with a crew of nearly 30 people working to put the final product together.
Organizers of the annual Outside Lands Music Festival at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco announced the lineup for the upcoming 2026 event.
A trial has been set in the San Francisco Bay Area for a Florida woman accused of providing a cosmetic injection that killed a woman who was known as a Kim Kardashian lookalike, prosecutors said.
Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic, the Oakland Unified School District has seen an alarming spike in the number of unhoused students in the school system who deal with a host of challenges far beyond what most children face.
Meteorologist and CBS News Bay Area's resident pilot Lt. Jessica Burch got a treat during Fleet Week, taking to the skies with one of the Blue Angels.
A Bay Area man discovered his devastating loss left him with a new opportunity to rethink how he lives -- follow his journey in virtual reality, 360-degree video.
A groundbreaking medical study involving the UCSF Medical Center has shown some colorectal cancer patients can safely skip radiation treatment and enjoy a potentially higher quality of life.
Every day, San Francisco bar pilot Captain Zach Kellerman goes through what might just be the world's most dangerous commute.
Expect clear skies and highs in the 60s Thursday, with strong winds continuing into Friday. Temperatures are expected to warm up significantly this weekend, with highs in the 70s. Jessica Burch has the forecast.
Andrea Nakano reports on three Santa Clara County cities that will have to pay much more to the county for contracting police services. Website: http://kpix.com/ YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/CBSSanFrancisco Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CBSSanFrancisco Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kpixtv/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/KPIXtv
John Ramos reports on the planned demolition of San Francisco’s dry docks.
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It's the most wonderful time of the year for a South Bay woman who has played Mrs. Claus for more than 40 years for the children of North San Jose's Alviso District.
For residents of the Oakland Hills, the prospect of another wildfire always remains a concern. This week's Jefferson Awards winner has made it his mission to make the hills and other high-risk areas safer.
In East Palo Alto -- where state education numbers show more than nine in ten public school students are low income and more than half are English learners -- many are finding hope and connection at the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula.
This week's Jefferson Award winner is Army veteran who continues to live a life of service into his 80s, by feeding hundreds of San Francisco families a week.
A Bay Area man who overcame tremendous obstacles to excel in school has made it his mission to gear up other students for success in the classroom and in life.
For Students Rising Above scholar Josh Collins it took moving across the country to realize the value of his Bay Area family.
Samir Hooker had to grow up fast after his stepfather was shot dead 12 years ago. Now he is watching over his mom and sister while attending UC Berkeley.
It's hard enough to graduate from one of the most prestigious schools in the country when you're the first in your family to go to college. Imagine doing that while you're also trying to protect your parents from being deported?
Some students who are the first in their families to go to college face the challenge of balancing a rigorous academic load while still working to help support their family back home.