Leisure and hospitality employment has plummeted across the greater Bay Area since the pandemic began a year ago, and a ban on conventions are a big factor in the decline -- and in any bounce back.
An audit found an obscure state committee led by top elected officials missed spending deadlines for affordable housing bonds nearly a decade ago. Few are around to explain why.
A year of pandemic -- and the attendant shift to working from home for many office workers -- has upended the office rental market, but observers are optimistic about an (eventual) upswing.