The National Federation of Independent Business reported in October that over half of small business owners have job vacancies they cannot fill.
Labor shortage burdens small Palo Alto businesses as vaccine mandates strain hiring Read More »
In December 2020, while there are approximately 135 businesses in Japantown, at least 13 businesses closed during the COVID lockdowns.
Peninsula Press’ Natasha Jessen-Petersen talks to Steve Nakajo, the executive director of the Japantown Taskforce, and others in the community to discuss the role of Japanese American history and the future of Japantown.
Japantown’s Hotel Battle Comes to an End, But Community’s Struggles Continue Read More »
Port of Oakland bar pilots say the number of ships that are calling in the Bay Area are at a low. They’re hoping the situation will change in the coming weeks — by convincing more cargo ships to head to Northern California.
Huge ships wait in line in southern California. Why don’t they call at the Bay Area? Read More »
On Mountain View’s Castro Street, local businesses are brainstorming new plans to survive as public health guidelines continue to change and an end to coronavirus restrictions remains out of sight.
Downtown Mountain View’s Businesses Seeking Creative Ways to Avoid Shuttering Read More »
California’s gig economy law, which will take effect Jan. 1, was designed to protect workers from being misclassified as independent contractors. But as a side effect, it leaves millions of independent contractors in California worried about their livelihoods.
SAN JOSE — Business owners on San Jose’s East Santa Clara Street, a corridor next to downtown that is comprised of 30 blocks of shops, salons, restaurants and community centers, say the presence of numerous parking meters in the area is turning away potential customers.
Small business association pushes to remove parking meters in San Jose Read More »
SAN JOSE — A new kind of market will soon open up on the East Santa Clara Street corridor in San Jose. Urban Kiosk, set to open just two blocks east of San Jose’s city hall, is an indoor market that will house local vendors selling crafts, wares and goods.
BAY AREA — Some truck “owner-operators” – who invest in their own vehicles and work as independent contractors to other trucking firms – say a new law taking effect on Jan. 1 will put them out of business. Supporters of the law say it will give protections to misclassified contract truck drivers.
Truck owners protest against AB 5, a California “gig economy” law Read More »
SAN JOSE — As training centers respond to a growing demand for skilled workers with more and larger classes, enrollment has not been able to make up for the talent gap created by the 2008 economic recession. At the Loyd E. Williams Pipe Trades Training Center, more than 500 apprentices train every week to become plumbers, steamfitters and refrigeration technicians — the most in 15 years.
Apprenticeships expand, struggle to make up years of dried-up pipeline Read More »
SONOMA COUNTY — Hotels in Sonoma County are experiencing a simultaneous increase in bookings and cancellations as the region’s week-long battle as the Kincade Fire burns.
Hotels, tourism industries in Sonoma and Napa counties see impacts from Kincade Fire Read More »
CALIFORNIA — For many homeowners in California where headline-making wildfires have burned homes, led to power outages and caused billions of dollars in damages, getting property and casualty insurance becomes a key challenge.
