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Port of Oakland Holds Laden Cargo Flat Through July as Empty Boxes Drag Total Volume Lower
The Port of Oakland kept its loaded cargo volumes nearly level through the first seven months of 2026 and pushed exports slightly ahead...
Construction Materials Prices Flat in July, But Lumber and Steel Signal More Increases Ahead
Construction input prices barely moved in July as a temporary drop in fuel costs offset continued gains in lumber and steel, leaving materials...
Bay Area Holds California’s Lowest Jobless Rates as Statewide Unemployment Dips to 5.1% in July
San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties posted among California's lowest unemployment rates in July even as office-using sectors across the state...
San Jose Advances General Plan Housing Overhaul, Defers Density Quadrupling to 2027
San Jose's City Council endorsed the broad framework of a sweeping General Plan housing overhaul on Aug. 18 but declined to lock in...
Silicon Valley Office Recovery Deepens in 2Q26 as Vacancy Falls to 15.2% and Leasing Hits Seven-Year High
The Silicon Valley office market posted its seventh straight quarter of positive net absorption in the second quarter of 2026, with vacancy tightening,...
Silicon Valley R&D Vacancy Falls to 12.6% in 2Q26 as Nvidia Breaks Ground and AI Hardware Powers Leasing
Silicon Valley's research-and-development market tightened in the second quarter of 2026 as vacancy fell, net absorption improved and a new Nvidia campus broke...
Younger Movers Are Softening California’s Exodus, U-Haul Midyear Data Shows, With the Bay Area Among Their Top Draws
U-Haul's 2026 midyear migration report finds Millennials and Generation Z steering their moving trucks into California even as older generations keep heading for...
California’s Renter Majority Faces Deepening Strain as Bay Area Rents Climb 5.8%
California's renter economy has swelled past 16 million people, and a new statewide tenant snapshot shows affordability pressure intensifying just as the Bay...
Bay Area Jobless Rates Fall as San Jose Leads Northern California Job Growth
Jobless rates fell across the San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento over the year ending June 2026 and San Jose led Northern California's...
San Francisco Hospitality Scored Double-Digit Sales Growth During the 2026 World Cup
Bank of America credit and debit card data shows San Francisco's restaurants, bars and hotels captured double-digit small-business sales growth during the 2026...
New Federal Housing Law Hands Northern California Fresh Levers on Supply, But Leaves Zoning Untouched
The nation’s first comprehensive federal housing package in decades arms Northern California developers and lenders with new incentives for adaptive reuse, small-dollar lending...
Bay Area Defends No. 1 Tech Talent Rank as AI Absorbs 57% of Its Job Postings
The San Francisco Bay Area again topped CBRE's annual tech talent scorecard even as its overall workforce shrank, with artificial intelligence now driving...
