SF News Oakland Hills Firestorm Survivor Fights to Protect California Homes From Rising Risks U.C. Berkeley professor and 1991 Oakland Hills firestorm survivor is tackling California’s insurance crisis, using data-driven models to address climate risks and protect homeowners in fire-prone areas.
SF News San Francisco's Chief Economist Says 'Doom Loop' Talk Overblown, Consumer Spending Nearing Pre-Pandemic Levels Continuing their mea culpa over all that "doom loop" coverage they've done for several months, the San Francisco Chronicle has a piece today where they — finally! — get SF's own Chief Economist Ted Egan to weigh in with his sober opinion on the matter.
SF News SF Workers Make 53 Percent More Than National Average Bust out the $4 toast, French Laundry reservations, and third-wave Champagne, all you “average” San Francisco workers out there! You make substantially more money per hour than your also-average counterparts elsewhere in the
SF News San Jose Is Now The Richest City In The US, SF Is Third According to Bloomberg's analysis of data for the 100 largest metropolitan areas in the United States — numbers from the Bureau of Economic Analysis — San Jose is the figurative gold medal winner. At $105,
SF News Study: NY And SF Rents Are Dragging Down The US Economy A new study by two economists out of UC Berkeley and the University of Chicago suggests that overall national growth, as in the gross domestic product, is being strangled by the insanely high
SF News Just Who Is 'Middle Class' In S.F.? New data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows just how much San Francisco's middle class has faded amidst a growing population of high-income earners. As reported by the SF Examiner, the middle
SF News President-Elect Barack Obama's Economic Super Team Picked "We need a big stimulus package," said President-elect Barack Obama today. You're preaching to the choir, Big O. But seriously folks, today Obama announced his starting lineup for his economic team. This groups
SF News Layoffs II: San Jose Mercury News In more pink slip sadness today, (owned by Denver-based MediaNews Group) eliminated 50 jobs. Fifteen newsroom employees and 19 employees from "other parts of the paper" were let go today. Citing a loss
misc Pretty Sneaky, Starbucks! This tickles us ever so. Last year after 4,000+ folks in the Richmond held their breath until their faces turned blue, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted to ban the popular
