Veteran councilwoman Rebecca Kaplan was elected president of the Oakland City Council at the council's first meeting of the year.

San Francisco District 4 candidate Gordon Mar leads Tuesday night against candidate Jessica Ho.

The strike by hotel housekeepers, bellmen, cooks, dishwashers and other workers against Marriott Hotels continued Saturday.

Thousands of Marriott hotel workers in San Francisco and San Jose went on strike Thursday morning to demand higher pay, more job security ...

A possible strike by workers for opening day at Golden Gate Fields Thursday was averted under a temporary agreement.

June unemployment in the San Francisco Bay Area was very low, data from the California Employment Development Department shows.

Kaiser Permanente responded to 32 union protests being held across California during February and March by calling them "uncalled for and counterproductive."

Sales of recreational cannabis will begin in January following the approval of regulations for the new industry.

People whose jobs were affected by the North Bay wildfires have about another month to file for disaster unemployment assistance.

All 11 San Francisco supervisors approved a resolution to urge the removal Justin Herman’s name from the plaza at the intersection of the Embarcadero ...

A report released by a regional research institute said that growth in employment in Silicon Valley, which it says peaked at the end ...

Preliminary results of a new study based on data on SF Bay Area restaurants suggest that higher minimum wages increases the chance an ...

A San Francisco shipyard faced with potential closure due to a legal dispute between its former and current operators will remain open for ...

City and Port of San Francisco officials Thursday said they are trying to keep open a shipyard at Pier 70 that employs more ...

Two Bay Area counties had unemployment rates below 3 percent last month, while all but one county reported rates under 5 percent.

The San Francisco Bay Area's Peninsula region is short tens of thousands of housing units because of strong job and population growth over ...

In the Bay Area, San Mateo County had the lowest unemployment rate for the month of August, at 3.2 percent.

About 300 young people found jobs Thursday in Oakland at the first nationwide stop for My Brother's Keeper Alliance: Invest in Youth.

A San Jose venture capital firm has been ordered to pay more than $300,000 in back wages and damages to dozens of employees.

The state's unemployment rate decreased to 5.8 percent in October from 5.9 percent in September.

San Francisco postal district officials have announced they are hiring workers for the holiday season.

The San Francisco-based micro-blogging website Twitter announced Tuesday morning that it will lay off hundreds of its employees.

Roughly 500 people working out of Chevron's corporate offices in San Ramon will be losing their jobs.

California's unemployment rate dropped to 6.9 percent in January as the number of people unemployed dropped by 31,000.

California's unemployment rate dropped to 7 percent in December, while San Francisco dropped to 3.8 percent.

The FBI is looking for "tech talent" to help protect the United States from cyber-based attacks.

Economic data for the City and County of San Francisco indicate the job and residential real estate markets remain strong.

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Jobless rates in the South Bay and San Francisco are at their lowest in five years.

Wells Fargo, the biggest US mortgage lender, said it would cut 925 jobs due to a decline in home refinancing.

New claims for unemployment benefits fell more than expected to their lowest level since 2008.

Mayor Ed Lee is urging local companies and The City to create at least 6,000 summer jobs for San Francisco youth.

Of all the demands placed on job seekers today, the most difficult hoop to jump through may be the interview process itself.

A report released Tuesday indicates that Silicon Valley is not only returning, but exceeding the heyday of dot-com boom job growth.

Santa Clara County currently ranks as the nation's strongest job market, with San Francisco right behind it in job growth.