Business Editor

Kevin Truong

Citing a harsh economic climate, the company is laying off some 1,250 workers, or around 6% of its workforce.


The Santa Rosa Press Democrat has been under local ownership for 13 years, winning a Pulitzer Prize in the process.

Thousands in colorful costumes surged through San Francisco streets for the zaniest-yet Bay to Breakers race.

It comes as 40 cars in a San Francisco garage flooded on New Year’s Eve, and a tree crashed through a Bay Area woman’s home as she slept.

On Jan. 31, dozens of cities and counties are expected to convert thousands of suburban-style tracts into apartment-ready parcels.