Business Editor

Kevin Truong

Randy Chen, the owner of Little Hunan in San Mateo, started his morning with a surprising sight. 

One Bay Area CEO got a stunning 96% approval rate, while another got an equally-remarkable 0% approval rate.

Over the next week, live jazz and raucous parties abound in San Francisco and the East Bay.


As home prices tumble and construction slows, some planners are already worried that the Bay Area is ill-equipped for the next economic boom.

Out with the Heath ceramics. In with the flowers and porcelain, etched glass, and mismatched silverware.