Santa Clara County Business, Economy & Jobs Digest

More than half of the U.S. House supports a bill to extend the funds, but it can’t get out of committee.

It’s been more than 18 months since Apple Inc. last updated its iPad line, marking the longest gap in new models since Steve Jobs first unveiled the product in 2010. The drought finally ends on May 7.

Service connects at-home moms with working moms to provide accessible and affordable child care.

A mixed-use development of 75 condominiums and retail space is being proposed for 800 San Antonio Road in Palo Alto.

The City of Mountain View is studying the state of local Internet service for a citywide broadband needs assessment.

During the much-ballyhooed “California exodus” amid the pandemic, remote workers moved to other states where they could live for a fraction of the cost compared to cities like Los Angeles or San Francisco.

A bill to rein in a proposed monthly fee on California electric bills would let California’s largest for-profit utility companies charge customers $24 per month — with fees as low as $6 for lower-income customers — as a kind of membership fee for the power grid.

Teachers and supporters attending the April 23 Palo Alto Unified School District board meeting petitioned for cost-of-living increases in teacher salaries.

In its April 23 meeting, the Mountain View City Council approved a plan to address the slow recovery from economic effects of the pandemic.

Documents filed with the California state employment department indicate Tesla will cut layoff close to 500 employees working in Palo Alto.

A 28-story mixed use high-rise has been proposed for downtown San Jose on East Santa Clara Street.

One of the tools in state housing law that’s generated excitement among YIMBYs for its power to build new high-density housing could also end up leading to just the opposite: urban sprawl.

The California Public Utilities Commission will consider on May 9 a new proposal that would change how Californians pay for electricity.

Google employees protested outside a company facility in Sunnyvale on April 16 over use of company tech in the Gaza war.

A coalition of timber businesses filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against the embattled Pacific Gas & Electric Co., alleging $225 million in damages caused by the 2021 Dixie Fire.

A California Republican’s bill would exempt low and middle income wildfire victims from solar panels requirements on rebuilt homes that didn’t have them when they burned down.

Anti-tax groups in California have qualified a measure for the November ballot that would make raising state and local taxes much more difficult. It’s a showdown that’s been building for nearly five decades.

Not filling open positions in state government, cutting a school facilities program and several climate initiatives, delaying funding for public transit — these are some of the first steps that California officials plan to take to deal with a looming multibillion-dollar budget deficit.

In an attempt to end five years of litigation, the 49ers made an offer of of $18M and other concessions to resolve two ongoing legal actions.

Apple has filed a disclosure with the state Employment Development Department stating an intention to layoff 600+ local Silicon Valley employees in May.

Captains of fishing boats on the California coast are bracing for salmon fishing to be severely restricted — or possibly canceled for a second year.

According to emails obtained by CalMatters Capitol reporter Jeanne Kuang in response to a public records request, a range of employers have been trying to figure out if they must pay $20 ever since the law was signed late last September.

Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in prison for fraud.

Citing a sudden upcoming 65% rent increase as the reason, Gourmet Franks closed on March 17 after 43 years in business at Palo Alto's Stanford Shopping Center.

At a recent breakfast with local business leaders, PG&E executives outlined upcoming projects to improve reliability and increase capacity in the Silicon Valley region.

The developer for the 240 acre former golf course proposed amending plans to include 1.6M square feet of light industrial space in the stalled project.

As energy costs go up and awareness of the environmental footprint increases, people are turning to energy consultants for energy audits and advice.

Applied Materials adds to $250M+ spent on South Bay properties with purchase of two more office and research buildings in Sunnyvale.

Two office buildings located at 515 and 545 North Whisman Road in Mountain View have been foreclosed by their lender, adding to other recent foreclosures in the region.

The State Assembly bill would address complaints of overwork by members of the Service Employees International Union-United Service Workers West union.

A permit application has been filed to convert the historic Bank of Italy office tower in San Jose to 100+ units of housing.

Mountain View's Mathnasium celebrated its reopening in Mountain View on Pi Day (3-14) with, what else, pies.