Acorn Ridge Casino opened Feb. 24 in Plymouth, a 60,000‑sq‑ft tribal casino with hundreds of slot machines, table games and a farm‑to‑fork restaurant. Tribe leaders say the project will bring jobs and new revenue to the Sierra foothills.

Gilead agreed to buy Redwood City’s Arcellx for $115 a share plus a sales‑linked payout, consolidating the anito‑cel CAR‑T program under Kite. The FDA has set a Dec. 23, 2026 action date for the BLA.

Ferrara will lay off 69 corporate staff at Jelly Belly’s Fairfield offices, with phased cuts from June through Jan. City officials say they’ll help affected workers access benefits and retraining.

Crews and filings show a new market called "La Rancho" is prepping to open at 3101 24th St in the Mission, taking over the longtime Philz site.

Lucid is cutting 12% of its U.S. workforce to improve margins; hourly production workers at its Arizona plant are excluded.

Carbon Health will close three South Bay clinics on Feb. 20 as it executes a Chapter 11 restructuring. Patients and most staff can transfer appointments or use virtual care.

Gallo will shutter its St. Helena Ranch Winery and eliminate 93 positions across Napa and Sonoma, according to WARN filings and local reporting.

Unsecured personal loan balances rose to a record $276 billion as subprime borrowers and fintechs boosted originations, TransUnion finds.

A Bathing Ape will open its first San Francisco store at 216 Stockton St., taking over a long‑vacant Union Square storefront.

Meta is putting roughly $65 million behind state races to protect its AI buildout, with early spending in Texas and Illinois.

San Francisco will update century‑old flower‑stand rules that limited permits to family members, opening downtown corners to new vendors under PermitSF reforms.

Harbinger's WARN filing for roughly 290 positions at its Mare Island plant adds to Solano County's recent wave of layoffs and has officials scrambling.

In this edition, one bottle shop opens, while another is on the way, a new Thai restaurant and hair salon are opening soon, and a restaurant adds a full liquor license.