Here's a brief roundup of recent changes to Castro area businesses. In this edition, a bank reopens, an art gallery closes, and one massage establishment moves while another prepares to open.

ISM's Services PMI rose to 56.1 in February, the strongest in 3½ years, but rising oil from a widening Middle East war threatens to blunt that momentum.

UCLA Anderson's spring outlook finds California's output outpacing the U.S., but job growth lags as AI and aerospace concentrate gains.

Barnes & Noble will close its San Bruno store at The Shops at Tanforan on May 2 after a 20-year run as the mall heads toward a major redevelopment.

A securities class action accusing Elon Musk of misleading investors about his 2022 Twitter bid opens Monday in federal court in San Francisco.

Block will cut about 4,000 jobs — roughly 40% of its workforce — as CEO Jack Dorsey says AI lets the company run smaller teams while raising profit targets.

Lumileds filed a state WARN notice for its North San Jose plant, announcing roughly two dozen more job cuts months after earlier reductions.

Cobram Estate has struck a roughly $174M deal to acquire California Olive Ranch, adding groves, an Artois mill and brands to its California footprint while the purchase awaits regulatory sign‑off.

OneDigital bought San Jose’s Silicon Valley Retirement Services, adding roughly $1.4B in retirement assets and deepening its Bay Area retirement and plan-administration footprint.

T&T’s San Jose supermarket has been pushed to spring 2026 after construction and power snags. The chain still plans a San Francisco store and is hiring now.

eBay is cutting about 800 jobs — roughly 6% of its workforce — as the San Jose company reshuffles priorities and plans reinvestments.

Paris Baguette announced two new North Bay cafés in Novato and Vallejo, with work already underway at the Novato site as the chain expands in the U.S. market.

Good Earth is opening a 21,300‑sq‑ft store at San Rafael's Northgate Mall, bringing a cafe, organic produce and 200+ jobs to Terra Linda.