Karat’s 2026 report finds Bay Area software engineers earn a median $272,229 a year as AI demand and Big Tech competition keep pay high.

A UC Giannini analysis finds California lost roughly $1 billion in China sales after 2025 tariffs, with pistachios, almonds and wine among the biggest losers.

Firestone Walker has acquired Trumer's U.S. operations; the Berkeley taproom will close May 29 and brewing will move to Paso Robles.

A coalition of county prosecutors says Walgreens overcharged customers and sold expired OTC products; the settlement includes fines, audits and a price-scanner guarantee.

H Mart opens in Dublin Thursday at 10 a.m., bringing a full grocery and a multi‑vendor food hall to the Tri‑Valley. Vendors include Daeho and Tous Les Jours.

The Rockridge outpost of The Xocolate Bar closed after Valentine’s Day; the owner points to county‑required upgrades, record cocoa prices and tariffs.

Alphabet’s Wing will start residential drone deliveries across the San Francisco Bay Area in the coming months, the company says.

A bank closed multiple Bay Area branches and cut more than 100 jobs, the Mercury News reports. Here’s what customers need to know about notices and FDIC protections.

Skims is planning a dedicated store at Broadway Plaza in downtown Walnut Creek, occupying a large multi‑unit space near Nordstrom.

Grocery Outlet has leased the former Walgreens at 301 E. 18th St., filings show. The Emeryville chain is trimming underperforming locations nationally while still planning new openings.

Centurium Capital, Luckin’s backer, reportedly bought Blue Bottle’s café business from Nestlé for under $400M — a steep discount to earlier valuations.

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.

A lender has moved to foreclose on Blackhawk Plaza after months of tenant departures and stalled openings, leaving Danville’s shopping hub in limbo.