Unemployment is inching up, tech layoffs continue and IPOs are waning. Experts expect a downturn, but it’s still possible the state will avoid a recession.

When Gov. Gavin Newsom returns from his overseas travel, he will find a state whose economy seems to be slowing.

At the same time, as the layoffs continued a six-month trend of Silicon Valley downsizing, overall statewide employment slipped slightly, unemployment claims grew and the total number of unemployed Californians grew.

A of Sept. 30, initial public offerings in California had raised just $177 million, compared to an average of $16 billion during the same period over the past five years. That's just 2% of funds generated by U.S. companies that went public through the end of September. Last year at this time, California accounted for 39% of funds nationally.

The New York Times asked three experts from different disciplines to respond to readers’ questions about wearing masks now.

As the valley’s tech companies have driven the U.S. economy since the Great Recession, the region remains one of the most unequal.

Facebook’s Oversight Board said the ongoing risk of violence “justified” the suspension.

The stock market has soared to new heights, prompting a record number of Silicon Valley companies to go public.

Google is creating a post-pandemic workplace that will accommodate employees who got used to working from home over the past year.

The impending boba shortage is yet another sign of how the pandemic has snarled global supply chains and upended industries.

From growing up in San Jose to living rich in SoCal, but authority say this life was built on millions of dollars in stolen funds.

Geschke was an Adobe founder who helped develop fundamental ways of creating, sharing and printing digital documents.

The vaccine rollout has been chaotic, according to news reports and hundreds of emails sent by The New York Times' California Today readers.

Seaver takes the helm at the regional chamber of commerce May 17, but first he sat down to talk about his priorities, economy and even Google.

Perhaps more than any other part of the country, California stands to benefit from the $2.2 trillion proposal by Joe Biden.

Nuria Fernandez, former G.M. for the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority is now Federal Transit Administration's senior official.