https://www.siliconvalley.com/2020/03/27/bay-area-job-market-soars-february-coronavirus-layoff-tech-hotel-retail-restaurant-economy/ > The job market in the Bay Area powered to robust gains during February, an upbeat report that arrives just ahead of what’s expected to be a string of grim setbacks and brutal employment losses for the region’s economy unleashed by the coronavirus pandemic. > Bay Area employers added 8,000 jobs in February, gains that were led by Santa Clara County and San Francisco-San Mateo, but the timing of when state officials conducted their research doesn’t reflect job losses that are already known to have begun due to the coronavirus outbreak.