https://www.siliconvalley.com/2021/05/21/bay-area-california-job-growth-slow-april-covid-open-economy-tech-edd/

Job growth in the Bay Area slowed drastically in April, marking a second straight month of weaker employment gains, raising questions about how quickly the region can shake off its coronavirus-linked economic ailments.

The Bay Area gained 16,300 jobs in April, but that was considerably less than the increase in March and less than half of the huge upswing in employment in February, the state Employment Development Department reported Friday.