https://www.siliconvalley.com/2024/05/17/bay-area-job-tech-economy-covid-layoff-hotel-restaurant-store-april/

The Bay Area and California both added jobs in April, but the gains were puny and sketch a picture of an ominously feeble employment market statewide and in this region, a new report shows.

The April employment upswing in the Bay Area was led almost single-handedly by the East Bay, which posted healthy gains. The South Bay was flat while the San Francisco-San Mateo area lost jobs.