https://www.siliconvalley.com/2024/12/20/bay-area-jobs-tech-economy-work-layoff-restaurant-store-hotel-november/ > The Bay Area and California managed modest job gains in November, but the pace of statewide employment increases have begun to fade at the same time the local nine-county region has perked up. > More than half of the job gains in the Bay Area were produced by the East Bay as the tech-heavy South Bay and San Francisco metro region lagged by a wide margin, according to a report from the state’s labor agency.