CUPERTINO, CA - JULY 30: Sarah Abon, who has been living in her car for three years, walks back to her car as a West Valley Community Services volunteer, Kenny Ngo, carries a bag of food for her on July 30, 2020, in Cupertino, Calif. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)COVID-19 is pushing Bay Area residents out of their homes and onto the streets — even in some of Silicon Valley’s wealthiest neighborhoods.With a median income of $116,178 and a poverty rate five and a half points lower than California’s 12.8 percent, one might not think to look in wealthier neighborhoods like Cupertino for signs...…CUPERTINO, CA - JULY 30: Sarah Abon, who has been living in her car for three years, walks back to her car as a West Valley Community Services volunteer, Kenny Ngo, carries a bag of food for her on July 30, 2020, in Cupertino, Calif. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)COVID-19 is pushing Bay Area residents out of their homes and onto the streets — even in some of Silicon Valley’s wealthiest neighborhoods.With a median income of $116,178 and a poverty rate five and a half points lower than California’s 12.8 percent, one might not think to look in wealthier neighborhoods like Cupertino for signs...WW…

OAKLAND, CA - FEBRUARY 11: CJ Paillant poses for a photograph in the Jack London Square apartment he is losing in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021. Paillant lost his job as a product manager for a Silicon Valley software company during the pandemic and now faces a large rental debt. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group)Just a year ago, CJ Paillant lived in a brand new apartment complex in Oakland’s Jack London Square with a rooftop terrace, a game lounge and a pool with a hot tub that he and a friend rented for nearly $5,400 a month.But Paillant, a product manager for a Silicon...…OAKLAND, CA - FEBRUARY 11: CJ Paillant poses for a photograph in the Jack London Square apartment he is losing in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021. Paillant lost his job as a product manager for a Silicon Valley software company during the pandemic and now faces a large rental debt. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group)Just a year ago, CJ Paillant lived in a brand new apartment complex in Oakland’s Jack London Square with a rooftop terrace, a game lounge and a pool with a hot tub that he and a friend rented for nearly $5,400 a month.But Paillant, a product manager for a Silicon...WW…

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - JANUARY 06: Penny Bailey, a technology recruiter, works from home in San Francisco, Calif., on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)Millions of California workers have faced at least one of two gut-wrenching situations this past year: losing their jobs or risking their lives by showing up in person at work during a pandemic.But for the others — the “work-from-home” contingent — things have been, well, mostly fine.“My career, knock on wood, is taking off,” said Penny Bailey, a recruiter at a San Francisco-based startup that builds software for online...…SAN FRANCISCO, CA - JANUARY 06: Penny Bailey, a technology recruiter, works from home in San Francisco, Calif., on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)Millions of California workers have faced at least one of two gut-wrenching situations this past year: losing their jobs or risking their lives by showing up in person at work during a pandemic.But for the others — the “work-from-home” contingent — things have been, well, mostly fine.“My career, knock on wood, is taking off,” said Penny Bailey, a recruiter at a San Francisco-based startup that builds software for online...WW…

By | | Bay Area News GroupAs the state faces its most stringent business shutdowns since spring and as moratoriums protecting many from eviction threaten to sunset, California lawmakers more protections for vulnerable renters and landlords whose finances were affected by the pandemic’s deepening economic crisis.Now, a new study of 44 states that enacteoriums links evictions to an increase in coronavirus deaths and cases.“We wanted to know whether these moratoriums could protect people from COVID,” said Kathryn Leifheit, lead author on the study and researcher at UCLA’s Fielding School...…By | | Bay Area News GroupAs the state faces its most stringent business shutdowns since spring and as moratoriums protecting many from eviction threaten to sunset, California lawmakers more protections for vulnerable renters and landlords whose finances were affected by the pandemic’s deepening economic crisis.Now, a new study of 44 states that enacteoriums links evictions to an increase in coronavirus deaths and cases.“We wanted to know whether these moratoriums could protect people from COVID,” said Kathryn Leifheit, lead author on the study and researcher at UCLA’s Fielding School...WW…

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - MARCH 09: The Bay Bridge and the San Francisco skyline including the Salesforce Tower are seen in this view from the bay on Monday, March 9, 2020. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)inesses whose CEOs are “overpaid.”But less than two weeks before the election, not one penny has been spent so far on campaigns to oppose Measure L, the so-called Overpaid Executive Tax that would impose new fees on businesses whose executives make more than 100 times the median staff pay, data from the Ethics Committee shows. Just one paid argument, at a cost of $203, was submitted against the...…SAN FRANCISCO, CA - MARCH 09: The Bay Bridge and the San Francisco skyline including the Salesforce Tower are seen in this view from the bay on Monday, March 9, 2020. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)inesses whose CEOs are “overpaid.”But less than two weeks before the election, not one penny has been spent so far on campaigns to oppose Measure L, the so-called Overpaid Executive Tax that would impose new fees on businesses whose executives make more than 100 times the median staff pay, data from the Ethics Committee shows. Just one paid argument, at a cost of $203, was submitted against the...WW…

Sarah Rivas, who just turned 27, sits for a portrait at her desk, where she teaches high school history from her childhood bedroom at her parents’ home, in Elk Grove, Calif., on Oct. 13, 2020. Rivas, who moved back in with her parents during lockdown and subsequently gave up her apartment in Silicon Valley, worries that she would be unable to afford a new apartment if she were to return to teaching on campus. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMattersSarah Rivas was barely making rent since she’d moved to Sunnyvale. So when, three months into the pandemic, she woke up to an email from her...…Sarah Rivas, who just turned 27, sits for a portrait at her desk, where she teaches high school history from her childhood bedroom at her parents’ home, in Elk Grove, Calif., on Oct. 13, 2020. Rivas, who moved back in with her parents during lockdown and subsequently gave up her apartment in Silicon Valley, worries that she would be unable to afford a new apartment if she were to return to teaching on campus. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMattersSarah Rivas was barely making rent since she’d moved to Sunnyvale. So when, three months into the pandemic, she woke up to an email from her...WW…

By | | Bay Area News GroupCalifornians need income and fast. Thousands of people who weathered the initial storm of pandemic shutdowns have started the hunt for new work. Faced with the most unforgiving job market in recent history, many are turning to the few industries hiring. Often, they’re the ones on the front lines.A record number of Californians — more than 8 million — have filed first-time unemployment claims since March. The lucky ones managed a lateral career switch without too much financial damage, but as personal savings and emergency unemployment benefits run dry, an...…By | | Bay Area News GroupCalifornians need income and fast. Thousands of people who weathered the initial storm of pandemic shutdowns have started the hunt for new work. Faced with the most unforgiving job market in recent history, many are turning to the few industries hiring. Often, they’re the ones on the front lines.A record number of Californians — more than 8 million — have filed first-time unemployment claims since March. The lucky ones managed a lateral career switch without too much financial damage, but as personal savings and emergency unemployment benefits run dry, an...WW…

By | | Bay Area News GroupCalifornians need income and fast. Thousands of people who weathered the initial storm of pandemic shutdowns have started the hunt for new work. Faced with the most unforgiving job market in recent history, many are turning to the few industries hiring. Often, they’re the ones on the front lines.A record number of Californians — more than 8 million — have filed first-time unemployment claims since March. The lucky ones managed a lateral career switch without too much financial damage, but as personal savings and emergency unemployment benefits run dry, an...…By | | Bay Area News GroupCalifornians need income and fast. Thousands of people who weathered the initial storm of pandemic shutdowns have started the hunt for new work. Faced with the most unforgiving job market in recent history, many are turning to the few industries hiring. Often, they’re the ones on the front lines.A record number of Californians — more than 8 million — have filed first-time unemployment claims since March. The lucky ones managed a lateral career switch without too much financial damage, but as personal savings and emergency unemployment benefits run dry, an...WW…

Show Caption of By | | Bay Area News Group if you are having a problem viewing the photos on a mobile deviceBay Area residents have never sought more help getting food.As millions of Californians lost their jobs due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of people receiving help from food banks has doubled across the seven-county Bay Area from pre-pandemic levels. Local food banks now serve more than 1 million people per month — one in seven Bay Area residents.“If there’s ever been a time in our 35 years to use the word ‘unprecedented,’ this is it,” said Michael Altfest, director of community...…Show Caption of By | | Bay Area News Group if you are having a problem viewing the photos on a mobile deviceBay Area residents have never sought more help getting food.As millions of Californians lost their jobs due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of people receiving help from food banks has doubled across the seven-county Bay Area from pre-pandemic levels. Local food banks now serve more than 1 million people per month — one in seven Bay Area residents.“If there’s ever been a time in our 35 years to use the word ‘unprecedented,’ this is it,” said Michael Altfest, director of community...WW…