Making It in the Bay

Alley-Oop Kids was founded to help kids get the gear they need to play youth sports. But in the midst of a pandemic, it’s found a new calling. The teen-run nonprofit just launched a mobile app to help you donate your old laptop or tablet to kids who need to attend school remotely.

Delivery network OnTrac, which has facilities throughout the Bay Area, has warehouses stocked full of packages because of the online shopping boom. Now, they need to find more employees to keep up with the demand.

If you live in the Bay Area, you’re living in some of the most expensive real estate in the country.

City officials in Oakland approved a contentious new policy that will prohibit homeless people from setting up tents in parks or near homes, businesses, schools and some churches in the city.

While rents are dipping in many cities throughout the Bay Area and the country, no place is seeing prices drop further or faster than San Francisco.

The anonymous 19-year-old dons a Batman costume to bring food and clothes to his unhoused neighbors — and he’s already inspiring others to follow suit.

The Bay Area rental market, which has long been among the most expensive in the nation, is now seeing the steepest drops in the nation.

Rhett Jones took a while to find his path and ultimately traded in his corporate job for his dream job.

Serving a long-lost Bay Area treat, Claire’s Crunch Cake has an impeccable five-star rating — and an owner who’s spent a lifetime speaking out for San Mateo’s communities of color.

An idea that started in New York City to fight hunger has now made its way to San Francisco, Los Angeles, Oakland and soon San Jose.

After struggling to survive the pandemic, Bay Area restaurants are suddenly hot again — at least when it comes to creating jobs.

Bay Area rents continued to drop in June, according to rental listing site Zumper.

The top 10 richest Silicon Valley moguls, all of whom are white men, are worth a combined $248.2 billion yet the number of Black women employed by 10 of the valley’s largest tech companies is zero, according to a study out of San Jose State University.

A combination of many leaving the region and more people working from home are contributing to decline in rent prices.

Renters in multiple Bay Area counties could be receiving an extended lifeline this week as those local governments consider extending moratoriums on evictions.

Surveys show a growing number of tech workers now say if they can work from home, they would likely work from home in a cheaper state.

After only being able to offer virtual tours for the past several weeks due to the coronavirus pandemic, Bay Area real estate agents can now walk prospective buyers through homes as long as they follow certain guidelines.

Two homeless women surrounded by a group of protesters took over a vacant house Friday in San Francisco’s Castro District.

The COVID-19 crisis has hit eateries especially hard, but an East Bay restaurant has launched an idea to help feed the homeless while keeping some employees working during shelter at home orders.

The mayors of California’s biggest cities had a “robust” discussion with Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday, highlighting their opposition to his plan on how to spend $750 million to combat the state’s homelessness crisis.