Silicon Valley

The failure of Silicon Valley Bank struck California's economically important high-tech industry while it was already facing difficult headwinds. The question is whether the bank’s failure is a harbinger of Silicon Valley’s decline.

Silicon Valley Bank’s failure is a sign of weakness in the tech industry, and that could spell trouble for the state of California.

In “Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World,” author Malcolm Harris tells tales of the city's founding, highlighting how some grew rich through technology and science while others were left out of the growth and prosperity. His provocative premise explores California's earliest sins and the haunting toll they have taken centuries later.

Two of California's most important economic sectors, Southern California's logistic industry and the tech industry in Silicon Valley, are facing threats to their futures.

One of the world’s richest regions has some of its starkest divides, with its top 10% of households holding two-thirds of its wealth.

Los Angeles and Oakland parents who received monthly cash without restrictions from new pilot programs said it did more than help them pay bills. What they gained, they said, was priceless — more time with their children.

In the new episode of "Gimme Shelter: The California Housing Crisis Podcast," CalMatters' Manuela Tobias and the Los Angeles Times' Liam Dillon pick California's wildest housing story of 2022: How a California town almost used mountain lions to sidestep a new housing law.

Economic warning signs are mounting in California — foreshadowing potentially tough budget decisions for the state officials and policymakers who emerge victorious from the Nov. 8 election. One particularly eye-popping statistic: Just nine companies headquartered in the Golden State went public in the first three quarters of 2022, compared to 81 during the same period […]

Science and technology leaders are raising several issues that over time could pose problems for California’s technology leadership.

Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez, a key union backer in the California Legislature, will step down to take over the California Labor Federation.