The next downturn is no longer a distant abstraction. Economic gauges are flashing warning colors, corporate layoff announcements are piling up, and the safety nets that cushioned the last crisis look ...

California is halfway through a recession that should begin to clear by next spring, although the recovery will be slow and the tech-heavy Bay Area will bear the brunt of the economic downturn, ...

The Bay Area's tremendous six-year economic boom is winding down and the region will almost certainly slip into a recession within the next 12 months, according to a widely watched forecast issued ...