Economic Edge
The national health care reform package will have a big impact on the economy, yet many Americans are still out of work, and not just newcomers to the job market.
There are some two million adults in the US who are 55 years or older and unemployed. They’ll spend an average of...
A couple of blocks away from where the Bay Bridge enters San Francisco, there’s a place that has been called “a civic disgrace.” “A decaying pit of despair.” “The bus station from hell.” Local writers have used all of these words to describe San Francisco’s Transbay Terminal.
Last weekend, critics...
Yesterday, we took a look at the college demographic called the Millennial Generation and their place in our economy. Right now, Millenials, who are between the ages of 10 and 28, are graduating from college to the worst job market in ages.
Lynne Lancaster is co-author of the new book, The M-...
OK, it’s time for everyone’s favorite subject: taxes!
The ongoing debate is: does it stimulate the economy to cut taxes?
It’s a solution we often hear from podiums or find in text books: when faced with hard times, the state cuts taxes, businesses create new jobs, people go back to work, and...
Move over boomers and X-ers, there's a new generation in town: the so-called “millennial generation”. It’s made up of people born between 1982 and 2000, and it's poised to rival the baby boomers as the largest generation in history, some 80 million people.
As they’ve begun trickling into the...
West Oakland has a long industrial history. In the 1940s the neighborhood was made a center for shipbuilding with the construction of the Oakland Army Base and Naval Supply Center. Since then, recycling companies, a postal service distribution center and other heavy industries have joined the...
As any visitor who takes an antique streetcar through the mid-market district finds out, there’s much more to San Francisco than just tourist attractions. Many mayors have tried to revitalize the area but none have succeeded.
The stretch is dominated by vacant buildings, Single Room Occupancies (...
One of the country's leading bagel chains got its start right here in the Bay Area. We'll give you a second to guess which one.
Okay, the answer is Noah's Bagels.
Founder Noah Alper is a Berkeley resident and a self-professed "serial entrepreneur." He started six hugely successful businesses...
It's not easy for reporters to get into San Quentin, so when KALW's Nancy Mullane visited the prison, she took advantage of the opportunity to find a San Quentin inmate who is no stranger to KALW.
Inmate Richard Gilliam is part of KALW's street team--community reporters who are helping us document...
With California spilling red ink like a leaking oil tank, many people are questioning how much the state spends on prisons.
It took a recession, but now the penal system is dealing with huge budget cuts from Sacramento. Last year, Governor Schwarzenegger announced he was going to reduce the amount...
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