San Jose skyline, seen in 2021. (George Avalos/Bay Area News Group)
The pace of job growth slowed sharply in the Bay Area and California in February, government officials disclosed Friday in a disquieting report that arrives on the heels of several months of widening tech and biotech layoffs.
The Bay Area added 6,500 jobs in February, but those gains represented a drastic slowdown from the increase of 19,000 jobs in January, a report posted by the state Employment Development Department shows.
“Though the current tech realignment and layoffs continue apace in the Bay Area, similar layoffs have not spread to other sectors,” said Michael Bernick, an employment attorney with law