Declining rents is more confirmation of the exodus from the Bay Area (as we’ve noted: here & here) as remote working allows city dwellers to leave the metro area for suburbs, Lake Tahoe, and elsewhere.  Danielle Hale, Realtor.com’s chief economist, said San Francisco-based technology “companies have been among the most flexible with allowing people to work remotely, and a lot of workers…

OAKLAND — Galvanized by the Moms 4 Housing standoff that drew national attention to the region’s affordability crisis, Oakland officials may soon overhaul the way homes are bought and sold — and other Bay Area cities are considering similar measures. The policies would give tenants or affordable housing nonprofits first dibs to buy certain residential…

While California’s Silicon Valley is the epicenter of all things technology, companies based out of Texas played an important role in the rise of the personal computer as well. Christopher Cantwell was even inspired to create the hit television series Halt and Catch Firefollowing his childhood in North Texas’s Silicon Prairie, where his father was employed…