Football, construction among businesses shut down as Bay Area air quality reaches dangerous levels

Construction on KB Home's massive housing development in San Jose's master-planned Communication Hill area has been shut down for weeks due to concerns about elevated asbestos levels at the site, local CBS affiliate KPIX 5 reports. “Some of the reading.....»»

Construction on KB Home's massive housing development in San Jose's master-planned Communication Hill area has been shut down for weeks due to concerns about elevated asbestos levels at the site, local CBS affiliate KPIX 5 reports. “Some of the reading.....»»

The managers at Green Circuits — a small Silicon Valley electronics factory — thought they would have to close when the San Francisco Bay Area directed non-essential businesses to shut almost three weeks ago......»»

Century Homebuilders Group halted construction of a mixed-use project in Miami after two workers tested positive for the coronavirus, the company side. The construction industry has been exempt from local orders to close non-essential businesses and s.....»»

Businesses and schools are shut down. Unemployment inquiries are rising sharply. Nonprofits are strapped for cash and resources. As the COVID-19 continues to spread across the region, a number of companies throughout Greater Philadelphia are donatin.....»»

As businesses shut down and stores reduce hours, people are still buying motorcycles. Milwaukee-area Harley-Davidson dealerships remain open and operational and are not experiencing some of the extreme changes from the coronavirus pandemic for the time be.....»»

As restaurants, stores and other businesses shut down in response to the coronavirus, contractors remain at work on the region’s large commercial projects while asking workers to practice social distancing and to clean more frequently. Wisconsin G.....»»

The Charlotte area has become a magnet for internationally owned companies. According to a 2019 report from the Charlotte Regional Business Alliance, the Charlotte region boasts more than 1,000 internationally owned businesses from more than 45 count.....»»

More than two million people were without power on Sunday after PG&E shut off the power to more than 920,000 residences and businesses because of fears that high winds would help spark more wildfires like the Kincade Fire that's moving through Sono.....»»

PG&E’s planned power shut down after midnight to 800,000 Bay Area customers will negatively affect some businesses more than others. Convalescent facilities and retirement homes are among those that could be seriously impacted, said Kathe Nelson, exec.....»»

Of the highest ranking 25 women-owned businesses, almost a half of them were in fields relating to construction.  A number of prominent women led this field this year. The highest earning women-owned construction company was No. 4, Cahill Contractor.....»»

As construction is set to begin for the 430-mile, Kinder Morgan natural gas pipeline that will cross Texas and the Hill Country, the city of Austin is sharing concerns that it could have impacts for water quality — both at Barton Springs and for the.....»»

Businesses weighing where to expand or set up shop locally have new data on a key factor in those decisions: school quality. The Texas Education Agency on Aug. 15 released new accountability ratings for about 1,200 school districts and charter sc.....»»

The number of fissures opening with lava from Kilauea volcano in the lower Puna area of Hawaii's Big Island keeps rising as the state Department of Health issues a safety warning due to dangerous sulfur dioxide levels. The U.S. Geological Survey's Hawai.....»»

Authorities working to rescue a teenage soccer team from a cave in Thailand said they would withdraw nonessential personnel from a staging area in the cave over concerns that air quality could drop to a dangerous level......»»

Bankers say they've noticed heightened levels of mergers and acquisitions as businesses that have recovered from the recession grow more attractive to buyers......»»

Air thick with smoke and the smell of ash hung in the Bay Area on Friday morning, a local sign of the rapidly spreading wildfire in Butte County north of Sacramento. The air quality in San Francisco is “unhealthy,” according to the EPA. And the Ba.....»»

Air thick with smoke and the smell of ash hung in the Bay Area on Friday morning, a local sign of the rapidly spreading wildfire in Butte County north of Sacramento. The air quality throughout most of the Bay Area is “unhealthy,” according to .....»»

The family-owned company brings quality wines, both luxury and budget, from the United States and abroad, to Alabama......»»

The stadium will rise on the northeastern side of campus, with construction scheduled to start this fall......»»