Blue Diamond has released a timeline detailing upcoming layoffs at its Sacramento factory. These job reductions are part of a larger plan leading to the complete closure of the facility. The company intends to fully shut down its Sacramento... — read more
Hundreds of jobs will be lost in Riverside following a factory shutdown.
Meat processor JBS is shutting down its Riverside packaging plant and laying off 374 workers, according to a notice filed with California’s Employment Development Department. The closure comes as tight cattle supplies have pushed beef prices to... — read more
Wells Fargo plans to eliminate over 100 positions around Sacramento.
Wells Fargo plans to eliminate 114 positions in Sacramento County, citing cost reductions and expanded use of artificial intelligence. Employees at the Arden Arcade location were notified this week, and the layoffs will begin in... — read more
PowerSchool is reducing headcount amid a company restructuring.
PowerSchool, based in Folsom, has reorganized and reduced its workforce. https://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2025/12/12/powerschool-restructuring-layoffs.html
Fourth month of job losses in California, driven by nonstop tech layoffs.
For the fourth straight month, California is losing jobs, mostly because tech companies keep cutting staff. No individual companies were listed, but the tech industry overall is taking a hit, affecting the state’s broader employment landscape.
Rezolute
Dr-g developer Rezolute is considering potential layoffs. This decision follows the recent failure of a late-stage clinical trial. The article does not specify the number of employees targeted for these reductions. No details are provided regarding... — read more
The biggest homeless-services agency in Los Angeles is dealing with layoffs.
https://calmatters.org/newsletter/lahsa-layoffs/
Is San Luis Obispo County ready for the potential AI-driven job losses?
AI now affects one in four jobs worldwide and could trigger the largest workforce displacement in modern history. An estimated 30–50% of office jobs may be replaced or heavily reshaped within five years. Are we prepared? Are our leaders prepared? Do... — read more
Quantum Lays Off 1.5K In Cali
Quantum Corp. Sheds 1,500 Jobs Amid AI-Driven Restructuring TechCrunch Dec 3, 2025, 9:30 AM PT Quantum Corp., a leading innovator in AI, announced a significant reduction in its global workforce today, impacting approximately 1,500 employees. The... — read more
Crystal Dynamics
Crystal Dynamics has been hit by another round of layoffs. The cuts r due to restructuring and cost reductions. More to come.
Monarch Tractor Layoffs
Monarch Tractor is preparing for layoffs and has warned employees it may have to shut down without additional funding. The ag tech startup’s capital intensive hardware model has become harder to sustain in the current funding environment.
Paramount - 1600 layoffs
Company: Paramount Global Source: Los Angeles Times Paramount sheds another 1,600 workers as David Ellison team digs in Summary: Paramount disclosed an additional reduction of 1,600 workers tied to divesting TV stations in Chile and Argentina, part... — read more
Sutro Layoffs
Sutro Biopharma, based in South San Francisco, is cutting a third of its workforce in its second round of layoffs this year. The antibody-dr-g conjugate (ADC) biotech had already halved its headcount in March when it deprioritized luveltamab... — read more
Cuts?
Salesforce’s stock is in a tricky spot in 2025. It trades at $242.76 after falling 3.2 percent in the past week. The stock is up 2.4 percent for the month, but still down 26.6 percent this year and 4.1 percent over the last year. Looking longer term... — read more
KDFC & KUSC Layoffs
KDFC & KUSC (Classical radio stations) Nonprofit public radio staff Classical California laid off staff at KDFC in San Francisco and KUSC in Los Angeles due to a sudden $1.1 million cut in federal public broadcasting funds. The parent... — read more
Verily (Alphabet’s life sciences subsidiary) Layoffs
Verily (Alphabet’s life sciences subsidiary) Medical device program, related teams Verily is shutting down its entire medical device program, resulting in layoffs and a broader strategic structure change. The CEO acknowledged the difficulty and... — read more
Intuitive Surgical cuts 331 jobs
Medical tech company to lay off over 300 employees at Sunnyvale HQ Intuitive Surgical cuts 331 jobs at its Sunnyvale HQ, restructuring product line. Shift changes affect assembly technicians and support... — read more
Cuts & Layoffs: Blue Diamond Growers, FritoLay, Michaels, Mission Linel Supply (MLS), Accelerate360, Menzies, GTM
Blue Diamond Growers [Sacramento, CA] - Almond processing cooperative ceasing production at its California facilities - Sept. 1 - 632 layoffs Frito-Lay [Rancho Cucamonga, CA] - Snack company closing down its location - June 11 - 432 layoffs ... — read more
CRST WARN Act Investigation
Strauss Borrelli PLLC, a leading class action law firm, is investigating CRST Expedited, Inc. dba CRST The Transportation Solution, Inc. (“CRST”) regarding its recent mass layoff in Boron, California. The WARN Act is a federal law that requires... — read more
Cali Cuts Coming????
California is staring down a $12 billion budget deficit, and the reality is beginning to take shape // layoffs may soon be on the table for some state-funded sectors. Governor Newsom’s revised budget, unveiled last month, keeps overall spending flat... — read more
California here I come…
Right to the unemployment line.
State of CA May Revision FY 24-26 Budget
Watch on May 10, 2024 @ 11:00 am PST. www.youtube.com/@cagovernor Or google if this link doesn’t work! Everyone Enjoy.
5/10/24: State of CA - May Revise for budget
Date: 5/10/24 Time: 11:00 am PST Watch on: https://www.YouTube.com/@cagovernor CA Governor releases the May revise of the Fiscal Year 2024-25 State of CA Budget. Projected $73 billion dollar deficit per LAO [Leg. analysis office].
May 10, State of CA - May Revise Budget Release
What will the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 state budget look like?
Qualcomm, 1258 jobs
https://www.thelayoff.com/qualcomm https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/12/qualcomm-to-cut-roughly-1258-jobs-in-california.html
Newsom vetoes layoff notice bill that would have protected contract workers
The California legislature took notice of the hundreds of thousands of layoffs that have roiled the tech industry dating back to last year, but Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill Sunday that would have expanded notice requirements and other protections... — read more
First Republic 1000 Jobs
https://www.thelayoff.com/first-republic-bank https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/26/investing/premarket-stocks-trading/index.html
California layoffs jump 60% to 27-month high
911,000 job openings – lowest since March 2021 California bosses laid off 236,000 workers in March, a 60% jump from the average pace of job cuts in the previous 12 months... — read more
"Demand at regional food banks soars as layoffs, food prices, increase"
https://www.ktvu.com/news/demand-at-regional-food-banks-soars-as-layoffs-food-prices-increase
Game Over?
https://voidnetwork.gr/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Does-capitalism-have-a-future-a-book-review.pdf
California bill extends notice period before layoffs
Following incidents where companies laid off hundreds and even thousands of workers in recent months, the California legislature has proposed legislation that would better protect workers from mass... — read more
Meta Facebook again
https://www.thelayoff.com/facebook https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/mark-zuckerberg-is-planning-another-round-of-layoffs-and-it-will-likely-decimate-remaining-morale-at-meta/
Silicon Valley Bank
https://www.thelayoff.com/svb-financial-group
Udemy 10 percent cut
"...the layoffs are also part of a broader wave hitting the technology sector in 2023, a trend that has not spared the human resources space." https://www.highereddive.com/news/udemy-layoffs-gregg-coccari-letter/643179/
Historical Context (Malcolm Harris' Palo Alto)
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-california-took-over-the-world-180981660/
Twilio
https://www.thelayoff.com/twilio https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/13/twilio-layoffs-1500-employees-17percent-of-workforce.html
PagerDuty
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/pagerduty-to-lay-off-7-of-staff-revenue-officer-to-exit-271674568511
Alphabet Google (12,000 Jobs)
https://www.thelayoff.com/google https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/20/tech/google-job-cuts/index.html
Coinbase again...
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-news-today-01-10-2023/card/coinbase-to-cut-nearly-1-000-jobs-h7nN4tDCoFTuqbhlw6Ya?mod=hp_lead_pos6
Salesforce
https://www.thelayoff.com/salesforce-com https://seekingalpha.com/news/3921965-salesforce-shares-climb-5-on-broad-job-cut-plans https://seekingalpha.com/news/3921813-salesforce-to-cut-workforce-by-around-10