Bay Area layoff pace sees some easing

American Airlines will cease operations in Oakland amid deep California cutbacks

The number of job cuts proposed in the Bay Area fell during July, filings with a state labor agency show, but American Airlines revealed in an official notice that the struggling airline will cease operations at Oakland International Airport.

Separately, job cuts were also disclosed for Wente wine and golf operations in Livermore; Alaska Airlines at San Jose International Airport and San Francisco International Airport; and the iconic Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco, according to the latest batch of official notifications received in late July by the state’s Employment Development Department.

Flex, a tech company once known as Flextronics, told the EDD that it was trimming 78 South Bay positions, consisting of 42 in San Jose and 36 in Milpitas due to a consolidation of its corporate and operations groups.

Flex expects the job cuts to be completed by the end of September.

Fairmont San Francisco said it would lay off 511 workers, with the job cuts slated to occur around Sept. 24. The hotel described its staffing cutbacks as “temporary.”

Despite the new notices, it appears the Bay Area is beginning to recover from economic woes linked to the coronavirus.

The number of job cuts in the Bay Area planned by employers through layoffs or temporary furloughs totaled about 18,700 during July, down from the 19,500 planned in the nine-county region during June, this news organization’s analysis of filings with the EDD shows.

The worst month for layoffs as detailed in the notices received by the EDD was April when plans for 74,200 job cuts in the Bay Area were

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