Tehran, Iran Iranian authorities have shut down a number of privately owned businesses in the wake of deadly nationwide protests last month, even as the country's cratering economy is hitting people and businesses hard and its government pursues a fraught diplomatic path with the United States. Neither police nor judicial authorities have elaborated on why the businesses, most of them popular gathering spots in central and northern Tehran for young Iranians, have been shut down.
After a Saturday triple-stabbing at the 16th and Mission BART station, SFPD has now arrested three suspects in connection with this matter. Initial reports said only one suspect was arrested, but SFPD has jacked that number up to three suspects: 37-year-old Luis Enrique Lopez Brito, 30-year-old Jose Alfredo Lopez Brito, and 45-year-old Mariel Cahvich. [Mission Local] There aren't many of those old-time Taco Bell locations left with the now-outdated mission-style exterior, but one of the last remaining ones in Lafayette just closed permanently today.
FSB's Small Business Index (SBI) for Q3 shows overwhelming pessimism among small firms in the London region, with a headline confidence reading of -46 points. The proportion of small firms in the London region are bracing for contraction, be it downsizing, closure, or a sale, in the next 12 months has risen to 30% per cent.
SAN LEANDRO - The shutdown of 21st Amendment Brewery, a Bay Area craft beer leader, will erase dozens of jobs in the Bay Area, affecting workers in two cities in the region, according to an official state government filing. The brewery intends to eliminate a total of 76 jobs in the Bay Area, the company stated in a WARN notice it filed with the state Employment Development Department.
