The week in review: October 12–16
The week of October 12–16 on sanjose.metrotrendlines.com, in five posts.
Monday, October 12 — California business applications, August 2026. Californians filed 50,293 new business applications in August 2026, up 25.9% from a year earlier.
Wednesday, October 14 — Police calls for service in San Jose, August 2026. San Jose’s open-data portal lists 22,697 police calls for service for August 2026, down 3.8% on a year earlier. The 12-month average is 22,495 a month.
Thursday, October 15 — Passengers leaving SJC, April 2026. 0.38 million passengers boarded flights out of SJC in April 2026, down 13.8% from a year earlier. 15,075 of them were on international flights, down 35.8%.
Friday, October 16 — California jobless claims, week of Oct 10, 2026. California workers filed 40,515 initial unemployment claims in the week ending Oct 10, 2026; the steadier four-week average is 37,166, down 10.0% from the same weeks a year ago. Read the chart in two parts.
Friday, October 16 — What a San Jose-area house is worth, September 2026. The typical San Jose-metro home was worth $1,523,615 in September 2026, up 0.2% from a year earlier.
The week in review: every post from October 12–16, summarised from its own listing blurb and linked. Assembled each Saturday from the posts that actually published that week.