Downtown San Jose visit activity soars, Oakland jumps, San Francisco nosedives

SAN JOSE — Visits to downtown San Jose have soared over the last year, providing a welcome counterpart to the forbidding economic trends that have haunted the Bay Area in the wake of the coronavirus.

Downtown Oakland visits have also hopped higher during the 12-month period that ended in March, according to a new School of Cities report produced by the University of Toronto.

San Francisco’s visitor activity...