Amazon eliminating 700-plus Bay Area jobs

Amazon revealed plans to slash 769 jobs in the Bay Area, reductions that will erase positions for workers in the South Bay and San Francisco, the company reported in official filings with the state’s labor agency.

Seattle-based Amazon provided its decision for the layoffs, which will take place on April 28, in WARN notices sent to the state Employment Development Department.

Cuts in the Bay Area, according to information posted by the state EDD, include a loss of 272 jobs in Sunnyvale...