Developer Related Companies recently finished two apartment buildings in Santa Clara totaling about 5.5 acres, but its 240-acre mixed-use project designed to change the city's landscape has been stalled for years.
Officials from Related Companies and Santa Clara celebrated the …
The San Jose Downtown Farmers’ Market is returning after a three-year hiatus, with vendors planning to sell fresh corn, tomatoes, citrus fruit and more delights on Wednesdays near the Hammer Theatre.
Paolo Obillo, manager and site operator of the Regional …
Two major housing developments in San Jose are the first to be approved as part of Mayor Matt Mahan’s latest initiative to expedite projects that provide “extraordinary benefits” to the city.
The San Jose City Council voted unanimously April 8 …
San Jose’s most passionate parks advocates say city leaders need to create a new stream of funding to address the multimillion-dollar maintenance backlog and ongoing disparity in park quality for residents who live in areas like East San Jose.
On …
Homes for people struggling with mental illness or recovering from substance use have long flown under Santa Clara County’s radar with substandard conditions and little to no accountability. The county is attempting to right some of those wrongs, starting with …
Campbell homeowners applying for a tiny home could get city approval in days.
Campbell launched an express backyard home permit process this month that shortens approval time to a week or less — the fastest in Santa Clara County where …
Santa Clara County officials aren’t killing the idea of ranked choice voting — they just need to sort out an “existential crisis” before seismically shifting Silicon Valley elections.
Ranked choice voting proponents wanted the idea to gain momentum at a …
Housing advocates are suing Cupertino over two controversial development proposals the city claims can’t be built.
Housing groups Yes in My Backyard (YIMBY) Law and California Housing Defense Fund filed two lawsuits against Cupertino April 8, claiming the city shouldn't …
Santa Clara officials said they've used ChatGPT at two public meetings, sparking concerns about the use of artificial intelligence to inform decision makers.
Artificial intelligence tools have been growing in popularity as cities like San Jose use it to improve …
The dynamic leader of a nonprofit focused on revitalizing downtown San Jose has stepped down.
After three years at the helm of the San Jose Downtown Association, CEO Alex Stettinski has left “to pursue his next professional chapter,” according to …
San Jose is breaking ground on its first sanctioned homeless encampment, which will allow 56 people to sleep in tents without fear of being swept this summer.
The vacant lot at 1157 E. Taylor St. will serve as a navigation …
Two candidates continue to swap between second and third place nearly a week after polls closed in the special election for San Jose City Council District 3 — with ballots still being processed and a potential recount looming.
As of …
Hundreds of first-time San Jose homeowners who took out loans with the city to make down payments are set to get back tens of thousands of dollars in home equity.
The San Jose City Council voted unanimously April 8 to …
The stock market’s recent volatility and the looming threat of a recession aren’t just numbers on a screen — they’re harbingers of a deeper crisis unfolding in Santa Clara County. As economic uncertainty intensifies, the fragile balance keeping thousands of …
North Santa Clara is slated for more than a thousand new homes over the next few years, with whole neighborhoods under construction.
The Santa Clara City Council gave its final approval March 25 on a 25.7-acre development at 2518 Mission …
The California DMV routinely allows dangerous drivers with horrifying histories to continue to operate on our roadways. Too often they go on to kill. Many keep driving even after they kill. Some go on to kill again.
By Robert Lewis, …
Special education students and their families will have to leave their neighborhood schools as San Jose's largest school district consolidates classes.
San Jose Unified School District is closing Special Day Class (SDC) programs at Graystone, Schallenberger and Empire Gardens elementary …
It was 1998, the year of the Ask Jeeves search engine, Titanic and the Spice Girls. California elected Gray Davis to succeed Pete Wilson as governor, and Santa Clara County voters adopted ranked choice voting (RCV) for local elections.
More …
San Jose wants to transform a dilapidated park — home to one of the largest camps of unhoused residents in the city — into a family-friendly area for sports activities.
San Jose has spent the last few years planning to …
An appellate court judge has denied an appeal from a union representing bus drivers and light rail operators with VTA — doubling down on the decision to end a historic worker strike.
Amalgamated Transit Union Local 265 filed the appeal …
