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San Jose's Hotel De Anza is getting major upgrades
San Jose's historic Hotel De Anza was recently purchased by 233 W Santa Clara LLC. The hotel was built 93 years ago and has 100 rooms in the 10-story building.The exciting news is that major upgra...
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How California’s 10 state conservancies buy up open land and shield it from developers to preserve the natural environment for public use.
Community service districts can do most anything a city government can do. Here’s how they work and how to start one.
From Los Gatan...
On Friday, the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District celebrated the opening of four additional miles of trail at the 1,400-acre Bear Creek Redwoods Open Space Preserve—which adds on to the six miles previously opened to the public.
From Hilltromper Silicon Valley...
The Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District holds a ribbon-cutting ceremony to open four miles of new trails at a newly restored section of Bear Creek Redwoods Preserve in Los Gatos.
From San Jose Spotlight...
San Jose city parks have a problem — there's a huge backlog of needed repairs and insufficient funds to bring them up to standard. One councilmember may have a solution, but it's going to take time.
What's blooming in mid to late fall, and where you can find these flowering plants on the Peninsula, in the South Bay, and Santa Cruz.
As the re-creation of the 90-mile Ohlone-Portolá Heritage Trail is on its way, Indigenous activists are working to remove associated statues and plaques.
COMING SOON: A stunning Northern California beach with soaring sandstone cliffs and bluffs with panoramic ocean views. Enjoy wildlife viewing at a Snowy Plover nesting ground. Hunt for historic remnants of a 19th-century structure called Gordon’s Chute.
Enjoy sweeping vistas of the California coast.
From The Mercury News...
The Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History and Bureau of Land Management offer a glimpse at a national treasure just over the hill.
San Jose officials this week will reckon with a political fight over a park important to the city's Vietnamese community.
State lawmakers are calling out San Jose officials for changing the locks and community event access to a Vietnamese cultural garden that’s opened a political rift in Little Saigon.
From Mountain View Voice...
Mountain bikers and BMX riders of all ages are flocking to parks to practice their skills on purpose-built rollers and berms.
From Morgan Hill Times...
Calling all pickleball enthusiasts: the wait is over. The City of Morgan Hill this week announced the grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony for its new, state-of-the-art outdoor pickleball courts.
Here are a couple of kid-friendly hikes and gamified educational activities in the hills near Santa Cruz, just 45 minutes from Silicon Valley.
The debate between using artificial turf or natural grass on government-owned athletic fields in Sunnyvale has been pushed into the future, leaving environmental activists and youth sports groups in limbo.
Arvind Kumar and his husband Ashok Jethanandani spend their Saturday mornings pulling weeds and protecting plants native to California, but not in their yard at home. Instead, they’ve spent the last 20 years volunteering at Lake Cunningham Park in their East San Jose neighborhood — working to undo years of neglect and unsafe water.
Experiencing the sensory pleasures of California bay laurels, madrones, and of course redwoods, while running (and breathing) at this hidden gem in Los Gatos.
What's blooming in mid to late summer, and where you can find these flowers in the Santa Cruz Mountains region.
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