For years, children in need of acute psychiatric care in Santa Clara County were being shipped hours away to get treatment. That is about to change as the county opens a new inpatient behavioral health facility for youth. The Behavioral Health Pavilion, located on the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center Campus (VMC), will give 35...
LinkedIn pays Mountain View $1.6M to extend development timeline
The Mountain View City Council unanimously signed off on an agreement last week to give LinkedIn an extra five years to redevelop its office headquarters on the eastern edge of the city. LinkedIn now has until February 2034 to begin constructing a pair of six-story office buildings and a parking structure at its Mountain View campus. As...
Fry: Keep Cupertino’s future bright with a resident-first city council
A slate of candidates for Cupertino City Council — two San Jose employees and a planning commissioner who proposed rezoning neighborhood corner lots from R-1 (single-family) to R-3 (multifamily) — portrays Cupertino as a city in decline. Whose interests would they put first, those of Cupertino residents or someone else’s? The facts do not support...
Morgan Hill council approves 105-home builder’s remedy project
A plan to bring more than 100 homes to Morgan Hill just east of the U.S. Highway 101 Cochrane Road exit is moving forward after receiving approval from city officials. The City Council on Wednesday unanimously approved the housing project, ensuring 105 single-family homes will be built on a 15.8-acre lot in the South County...
Santa Clara County report shows increased property values
Santa Clara County property values have increased faster than last year, although overall growth has remained below 5% as economic uncertainty and changes in the real estate market continue to shape the region. The total net assessed value of all real estate and personal property — known as the assessment roll — reached a record...
Will new state laws reduce dangerous e-bike riding in Silicon Valley?
Los Gatos community leaders are optimistic that new state laws will help control unsafe behavior by riders of electric bicycles and get illegal e-bikes off the streets. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed four recent bills that crack down on selling so-called “e-motos” that can exceed the speed limit for legal e-bikes; require more safety gear on...
Caltrain projects grim future without regional sales tax measure
Although Caltrain is looking down the barrel of fiscal disaster, agency representatives who spoke to the Palo Alto City Council on Monday highlighted their recent efforts to raise revenues and lauded the city as a regional model for public transit partnerships in the run-up to a critical vote. Palo Alto leaders have already endorsed the...
Attack ad row escalates in San Jose’s District 7 race
With less than two weeks until Election Day, the challenger in San Jose’s District 7 City Council race is accusing incumbent Bien Doan of an all-out effort to stifle her voice in the campaign. Doan is calling it a manufactured controversy. Community advocate Van Le, a trustee for the East Side Union High School District,...
Seaberg: The trades — from blue collar to blue chip jobs
Imagine graduating from high school and hearing, “We’ll pay you to continue your education and have steady work building tech campuses, hospitals, schools, data centers and clean-energy projects. You’ll earn enough to buy a house in the San Francisco Bay Area, raise a family and retire with dignity.” It may sound like a pipe dream...
South Bay ICE concerns won’t stop Día de los Muertos events
Dozens of altars honoring loved ones who have died will return to Mexican Heritage Plaza in East San Jose for Avenida de Altares, with an eye on safety for people celebrating. Organizers are moving forward with Día de los Muertos celebrations across the South Bay while taking steps to prepare for potential U.S. Immigration and...