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San Jose-based Cisco Systems Inc. will pay $4.75 million to employees after the U.S. Department of Labor found the local tech giant had paid female, black and Hispanic employees less than male and white employees for comparable work. In an agreement announced Monday, Cisco will soon pay a total of $2 million to 1,505 affected...
San Jose bars serve their last cocktail amid coronavirus shutdown
Like other San Jose watering holes, San Jose’s Britannia Arms in Almaden has temporarily closed its doors following the health mandate from Santa Clara County and Gov. Gavin Newsom’s request. On Sunday, Newsom asked all state bars, nightclubs, wineries, and brewpubs to close in an increased effort to halt the spread of the coronavirus. Restaurants...
Coronavirus takes toll on San Jose small businesses
When Sean Yang was in college, he bussed tables at the San Jose sushi bar Kazoo. Now, some 28 years later, he owns the place. But since the coronavirus pandemic began, what he suspects is fear of the virus has caused a significant dip in business. He wonders how long his restaurant can tough it...
Comcast to provide tech, training to San Jose tiny homes residents
Days after residents moved into San Jose’s first tiny homes community, Comcast announced it will provide the formerly homeless residents with a first-of-its-kind technology program that includes internet access and digital literacy training. The California-based Comcast team got involved in the city’s tiny homes project, which opened two weeks ago on Mabury Road, after a...
San Jose: Urban Catalyst eyes retailers for Camera 12 site
Retailers are showing interest in the long-empty Camera 12 site in downtown San Jose, where visions for the property have morphed several times, from student housing to a revamped theater and now office and retail space. But this time, it seems plans for the project will come to fruition, and real estate insiders say Urban...
Inside Valley Fair’s glitzy $1.1B expansion: Fine dining, fire fountains and a ‘digital district’
Valley Fair officials on Thursday unveiled the new $1.1 billion no-expenses-spared expansion to the popular mall, which spans more than 2 million square feet and will eventually be home to about 360 storefronts. The 500,000 square-foot expansion unveiled this week comes after about four years of work on the westside mall. It includes a new...
Nonprofit seeks developers to take first bites of Apple’s $2.5B housing commitment
Nearly four months to the day after Apple Inc. promised $2.5 billion to spur housing and address homelessness in the Bay Area, the first $150 million of that commitment is up for grabs by developers. Cupertino-based Apple in November granted San Jose-based nonprofit Housing Trust Silicon Valley the $150 million to use for low-interest loans...
Plans for San Jose’s El Paseo de Saratoga shift as residents weigh in
Plans for a major redevelopment of San Jose’s El Paseo de Saratoga retail center are evolving as local leaders and residents gear up for a major feedback session on the future of the site this weekend. The most recent plans submitted by developer Sand Hill Property Co. includes the hundreds of homes, amenity space and...
Downtown San Jose office construction drought lifts as tech scouts places to grow
When Adobe broke ground on its new office tower in downtown San Jose last year, it marked the end of a decade-long drought for office construction in the city’s downtown, and now things are only speeding up. Next week, developer Boston Properties is set to break ground on Platform 16, a 1.1 million-square-foot office development...
Silicon Valley leaders highlight growing inequality during annual State of the Valley
During the annual State of the Valley conference on Friday, top Silicon Valley leaders highlighted how the gap between rich and poor is widening in the region and how workers may find themselves stressed to death, even as the regional economy continues to grow. The sold-out event, which featured a keynote address by iconic journalist...