Megan McArthur may be the first woman to “plant her boots on the moon” as she puts it, and she drew her inspiration from her childhood growing up on what is now NASA’s Ames Research Center in Mountain View. “I grew up right here on Moffett Field Naval Air Station when it was still a...
Sleepless nights: What it’s like being a tech entrepreneur in Silicon Valley
It’s no secret that Silicon Valley is a breeding ground for success. But that usually doesn’t come easy. For many entrepreneurs in the region, it often means long hours, sleepless nights and many failures. But not everyone makes it, and the pressures that many new businesses face in the region is overwhelming, exacerbated by the...
Google rolls out red carpet in San Jose, receives warm reception
Hundreds of South Bay residents on Saturday got a glimpse of a future that includes Google in San Jose’s downtown core during the tech giant’s first community meeting since unveiling its vision for a massive new campus near Diridon Station. Food trucks dotted the Arena Green West park offering free lunches while children ran around with...
Google unveils framework for San Jose Diridon Station area
Google representatives unveiled an early look at the company’s mixed-use development framework for the Diridon Station in San Jose amid tension from some residents who chanted and held signs about displacement from the massive development. The Mountain View-based tech giant’s plans didn’t include detailed renderings or building heights, but did outline a breakdown of the...
Developer sues San Jose-Evergreen Community College District
Republic Urban Property LLC is suing the San Jose-Evergreen Community College District for what it calls “bad faith negotiations” over a swath of South San Jose land. Republic Urban’s claim comes after the college district last month opted not to renew its exclusive negotiating agreement with the San Jose developer, instead deciding to reevaluate how the...
Judge sides with San Jose on transparency lawsuit over Google negotiations
A judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed against San Jose over an alleged lack of transparency in the city’s dealings with Google, which is working on plans for a massive campus in the city. Local nonprofit thinktank Working Partnerships USA and the First Amendment Coalition, a Bay Area nonprofit public interest organization, sued San Jose...
San Jose cannabis dispensary becomes the first to unionize in South Bay
San Jose is now home to the South Bay’s first unionized cannabis dispensary. An announcement just after noon on Friday at San Jose City Hall detailed the partnership between MedMen and the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 5 union. This will be an expansion of the union partnership into the South Bay, as MedMen...
San Jose lawmakers feared Google might build elsewhere, private transcripts show
San Jose’s negotiations with Google have dominated headlines over the past two years, but only a handful of the City Council’s conversations about selling key pieces of land near Diridon Station happened at public meetings. The rest — 14 of them — happened behind closed doors where city leaders got down to the brass tacks...
Residents brace for 8×8’s move next to busy Campbell intersection
Campbell officials celebrated the day San Jose-based 8×8 announced it would become the city’s largest employer by moving its headquarters to a busy part of the small South Bay city in the new year. But rather than excitement, some residents or neighbors can only muster anxiety about the news of the move. The office it’s set...
Report: Bay Area developers see headwinds in housing market
A new report forecasting the real estate market in California shows a fairly sunny outlook for the Bay Area, though it notes the region may be facing some headwinds where it matters most: housing. The report, called the Commercial Real Estate Survey, is released semi-annually by prominent California law firm Allen Matkins and the UCLA...