VTA officials will provide more clarity about the finances and long-term costs of the massive Silicon Valley BART extension in response to a Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury report that criticized the agency’s management and oversight of the project. The June 17 report raised concerns about VTA’s financial planning and oversight of the roughly $13...
Palo Alto City Council approves 8-story housing complex
Converting retail to housing is one of the pillars of Palo Alto’s plan to create a new residential neighborhood on San Antonio Road, a historically commercial corridor that borders Mountain View. The latest project to do that is 762 San Antonio Road, which received unanimous approval from the Palo Alto City Council on Monday. The...
Six candidates vie for Santa Clara mayoral seat
A seismic change is about to take place in Santa Clara politics, when Mayor Lisa Gillmor terms out at the end of December. For the first time in 10 years she will not serve in the city’s top spot come January 2027. Instead, six individuals from various sectors of industry and the community are vying...
San Jose public workers could strike amid contract dispute
Thousands of San Jose city workers have voted to authorize their bargaining representatives to call a strike, ratcheting up the pressure on City Hall amid a protracted contract dispute. After a week of voting, support for the authorization came in at 97%, according to a Monday announcement from IFPTE Local 21 and MEF-AFSCME Local 101....
Palo Alto considers new permit program to limit vehicle dwelling
Facing pressure from local residents and businesses to address a growing number of recreational vehicles in local neighborhoods, Palo Alto city leaders are considering a new solution: requiring vehicle dwellers to buy permits and designating sections of Embarcadero Road and Coyote Hill Road for their habitation. In addition, the city’s pilot program would limit parking...
State bill could speed up San Jose Diridon Station rebuild
A new state bill could cut a year off the redevelopment of Diridon Station in San Jose by exempting it from California’s landmark environmental law — and the state lawmaker at the forefront of the effort is determined to keep it on track. Senate Bill 1375, introduced by state Sen. Dave Cortese, whose district covers...
San Jose residents push for data center moratorium
As San Jose hammers out local review standards for data center projects, some residents are calling for the city to follow the lead of other jurisdictions and enact an immediate moratorium on new developments. The proposed standards are expected to address widespread concerns that a glut of new projects working their way through the city’s...
NASA evicts athletes from Moffett Field training site
Sitting on a bleacher on a weekday morning, Gary John, a 77-year-old hammer thrower, pulled on a pair of fluorescent yellow training shoes and strapped a glove onto his right hand. Then he dragged a heavy metal ball by a wire to a dusty concrete ring at Moffett Field. “It’s what keeps me going,” John...
Santa Clara County affordable housing stuck in pipeline
Santa Clara County’s affordable housing projects funded by local dollars are stuck in a “logjam” struggling to secure other money needed to start construction. While the county has built more than 3,000 affordable homes over the past decade with Measure A, a $950 million bond approved by voters in 2016, 600 apartments and homes are stuck...
Palo Alto breaks ground on housing project at former Fish Market site
When it comes to fulfilling state and regional housing mandates in Palo Alto, no recent changes to state law can compare to the project that will take over the former site of The Fish Market on El Camino Real. The Acclaim Companies development to come at 3150 El Camino Real boasts 368 apartments, 74 of which...