I’ve spent years watching how choices get made in city halls, commission chambers, and behind closed doors — choices that shape how we live, work, and move around the Bay Area. Some are smart. Some are baffling. Many never get the attention they deserve. And too often, the people who care the most — residents, […]
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It’s Time for San José to Stop Using Roundup in Our Parks
San José continues to rely on glyphosate-based herbicides in public parks despite health warnings, safer alternatives, growing community concern, and increasing uncertainty at the federal level. Most mornings I take my two beagles, Bailey and Parker, to Williams Street Park. They sniff every corner, pull toward the same patch of grass, and treat the place […]
Read Full Article →Congrats, Your City Gets to Host the Super Bowl. The Party’s 40 Miles Away.
Congrats, Your City Gets to Host the Super Bowl. The Party’s 40 Miles Away. – WSJ Big PictureThe Super Bowl is being played at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, but most of the league’s official events, sponsor activations, media parties, and visitor spending are centered in San Francisco, not the South Bay. Despite hosting the […]
Read Full Article →Silicon Valley mayors reveal how their cities are positioning for growth in 2026
Silicon Valley mayors outline growth plans for 2026 – Silicon Valley Business Journal Big PictureAt the Silicon Valley Business Journal’s 2026 Economic and Mayors’ Forecast, leaders from San Jose, Santa Clara, Fremont, and Sunnyvale outlined how their cities are positioning for the next phase of regional growth. Each city is leaning into a distinct role: […]
Read Full Article →Mountain View Council’s Annual “Changing of the Guard”
Mtn. View council holds annual changing of the guard | News | losaltosonline.com Big Picture Mountain View kicked off its new year’s City Council session on Jan. 13 by reorganizing its leadership: the council elected Emily Ann Ramos as mayor and Chris Clark as vice mayor. This is part of the city’s routine annual rotation […]
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San Jose housing towers owner preps sales of residential units
Landmark San Jose housing tower owner preps sales of residential units Big Picture The owners of 188 West St. James, a pair of long-troubled residential towers near San Pedro Square, are making a decisive push to sell hundreds of unsold condominium units and reset the project’s future. New ownership under Machine Investment Group, with Centurion […]
Read Full Article →Palo Alto City Council praises Town & Country’s growing housing proposal
City Council praises Town & Country’s growing housing proposal – Palo Alto Online vBig Picture The Palo Alto City Council is signaling a real shift by welcoming a sizable housing proposal at Town & Country Village, one of the city’s most established retail centers. The plan would add roughly 160 apartments on existing surface parking […]
Read Full Article →Court rules against Los Gatos’ interpretation of builder’s remedy law
Court rules against Los Gatos’ interpretation of builder’s remedy law – The Mercury News The Big Picture A Santa Clara County judge rejected the Town of Los Gatos’ attempt to narrow California’s builder’s remedy law, siding with the state’s housing agency and developers. The ruling makes clear that developers can repeatedly resubmit incomplete builder’s remedy […]
Read Full Article →Palo Alto to create retail zones on El Camino amid housing influx
Palo Alto to create retail zones on El Camino amid housing influx – Palo Alto Online Big PicturePalo Alto’s planning team is responding to a surge of housing interest along El Camino Real by rethinking how the city balances retail and residential uses on this historic commercial corridor. As new housing proposals crop up under […]
Read Full Article →Infineon Technologies leases 200,000-square-foot San Jose building
Infineon Technologies leases 200,000-square-foot San Jose office – Silicon Valley Business Journal Big Picture Infineon Technologies is consolidating its San Jose operations into a single, larger office at America Center, leasing the entire 200,000-plus-square-foot building at 6001 America Center Drive. The move shifts the company out of several smaller nearby offices into a newer, Class […]
Read Full Article →Coliseum deal in jeopardy
Coliseum deal is ‘almost dead’ – by Steve Tavares Big Picture The long-running effort to sell and redevelop the Oakland Coliseum site is on the brink of collapse. Alameda County’s deal to sell its 50 percent stake appears close to falling apart, largely because the buyer group has struggled to meet payment deadlines and financing […]
Read Full Article →Major salt pond restoration nears completion in Mountain View
Major salt pond restoration nears completion in Mountain View – Mountain View Voice Big PictureA major phase of the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project in Mountain View is nearing completion, marking a significant step in returning former industrial salt ponds to functioning tidal wetlands. The 435-acre site near Shoreline Park has completed most of […]
Read Full Article →San Jose traffic deaths dropped in 2025
San Jose traffic deaths dropped in 2025 – San José Spotlight Big Picture:San Jose saw a meaningful drop in traffic deaths in 2025, continuing a multi-year downward trend in roadway fatalities. Last year 41 people died on city streets, a 16% decline from 49 in 2024 and the lowest total since 2012. It marks the […]
Read Full Article →San Jose police arrest Gilroy man linked to 114 vehicle burglaries in two days
SJ police arrest Gilroy man linked to 114 vehicle burglaries – NBC Bay Areav Big Picture San José police arrested Ramses Hernandez Rivera, a 23-year-old from Gilroy, on suspicion of being behind a massive vehicle burglary spree that hit 114 cars in North San Jose over just two days in November 2025. Officers tied him […]
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Court rules against Los Gatos’ interpretation of builder’s remedy law
Major San Jose housing development takes big step with real estate deal