Recall Win Could Hinge on Jobs, Virus Cases
California Democrats gambled by accelerating the date for the state’s Sept. 14 recall election that could cost Gov. Gavin Newsom his job. Their hope is that during a relatively brief
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San Jose’s plan to become first U.S. city to make firearm owners pay for gun violence
San Jose is on its way to becoming the first U.S. city to require gun owners to carry liability insurance and pay the city a fee to spare taxpayers the
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Unemployment claims in California are worse than normal
California workers filed fewer unemployment claims for the second week in a row but the number of jobless filings remains far worse than the levels before COVID-linked shutdowns began. Workers
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Google to re-start employee shuttle buses as it re-opens Bay Area offices next month
Google will restart its shuttle-bus service for employees along with its famed free-food cafeterias as it begins reopening Bay Area offices in two weeks. The Mountain View-based digital advertising and
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California consumer confidence index at 28-month high
A statewide consumer confidence index confirms what crowded shopping centers, filled attractions and jammed freeways suggest: California’s shopper psyche is at a 28-month high. The Conference Board’s polling put its
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Downtown San Jose tower project pushes ahead after property purchase
A downtown San Jose tower project has cleared a key hurdle with the purchase of the site where the highrise would sprout. A group led by project developer Acquity Realty
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Shopping spree widens for Silicon Valley buildings in tech hotbeds
A shopping spree for Silicon Valley buildings in tech hotbeds has widened with the purchase of a San Jose building leased to a telecommunications equipment maker. Peninsula Land & Capital,
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Fighting bigger blazes with Silicon Valley technology
Startup Lumineye began with a goal of giving soldiers power to see through walls. But climate change has broadened the market, and Lumineye is now working with firefighters to tweak
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Why the Bay Area can’t get big transportation projects right
When it comes to building big transportation projects on time and on budget, the Bay Area has a miserable track record. In 1998, Caltrans estimated that a new eastern span
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How Google Won Over Some of Its Biggest Critics to Build a Megacampus in San Jose
Google’s path to its massive tech campus planning in San Jose began with activists chaining themselves to chairs inside City Hall over the city’s decision to sell public land to the tech
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