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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U.S. rejects state’s challenge to work-from-home taxes
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a New Hampshire challenge to Massachusetts’ practice of taxing people who once worked in that state but started telecommuting from elsewhere during the pandemic. Turning
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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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Newsom’s $5 billion rent relief may right a wrong
Congratulations to Gov. Gavin Newsom for seeing an economic injustice few are willing to acknowledge. It’s about time someone in power finally addressed the inequity of the pandemic era’s housing
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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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First post-pandemic cruise ship from US sails away
The first cruise ship to leave a U.S. port since the coronavirus pandemic brought the industry to a 15-month standstill sailed away on Saturday with nearly all vaccinated passengers on
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What employers can ask about your vaccination status – and what they can’t
More companies are bringing workers back into the office — and some employers want to know about vaccination status. Morgan Stanley told employees who work at its Manhattan headquarters that they have to be
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If you’re going to restaurants, get back in the office: Big banks to employees
Wall Street’s big investment banks are sending a message to their employees this summer: Get back into the office and bring your vaccination card. New York-based Morgan Stanley said this
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