If San Jose approves the fee cap, it would last through next June, at which point the City Council may choose to extend or suspend it.

Baby boomers own close to half of the nation’s privately-held businesses. Some say they should turn to worker co-ops as they retire.

The non-profit aims to “improve, then approve” projects as part of a broader push for the region to build its way out of the housing crisis.

A Slice of New York became what may be the first brick-and-mortar business in the South Bay to convert to a worker-owned cooperative.

In a unanimous vote, Santa Clara’s City Council appointed Kathy Watanabe to the seat vacated when Lisa Gillmor was named mayor.

A decade after acquiring a slice of a former agricultural research site at 90 N. Winchester Boulevard from the state, the city of Santa Clara has revived plans to redevelop it.