July 24, 2019 Google Invests $50M to Housing Trust Silicon Valley’s TECH Fund By Grace Hase The TECH Fund launched in March of 2017 to provide affordable housing developers the financing needed for potential sites. Read More 4
July 11, 2019 County Assessor: Silicon Valley Property Values are Booming By Silicon Valley Newsroom San Jose helped spearhead a record-setting year for property values in Santa Clara County, according to a recently released report. Read More 7
June 27, 2019 San Jose’s Annual Comedy of Errors Channels Mamma Mia!, Game of Thrones in 26th Run By The Fly With no striptease, crotch-kicking or ball-gags and the same tired jabs about stinky Milpitas, the 26th Monday Night Live packed less of a punch. Read More 4
June 18, 2019 Shareholders Call for Breakup of Google’s Parent Company By Jennifer Wadsworth In a proposed resolution, they cite concerns about human rights abuses, anticompetitive practices, privacy breaches and illegal location tracking. Read More 19
June 17, 2019 SJ Council Tackles End-of-Year Budget Adjustments, New Fire Stations, Bond Oversight By Lloyd Alaban To ensure that San Jose stays within budget for the rest of the fiscal year, the council will vote on some adjustments to balance the books. Read More 4
May 23, 2019 San Jose Councilman Johnny Khamis Wants Metal Detectors Installed at City Hall By Jennifer Wadsworth The District 10 councilman pitched the idea in a May 22 budget memo, citing a protest against a Google land-buy as the catalyst. Read More 15
April 18, 2019 Google Expands Footprint in North San Jose, Mountain View By Rachel Sandler Google continues its rapid expansion with a pair of real estate deals that will increase its presence in north San Jose and Mountain View. Read More 11
April 9, 2019 San Jose Exempts Developers From Paying $139 Million in Affordable Housing Fees By Rachel Sandler Some $138.5 million won’t be going into San Jose’s affordable housing fund this year because of exemptions to market-rate housing projects. Read More 9
April 8, 2019 Google Unloads San Jose House Amid Plans for Transit Village By Rachel Sandler As Google moves fast to buy property in and around downtown, the tech giant made an unusual move last month: it sold land. Read More 5
March 26, 2019 San Jose Explores Universal Fee to Streamline City Planning By Rachel Sandler In an effort to simplify planning, San Jose mayor Sam Liccardo is proposing what would be a first-of-its-kind development fee. Read More 18
March 11, 2019 Mountain View Police Arrest Man for Threatening Google Personnel By Silicon Valley Newsroom A man believed to be out for revenge after YouTube censored his video channel was arrested en route to Google’s local headquarters. Read More 3
March 11, 2019 North San Jose Office Complex Bought by Local Investor Group By Rachel Sandler The deal was reportedly worth $47.8 million, and the buyers reportedly used a $33.5 million loan to finance the purchase. Read More 0
February 28, 2019 Top 50 Office Deals: Google Leads List with Bicoastal Land Buys By Silicon Valley Newsroom Google’s $1 billion purchase of Mountain View’s Shoreline Tech Park marked one of the top commercial real estate deals in the U.S. last year. Read More 4
February 4, 2019 SJ City Council to Review Series of Affordable Housing Proposals By Lloyd Alaban A slate of proposals could add hundreds of below-market-rate residential units to San Jose’s intractably deficient housing stock. Read More 13
February 1, 2019 Op-Ed: We Need a Cohesive Vision for Silicon Valley’s Airport By Ken Pyle It's time to reimagine the Mineta San Jose International Airport as more than just a place that facilitates the movement of people and goods. Read More 22
January 30, 2019 San Jose Weighs Economic Benefits, Safety Risks in Push to Elevate Downtown Skyline By Lloyd Alaban An unprecedented surge of new development in San Jose has sped up plans to raise the limits of the historically low-lying cityscape. Read More 23
