Redwood City Happy Donuts corner could become eight-story apartments
An eight-story apartment complex could replace a cluster of businesses at the corner of El Camino Real and Madison Avenue, including Happy Donuts, The King Mattress and Furniture and The Record Man. Mecah Ventures, a private real estate development firm based in Menlo Park, has submitted plans for a 126-unit...
2 men released from Death Row in California sue Alameda County for $572M over...
Jury Selection Lawsuits ASSOCIATED PRESS Two men who were freed last year from state prison over prosecutorial misconduct have now filed suit against Alameda County , claiming prosecutors there sought to rig juries to bolster the district attorney’s “tough on crime” image. Ernest Dykes filed suit today in federal court
» Judge May Allow Arrest Video, Murder Suspect Claims Rights Were Violated
DC Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman considered allowing prosecutors to introduce video from a vehicular homicide defendant’s California arrest during a hearing on June 22. Kyle Piunti, 37, is charged with second-degree murder and three counts of assault with a dangerous weapon for his alleged involvement in a fatal Ja
Caracas resident concerned after powerful back-to-back earthquakes hit Venezuela
NBC Bay Area spoke with a woman who lives in Caracas and witnessed the destruction left by the two powerful back-to-back earthquakes that hit Venezuela Wednesday. The massive quakes, registering at 7.2 and 7.5 sent people rushing into the streets, and brought buildings crashing down. “I was driving my van...
Billionaires behind new Bay Area city hire CA power brokers
If at first you don’t succeed in your plan to build a new city from scratch, try again with a pair of the state Capitol’s best known dealmakers of this century. That’s essentially the new tactic a group of tech billionaires is using in its decade-long effort to turn an underdeveloped stretch of Solano County […]
Michelin Guide elevates S.F., Wine Country restaurants to vaunted three-star status
Three other new Bay Area restaurants also received Michelin stars, which are considered the most prestigious awards in fine dining. Four others lost their star ratings.
Arrest made in San Jose hit-and-run that hospitalized pedestrian: PD
(KRON) — A pedestrian was taken to the hospital following a hit-and-run collision with life-threatening injuries Tuesday night, according to the San Jose Police Department. SJPD said officers responded to the incident near Tully and Senter roads. San Jose police said its Real Time Intelligence Center (RTIC) immediately
Tri-Valley Residents Are Being Asked to Stop Watering Their Lawns for 6 Days
Tri-Valley residents may want to adjust their sprinkler timers before the weekend. Zone 7 Water Agency and local water providers are asking residents and businesses to significantly reduce outdoor water use for six days, from Saturday, June 27 through Thursday, July 2, while the California Department of Water Resources
California Cities Are Starting to Ban AI Data Centers
CALIFORNIA STATE – The artificial intelligence boom is creating demand for an enormous new kind of infrastructure: sprawling data centers packed with the servers that help power chatbots, cloud computing and AI tools. But in parts of California, local governments are beginning to say no. Monterey Park, a city...
Pruneridge Golf Course Gets Sliced For 316 New Santa Clara Apartments
Santa Clara is teeing up a big housing play at Pruneridge Golf Club, where a Sacramento developer wants to tuck 316 apartments into a corner of the nine-hole course as Silicon Valley rents keep climbing. The project would put a five-story residential building around a parking structure on about 3.66 acres of the 31-acr

















