San Jose CA

No American city literally checks your bank balance before you move in, but a few come surprisingly close once you look at the cost of buying a typical home. This is not really a story ... Read more

Whether you're hiking the Sierras or gardening in San Jose, here is the current "watchlist" for California residents. On April 7, 2026, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) released a major update regarding the ongoing nutria invasion. Genetic testing has confirmed that these giant, orange-toothed rodents were likely intentionally—and illegally—reintroduced from populations in the Pacific Northwest.

The beautiful seaside village of Capitola, a gorgeous town just 5 miles south of Santa Cruz, could easily pass for the Italian Riviera. It's also home to the Capitola Mall, which the county's website notes is "the only enclosed shopping center in picturesque Santa Cruz County." Like many malls across America, it has long been in a state of slow decline as shoppers' tastes...

Since current Gov. Gavin Newsom has hit his term limit, he cannot seek reelection this year.

If you're in San Jose and your Saturday boba run is starting to feel repetitive, point the Mazda up I-880. Milpitas and Fremont have quietly become the densest Asian cafe corridor in the South Bay — Taiwanese teahouses, Vietnamese phin cafes, Hong Kong cha chaan teng, ceremonial matcha bars, all within a 20-minute drive. Here's the crawl, clustered so you can actually finish...

You know the scene. The heroine walks into a soft-pink cafe, orders a towering shaved ice, and the strings come in. That exact aesthetic lives along El Camino Real in Santa Clara, with a short drive into West San Jose, Saratoga and Cupertino filling in the rest. Here are the spots that feel closest to the set — ranked for both vibe and actual...

Rancho San Antonio is the default, and the parking lot proves it by 8 a.m. every weekend. The quieter alternative: Midpen — the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District — manages 27 preserves across roughly 70,000 acres, most of them intentionally minimalist (a parking lot, a sign, maybe an outhouse). That's a feature, not a flaw, especially for a quiet sunrise walk with golden-hour light and...

A look at the Bay Area’s top ten traffic chokepoints shows a recurring theme: traffic patterns from workers commuting south for jobs in tech or aerospace.

California lost another wave of restaurants this month, and the most consequential one is a short walk from downtown Mountain View's main stretch. Here is what changed, what it means locally, and why the industry keeps contracting.

Rain and 30 to 40 mph coastal wind gusts arrive Monday as a slow-moving spring storm kicks off a wet, stormy week across Northern California.