December 16, 2020 Op-Ed: Equity? Not in San Jose By Gil Rodan The Diridon area never seemed to be worth “revitalizing” before the prospect of Google money came into the picture. Read More 9
November 24, 2020 Obstacles Ahead for Google’s Downtown San Jose Project By Grace Hase San Jose Economic Development Director Nanci Klein said the city is working through three roadblocks that could derail the Google project. Read More 6
September 4, 2020 Google, SJ ‘Explore Options’ for Downtown After Legislative Blow By Janice Bitters A bill that would’ve offered a lifeline to behind-schedule projects—like Google’s San Jose mega-campus—never made it to the governor’s desk. Read More 8
April 22, 2020 Google Reportedly Halts Negotiations for 2 Million Square Feet of Bay Area Real Estate By Grace Hase Google’s parent company has reportedly halted negotiations to buy or lease more than 2 million square feet of real estate in the region. Read More 7
March 25, 2020 Coronavirus Updates, March 25, 2020: Officials Say Actual Case Count is Higher Than You Think By Silicon Valley Newsroom As the COVID-19 case count slowly ticks upward, the actual number of people infected with the coronavirus is many times greater. Read More 5
March 22, 2020 VTA Offers Free Rides During Public Health Shutdown By Silicon Valley Newsroom Yup. From now until who-knows-when this stay-at-home decree is finally lifted, the price of passage is on the house. Read More 7
February 14, 2020 VTA Fiercely Denies Wrongdoing By Silicon Valley Newsroom The agency asserted, without providing proof, that “there were no illegal activities or circumvented processes” that put key contracts at risk. Read More 12
February 13, 2020 VTA’s Contract Missteps Risk Derailing Diridon Station Project By Grace Hase Blunders in creating the West Coast’s biggest transportation hub suggest that local agencies had better step up their game. Read More 18
February 4, 2020 San Jose City Council Considers Two Options for Routing Trains Through Diridon Station By Grace Hase The San Jose City Council meets at 1:30pm Tuesday inside the council chambers at City Hall, 200 E. Santa Clara St. Read More 6
December 13, 2019 SJSU’s New Recreation Center Wins San Jose Downtown Association’s Golden Nail Award By Grace Hase The San Jose Downtown Association bestows the honor each year to a project that exhibits distinctive architecture and design. Read More 0
December 3, 2019 San Jose City Council to Review New Plans For Diridon Station By Grace Hase After more than a year of design work by four local agencies, preliminary plans for a re-envisioned Diridon Station have been unveiled. Read More 0
November 26, 2019 VTA Installs Barriers Along Light Rail Tracks; Unveils New Bus Routes, Transit Lines for 2020 By Nicholas Chan Starting on Dec. 28, the local transit authority will roll out a more frequent bus network and a new orange light rail line. Read More 2
November 7, 2019 Urban Catalyst Submits Plans for Senior Homes by Diridon Station By Nicholas Chan Details of the development surfaced earlier this week when Urban Catalyst submitted preliminary plans to the city. Read More 1
October 29, 2019 Google Invests $5.3 Million in San Jose Project for Disabled Tenants By Grace Hase News of Google’s latest housing investment comes just two weeks after it submitted plans for its upcoming San Jose campus. Read More 3
October 11, 2019 Google Submits Official Mega-Campus Plans to San Jose By Grace Hase Now that the application is in the city’s hands, the project will embark on a year-long public engagement and environmental review process. Read More 2
October 9, 2019 Urban Catalyst Submits Plans for 170-Room Hotel by Diridon Station, Future Google Campus By Silicon Valley Newsroom The Keystone project at 491 W. San Carlos St. lies close to Adobe’s headquarters, the Diridon Station and the SAP Center. Read More 0