As city officials push for a more vibrant downtown, Councilman Raul Peralez wants to allow more businesses to sell alcohol.

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.

In an effort to simplify planning, San Jose mayor Sam Liccardo is proposing what would be a first-of-its-kind development fee.

As part of its quest to raise downtown building heights, San Jose will consider a unique funding proposal to offset costs to the airline industry.

The critique is clearly a challenge to Adobe, which supplies tools such as Photoshop to the world’s creatives, to be a little more, well, creative.

It will take years before the tech company realizes its vision for the city’s core. But a key vote this week lays the groundwork.

Susan Ellenberg’s election to the Santa Clara County District 4 seat stands to shift the board to the center in the years ahead.

Is this finally San Jose’s moment for downtown to realize its potential as a vital and beautiful urban community?

The Google development will lead to a more vibrant San Jose. But we don’t have to wait seven years to shed the bedroom community moniker.

The long-awaited BART extension to San Jose’s urban core will involve one tunnel instead of two—a big win for downtown businesses.