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Alameda County Weighs Handing Supervisors Power Over Measure D, Easing Development Limits on Livermore’s Protected Hills
Alameda County supervisors have begun studying whether to ask voters to relinquish their exclusive authority over Measure D, the 25-year-old growth-control law protecting...
Sacramento’s Rental Housing Bills Advance Toward Final Votes, With Real Stakes for Northern California Landlords
California’s rental housing industry closed out the Legislature’s frantic August suspense-file hearings with several of its top priorities intact, even as a closely...
Agility Robotics Lands 60,000 SQFT Physical AI Hub in Fremont, Adds Nearly 200 Jobs Ahead of Nasdaq Debut
Humanoid robotics developer Agility Robotics has opened a 60,000-square-foot artificial intelligence hub in Fremont, planting a Silicon Valley flag near Tesla's Optimus operations...
Waymo Wins State Approval for 12-County Northern California Expansion, Setting Up Fresh Depot Demand
The California Public Utilities Commission has authorized Waymo to charge for fully driverless rides across 12 Northern California counties, a decision that extends...
Diocese of Monterey Launches Six-Month Study to Chart Future of Shuttered Notre Dame Campus in Salinas
The Diocese of Monterey has retained an outside consultant to run a six-month study into the long-term future of the former Notre Dame...
Housing Groups Sue San Francisco and State to Void 1,900-Parcel Industrial Carve-Out From SB 79
Three pro-housing legal organizations have asked a San Francisco judge to void the city's Senate Bill 79 implementation ordinance, arguing that the roughly...
Google Seeks 250MW for San Jose Chip R&D Hub, a Power Load Rivaling an Entire Bay Area County
Google's push to power a sprawling chip-testing complex in North San Jose has collided with California's fight over who foots the bill for...
TruAmerica’s Bob Hart Sees ‘Tremendous Comeback’ in San Francisco Bay Area Apartments
Speaking on CBRE's The Weekly Take podcast, TruAmerica Multifamily founder Bob Hart singled out the San Francisco Bay Area as one of the...
AI Now Fills 10% of San Francisco Office Supply as Bay Area Job Postings Jump 45%
JLL research lead Alexander Quinn says Bay Area office-job demand and San Francisco AI leasing are both climbing sharply, cutting against fears that...
San Jose Drafts Uniform Data Center Standards With Nine Large-Energy Projects Under Review
San Jose has launched a formal process to write uniform development standards for data centers and other large energy-use projects, an emerging asset...
Norman Spencer, Hines Executive Behind 101 California Street, Dies at 83
Norman Allen Spencer, the Coldwell Banker broker who brought Hines the deal that became San Francisco's landmark 101 California Street and spent more...
CalSTRS Clinches 13.9% Return, Lifts Funded Ratio to 79% as Real Estate Portfolio Regroups
The nation's largest educator pension fund posted its strongest annual investment gain in years, strengthening a long-delayed march toward full funding even as...
