Berryessa Station area just northeast of Downtown San Jose is currently home to a flea market, but single ownership makes master-planning possible. >>read more 

Especially in Bay Area, districts look at landholdings and see potential to provide housing for teachers. >>read more

But can S.F.'s lessons be translated to other cities? >>read more

Yesterday's landmark ruling by the California Supreme Court upholding San Jose's inclusionary housing ordinance was rightly hailed as a huge victory for affordable housing advocates. But the truth is that the ruling shouldn't be viewed as a surprise. It was a very difficult case for the building industry to win - at least the way the industry's lawyers has set the case up. >>read more

The Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system is slowly making its way to San Jose, although the journey there continues to be bumpy. The first trains will arrive to one northeastern San Jose neighborhood in 2017, but whether they'll ever serve more of the city remains an open question.