Local Watch

LA Metro's new light rail line runs through the heart of Los Angeles' Black community. Community leaders hope it will serve existing residents without hastening gentrification. 

Shuttered state-run hospital could provide hundreds of units of housing in Sonoma County -- if a deal can be reached to maintain access to surrounding parklands.

Redevelopment of a moribund 1970s mall anticipates a new planning paradigm in Inland Empire city of Redlands.

Stakeholders in San Francisco's industrial Dogpatch neighborhood welcome mixed-use, 2,400-unit redevelopment of former gas-fired power station.

Amid shifting shopping habits, a developer will transform the postmodern concrete fortress of Horton Plaza into a mixed-use technology campus to attract jobs to downtown San Diego.

As Temecula looks to more intensive urbanization, Josh Stephens spoke with Community Development Director Luke Watson as part of CP&DR’s new occasional series of interviews with municipal planning officials.

While many Bay Area cities resist growth, El Cerrito is booming with transit oriented plan on San Pablo Avenue.

The Santa Clara project is to include 5.4 million square feet of office space, about 1,700 apartments, and 1 million square feet of shopping, dining and entertainment.

Santa Barbara's charms, and challenges, will be on full display this week at the conference of the American Planning Association's California chapter, says Community Development Director George Buell >>read more

Death of BART extension has forced the East Bay city to rethink how it is going to grow -- and plan around Valley Link instead. >>read more

Santa Maria's downtown will get a new pedestrian plan that planners hope will bring the long-neglected area into the 21st century>>read more