Wesley Severson

A real estate firm based in China is causing some major frustrations in San Jose because of a lack of action on a few major development projects. The drama comes after a top executive for Z&L Properties was arrested in London over a bribery and corruption case in San Francisco.

A new rooftop bar from a veteran cocktail crew, with big views across Mission Bay, is expected to open by the end of next month, and it's called Cavaña.

After months of renovating, ACRE Kitchen & Bar has finally opened inside a two-story space at Oakland’s Market Hall just steps from the Rockridge BART Station.

Starline Social Club, a popular concert venue, bar, and restaurant in Oakland, has announced it will permanently shutter as of January 1st.

New owners of the sports bar Bus Stop Saloon, which has been serving drinks in Cow Hollow for more than 120 years, are planning a new restaurant on the second story of the building called Left Door.

The city of San Jose is poised to add 32,000 new homes in the northern part of town over the next several years.

In an effort to save space and reduce its dependability on cars, San Jose has become the biggest city in the U.S. to eliminate minimum parking requirements for new developments.

People who love the creative and technical cuisine from the fine dining pop-up Anomaly will be happy to know that the owner, chef Mike Lanham, is about to open a permanent location.

Sam’s Downtown Feed & Pet Supply, at 759 West San Carlos Street, first opened in 1986, but the legacy of the family who runs the pet and farm supply store is more than 150 years old, and it once housed a basement speakeasy.

Acclaimed Bay Area bagel shop Boichik Bagels, which got national recognition as being among the best in the country, even compared to New York City standards, has opened a new outpost on the Peninsula.

The new Andytown Coffee location in the Richmond District, across the Great Highway from Ocean Beach, is now open. The sprawling space is the company’s fifth location and the biggest by far.

One of San Francisco’s busiest shopping areas is losing another big retailer: The Container Store. But it's just moving elsewhere in SoMa.

A massive late-night fire has destroyed a piece of San Jose’s history, as the 154-year-old Graves Mansion went up in flames.

The Valley Transportation Authority could activate the eminent domain process as soon as this week to push ahead with the still-very-far-off BART extension project in San Jose.

The long, arching Aquatic Park Municipal Pier at the western end of San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf could be shut down for good following an earthquake last month.

The developers behind the project, which faced a huge wave of backlash from pretty much everyone, have pulled out of the project in an area adjacent to the Rockridge neighborhood.

Even more questions are now swirling in the investigation surrounding a controversial video released last month of a bikini-clad woman getting out of a San Jose Fire Department engine and walking into the Pink Poodle strip club.

The San Jose Mayor’s race has finally been decided, a week and change after Election Day, with rookie City Councilmember Matt Mahan barely edging out a veteran politician in the South Bay and current Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez.

San Jose police issued an astronomical 720 citations at an illegal weekend sideshow, and they are now revealing the new tactic that allowed them to bust so many stunt drivers and spectators.

There’s about to be another option on the table for great pizza in the Mission District, in the former Mozzeria space on 16th.

Hayes Valley has a new establishment in which to grab a drink and a bite and unwind, from a pair of industry vets.

Police in Palo Alto are looking for a group of criminals that they are calling the Dinnertime Home Burglary Crew.

It appears to be becoming a new retail real estate trend: Large shuttered drug stores in San Francisco that offer loads of space are being reenvisioned into smaller chunks of space for retail or offices.

A coffee shop and wine bar that focuses on Oakland’s Black community is now open in the Uptown neighborhood, but it's only open on Fridays for now.

An Italian restaurant institution in San Francisco is about to expand to the East Bay for the first time in the business's storied history.