Wesley Severson

If you were planning to hit one of the biggest street festivals in the country this weekend you’ll have to make new plans

The San Jose City Council took action this week in hopes of making one of the city’s deadliest intersections safer for people crossing the street.

If you’re anxious to get your fall tan going, or get the dog out for some splashing, these Bay Area beaches (starting north to south) will offer you easy parking, smaller crowds, and a bigger sense of adventure while you soak up the sun and the warmth. 

District 10 Councilmember Matt Mahan has a plan that would drastically ratchet up the use of prefab tiny homes as a temporary housing solution for the homeless.

A few choice streets in Palo Alto have been closed for more than a year, and now one of them is about to reopen much to the dismay of some business owners who have enjoyed the walk-up traffic the closure has provided.

One of San Jose’s premier shopping and dining destinations is about to offer customers new experiences on both fronts.

Local government redistricting may not sound like the most exciting of political activities, but it actually has a direct impact on the day-to-day issues and challenges that your community faces.

Another ambitious plan for a huge new tech campus is moving forward in downtown San Jose after a judge cleared the way for a building on the site to be demolished.

A famous Bay Area festival that brings thousands of visitors to Half Moon Bay every fall has been canceled for a second straight year due to coronavirus.

Apple and the city of San Jose apparently have a new challenge on their hands after the tech giants cleared a large homeless camp on its 55-acre property in North San Jose and moved the residents into various locations.

A project that is set to transform an old downtown San Jose movie theater into a mixed-use project has cleared another hurdle and is now closer to being built.

A group of trees at a park under construction in downtown San Jose is now the source of some controversy.

A sizeable homeless camp that has been rapidly growing over the last six months in North San Jose is now being cleared out with heavy equipment and dumpsters.

A new food hall, which is the first of its kind in Los Altos, is finally about to open its doors to anxious foodies in the South Bay.

New redevelopment plans have emerged that would dramatically transform Cambrian Park Plaza at the intersection of Camden Avenue and Union Avenue in southwest San Jose.

When Selby’s (on El Camino Real on the Redwood City-Atherton border) first opened in July of 2019, the restaurant’s signature burger with a huge price tag definitely raised eyebrows and curiosity across the Bay Area.

There is now a request from two Santa Clara County supervisors for a no-confidence vote over Sheriff Laurie Smith’s job performance, as she is accused of rampant mismanagement inside her jails.

You may notice less of a police presence at this weekend’s Silicon Valley Pride Parade, but it has nothing to do with public safety.

A North Bay food company that has built an empire around its healthy, frozen, grocery store concepts is now expanding in a major way in the South Bay.

Santa Clara Valley Transit Authority (VTA) light-rail trains could be back up and running as early as this weekend after service was abruptly halted following a deadly mass shooting at the Guadalupe VTA rail yard near downtown San Jose on May 26th.

Despite anger, cursing, protest, and even a brief chamber evacuation, the San Jose City Council voted unanimously to require proof of full vaccination at events held at city-owned properties that have more than 50 people in attendance.

A project that was slated to transform a large section of the city of Mountain View now appears to be losing momentum because of disputes from one of the developers.

Patricia Dowd died in San Jose on February 6th, 2020. Everyone believed for the last year that she was the first person in the U.S. to die from coronavirus, but now it appears she died weeks after several other people in California and five other states.

San Francisco-based Airbnb is now suing the guest who apparently threw a massive and deadly party at a home they booked in Sunnyvale on August 7th.

Six-term Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith held a press conference Tuesday in response to calls to resign from San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo, and she says she will not be stepping down.