The San Jose City Council has approved a sprawling redevelopment plan on the west side of town that would turn a prominent shopping center into an 11-acre urban village development with residences, shopping areas, and open space.

A Silicon Valley coffee shop and eatery known for its specialty breakfast sandwiches has just leased a new space in downtown San Jose.

A big shopping mall in Fremont could undergo some major changes if the owner of the mall gets city approval.

The city of San Jose is moving forward with plans for four new tiny home sites for homeless residents and an expansion of two other sites.

A new coffeeshop promising cocktail-bar-style service and no long lines is coming to the ground floor of a downtown Oakland highrise, serving Mr. Espresso coffee.

Popular San Francisco ice cream maker Humphry Slocombe is expanding to the Peninsula just in time for the hottest time of the year.

A Vietnamese restaurant that was a big hit in the Tenderloin years ago is about to make a neighborhood comeback.

The extremely popular burger-and-milkshake chain Shake Shack has just confirmed it will open a new location at Westfield Oakridge mall off Blossom Hill Road in South San Jose.

China Live owner George Chen is ready to move forward with getting permits for a rooftop patio and bar that he's been planning all along, and it could be open next year.

Kokak Chocolates founder Carol Gancia says she's looking forward to having more production space, and that she hopes to become part of the "treasure hunt" that is shopping in Japantown.

Sprouts isn’t saying exactly why it has decided to close its Fremont and Mountain View stores, but their last day in business will be June 3rd.

Cheese lovers in the city will be losing a shop that was known to carry hard-to-find exotic varieties, unless there happens to be a takeover, which is a possibility.

A historic pillar-lined bank building at the corner of Sutter and Sansome streets, near BART’s Montgomery Station in the Financial District, is about to start a new chapter in its long 112-year history.