Windsor Hospitality Group filed Chapter 11 for the Holiday Inn Windsor–Wine Country; the court allowed cash to keep the hotel open while a July hearing plays out.

Dozens of full‑time workers at the Graduate Palo Alto say they were laid off in April and later rehired as lower‑paid contractors, sparking protests and city comments.

New UC Berkeley and national reports show California’s huge GDP sits beside rising cost‑adjusted poverty and out‑migration. Policy choices about building and permitting are central to the fix.

A 2,000‑acre St. Helena estate has relisted for $100 million, offering vineyards, water rights, four residences and a private seven‑acre lake.

Fremont approved Sterling Organization's plan to convert the 11‑acre former Fry’s at 43800 Osgood Road into roughly 144,000 sq ft of industrial space. The move reflects surging demand for power‑ready Bay Area manufacturing sites.

A handful of surprising bargains showed up around the week of May 4 in the Santa Clara market, including a six‑bedroom Sunnyvale closing at $2.825M and several turn‑key homes that sold below neighborhood norms.

Investors are touring IBM’s 687‑acre Almaden campus in south San Jose, weighing a plan that would keep a small industrial core while preserving most of the hillsides as open space.

City officials unveiled a preservation package that could add about 2,500 landmarks over five years, pairing staff, funding and tech upgrades to speed designations.

Microsoft broke ground Wednesday on a long‑planned Alviso data center campus, a move city leaders framed around recycled‑water cooling and infrastructure work.

A settlement with the Housing Action Coalition would have Lafayette evaluate rezonings across roughly 130 acres along Mt. Diablo Boulevard and cover roughly $120,000 in attorney fees. The city must consider the changes by year‑end.

Neighbors and officials are pushing Stanford to include affordable workforce housing in its next campus expansion as the university prepares a formal filing this summer.

Alamo Drafthouse will rename its New Mission theater the Christopher Nolan Cinema, marking the venue's 110th year with a remodel and 70mm programming tied to The Odyssey.

Vacant offices are becoming a chance to remake downtowns rather than a death knell. Designers and planners point to housing, parks and "stickier" public spaces as the core of a new strategy.