Celebrity mega-chef and philanthropist extraordinaire José Andrés announced he’ll open his first Bay Area restaurant at the Stanford Shopping Center, as that upscale mall continues its culinary upgrades.

Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez, who’s been entrenched in South Bay politics since the late 1990s, could soon be heading to San Diego to become that county's chief administrator.

A Mexican cantina in Sausalito with fine dining flair and a celebrity chef backing is about to open a new location in San Jose with even more star power.

Just over two months after becoming Mayor of San Jose, Matt Mahan has put forward his first budget plan that has a major focus on public safety, homelessness, housing, and blight.

A popular Bay Area-based ramen chain that has expanded well beyond California has just opened a new location in Silicon Valley.

The 16th largest bank in the U.S. and one of the key lending partners to countless Bay Area tech startups has failed. Silicon Valley Bank, which is responsible for $210 billion in assets, collapsed on Friday, sending shockwaves across the U.S. economy. It is being reported as the biggest banking collapse since the fall of Washington Mutual in 2008.

There’s now one less option to grab Red Lobster’s Cheddar Bay Biscuits in the South Bay. One of the San Jose locations of the iconic seafood chain has closed after nearly 40 years in business.

A partly plagiarized history book that was being written about local governments and Native Americans in Silicon Valley, the subject of a mini-scandal last year, has now been canceled.

San Jose’s Little Italy neighborhood near downtown just got a new food hall, appropriately dubbed The Littlest Little Italy.

Big moves are being made to make the southern portion of Milpitas, near the BART Station and the Great Mall, more lively.

Santa Cruz County civic leaders have been voting to appoint nominees to the California Coastal Commission behind closed doors, violating a state law that requires such proceedings be public, according to the Santa Cruz Lookout.

A chic new Spanish tapas restaurant has opened in Silicon Valley. Vida Tapas has now started serving customers in downtown Mountain View, taking over the space formerly occupied by Xanh Vietnamese at 110 Castro Street.

Google’s ultra-ambitious Downtown West development in downtown San Jose is facing some obstacles that have thrown the long timeline for the housing and office project into reassessment mode.