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Safeway Will Close Its 57-Year-Old Bollinger Road Store in San Jose by Nov. 13, With No Layoffs Planned
Safeway will close its supermarket at 6150 Bollinger Road in West San Jose on or before Nov. 13, ending more than 57 years at the Orchard Farms Shopping Center near the Cupertino border. The company says no workers will lose their jobs. "All associates will keep their jobs and be...
sfstandard.com
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Car Dealership Could Swallow South San Jose Retail Site Near Oakridge Mall
A sprawling car sales and service complex, complete with its own gas station, could soon take the place of a retail strip near Westfield Oakridge mall in South San Jose. Plans on file at City Hall call for the project at 942 through 968 Blossom Hill Road, where a retail center and gas station currently sit at the southeast corner of Blossom Hill Road and Winfield Boulevard.
kzst.com
Santa Rosa District 4 Candidates Debate Solutions to Local Housing Shortage
Housing advocates say Santa Rosa must build over 11,000 new homes to reach a healthy vacancy rate, making housing a central issue in the District 4 City Council race. The Press Democrat reports retired firefighter and Planning Commissioner Terry Sanders is pushing to streamline the city’s permitting process and eliminate cumbersome delays for developers.
oaklandside.org
Affordable housing rising on long-vacant Eastmont lot
At the beginning of the pandemic, the Black Cultural Zone took an empty acre of city land on Foothill Boulevard and transformed it into a community gathering place. Named Liberation Park, it hosted a meals program, a farmers market, small business expos, cultural events, and a lively roller-skating rink. Some...
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Planning Board Approves Zoning Changes to Address Commercial Vacancies, South Shore ADUs
During its meeting on Monday, October 26, the Planning Board approved Zoning Text Amendments that will streamline the entitlement process for new businesses to open up along Park and Webster Streets. It also approved a Planned Development Amendment to the South Shore Beach and Tennis Club to convert a portion of the property’s existing commercial and office facilities into residential space.
contracosta.news
Letter: Vote “Yes” on Measure S: Affordable Rents in San Pablo Keep Our Communities Healthy
Many San Pablo residents are worried. Corporate landlords and policy decisions at the state and federal levels have tipped the scales against renters. With inflation and rent continuing to rise, renters in the city worry about keeping roofs over their heads, about their parents being able to age in place, or their kids staying in the same schools. As a lifelong resident and Council member of San Pablo, and as a national public health expert who has worked deeply with San Pablo residents, we know these worries are well founded, and what they mean for the health of San Pablo. We have seen families, neighbors, and constituents be forced to move far away from their loved ones because of rent increases and unjust evictions. Some have had to make the impossible choice between refilling a medical prescription, or paying their rent and keeping their home. Housing insecurity impacts the most vulnerable in this city: families targeted by ICE, seniors on fixed incomes, people with disabilities, working moms, and others who make up the 58% of San Pablo households who are renters.
berkeleyside.org
Ashby BART housing: Berkeley advances 174-unit affordable project
A proposal to replace a parking lot at the Ashby BART station with an affordable apartment building and a dozen townhomes that would provide a rare opportunity for low-income buyers to own property in Berkeley took a key step forward this week. The Berkeley City Council unanimously agreed Tuesday night...
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West Oakland Plan Calls for 90 Affordable Homes on Cleared Brush Street Lot
A recently cleared parcel near San Pablo Avenue and Uptown Oakland is now the site of plans for a seven-story apartment building with 90 homes, 89 of them deed-restricted as affordable for low-income households. The proposal at 2101 Brush Street, in West Oakland’s Ralph Bunche neighborhood, would set aside one unit for an on-site property manager.
Silicon Valley
Hundreds of homes could replace Palo Alto office property
PALO ALTO — A real estate firm is seeking to develop 269 homes on an office property near the interchange of U.S. 101 and Oregon Expressway in Palo Alto, documents on file with city planners show. San Francisco-based Strada Investment Group paid $29 million In December 2025 for a...
chulavistatoday.com
Teresa Acosta: “Housing and Local Control Are the Challenges Facing Cities”
Latino representation in the spaces where statewide public policy is shaped has a new leader at the League of California Cities. Teresa Acosta, a Carlsbad councilmember since 2020, became president of the organization on September 25, becoming the second Latina to hold the position in the association’s 128-year history, she said during an interview with Fanny Miller, publisher of El Latino San Diego.