San Jose Mercury News

The dot-com invasion is causing housing prices to soar in Santa Cruz, CA.

In response to housing crisis San Jose Mayor hints at abandoning growth controls to promote housing construction.

A successful sewage plant in Pacifica converts sludge into protected wetlands.

Transit planners in Silicon Valley are faced with rapidly rising costs -- and $300 million for a mile of new road is a good deal.

As new malls and condos replace buildings of historic significance, Chicago struggles with the question: What is more important, property rights and progress or preserving architectural heritage?

The story of a rural Montana town reconciling old West values with the new Net economy.

Several municipalities are concern over the recently released state housing needs mandate.

Cisco Systems' plan for a new corporate complex in CoyoteValley was unanimously approved by the San Jose City Council.

The San Jose Mercury News urges San Jose officials to carefully analyze the housing situation in the city before proceeding with housing in Coyote Valley.

California State Assembly Speaker Hertzberg announces the formation of a new commission to evaluate regional solutions.

Gary Patton, executive director of LandWatchMonterey County, argues that the Cisco project "perpetuates a patternof urban sprawl that is undermining the quality of our environment, andthat is damaging the foundations of our economy and the integrity

Despite serious concerns with theproposed Calpine Corp. power plant in San Jose's Coyote Valley, theCalifornia Energy Commission, recommended theproject's approval.

High living and business costs as well as worsening traffic may threaten Silicon Valley's premier position in world's high-tech industry.

The California Farm Bureau Federation, the state's leadingagricultural organization, filed suit in U.S. District Court in Fresnoagainst 18 state and federal agencies who have worked on the CalFedplan.

The Regional Council of Rural Counties filed suit on Tuesday in the Sacramento Superior Court against the CalFed water accord, claiming that it is a cloaked effort to take control over northern groundwater and funnel it to southern water districts.

Criticism of the Cisco project in Coyote Valley expanded with the accusation by GreenParty presidential candidate Ralph Nader that the project is an example of sprawling development.

As dot-coms contribute to spiraling rents and driving out low-income residents and small businesses, voters have to decide how "accommodating the city will be to high-tech companies."

Southern California companies are facing rising costs of pollution credits in a booming economy.

Analysis of federal data indicates that explosion of Native American gambling revenues in the 1990s has not benefitted most tribes with casinos.

Richard Lov asks if we can act fast enough before sprawl does irrevocable damage or will we still be searching for that right smart growth plan?