San Jose Mercury News

Supervisor proposes adding 400 more cabs in San Francisco to "pick up residents in the neighborhoods."

Despite criticism from environmental groups, Regional Airport Planning Committee is likely to recommend runway expansion at San Francisco and Oakland airports.

Bay Area air quality officials say San Jose's proposed Coyote Valley power plant complies with air-pollution regulations.

San Francisco approves. a $3.5 billion public works project to upgrade a century-old water system.

Residents to inspire 65 nationwide artists create 'transit art' for four new BART stations.

Two candidates stake out similar positions on Stanford University's proposed 10-year development plan.

The power shortage currently affecting California may bepolluting the air as well, say Environmental Protection Agencyofficials.

New bill related to preparing the environmental impact report for the proposed expansion of San Francisco airport comes under fire from critics.

San Francisco's plans for 1.58-million-square-foot complex might just be the largest urban redevelopment project in the country.

Two years after rewriting city rules toaccommodate giant rooftop signs, San Jose officials now plan to rein in the size of such corporate displays.

In an international competition architects were challenged to develop a growth pattern in the Central Valley that would have minimal encroachment on farmland.

The first California community to give up cityhood 32 years may consider reincorporation.

A year after San Jose approved a plan to build a City Hallcomplex downtown and help area business owners relocate, businesses are yet to find new places.

San Carlos, CA, city officials introduce the process of "visioning" to enthusiastic residents as the city decides how to balance growth with keeping the small-town charm.

Bay Area office rents are among the highest in the nation and the shortage of office space is starting to have some really strange effects.

Residents protest against dot-com development saying rising rents are eroding community culture.

Morro Bay, CA, is divided over the removal of power plant smokestacks as "one resident's blemish is another's beauty mark."

Silicon Valley's soaring housing prices are driving home-seekers to "floating homes" to escape highrents or mortages.

When high-tech fails, a Caltrans employee controls the flow metering lights that regulate traffic across San Francisco's Bay Bridge - the busiest toll bridge in the world.

California's San Mateo County votes to limit thesize of single-family houses on unincoporated landalong the coast.