Cupertino adopts housing plan for 4,588 homes, seeks to allow zoning for high-density projects

siliconvalley.com Cupertino is one step closer to adding 4,588 homes in the next decade. The City Council Tuesday night adopted its housing element, which is a blueprint submitted every eight…

Plan Commission approves more than 1,400 new apartments, but vote on historic properties hits snag

chicagotribune.com The Chicago Plan Commission on Thursday approved the construction of three new apartment complexes for the West Loop and Near Northwest Side, totaling up to 1,469 units,…

"Make Innocence Great Again": Mothers Gear Up To Decide The 2024 Elections

zerohedge.com "Make Innocence Great Again": Mothers Gear Up To Decide The 2024 Elections Authored by Russ Jones via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A voter casts her ballot with her…

Half Moon Bay planning commission reluctantly OKs senior farmworker housing

siliconvalley.com After airing their concerns over height, traffic and design over several hours in a meeting that extended past midnight, Half Moon Bay planning commissioners approved…

New York's City of Maybe

reason.com Happy Tuesday and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. This week's stories include: Colorado's banner year for housing reform. An upscale Los Angeles grocery store sues…

Ellison's exemplar SAP-to-Oracle region rules out ditching Oracle

theregister.com Birmingham City Council – Europe's largest local authority, serving over one million customers – has agreed to re-implement an Oracle Fusion system following a failed…

Erewhon sues city to stop Sportsmen's Lodge development in Studio City

latimes.com The owners of Erewhon have filed an environmental lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles, the latest attempt by the upscale supermarket chain to stop the planned demolition…

Abortion Rights Get a Win in Texas

newsweek.com A small Texas town unanimously voted against a proposed ordinance to declare itself a Sanctuary City for the Unborn on Thursday. Following the Supreme Court's decision to…

‘Den of vampiric fat cats’ could cost one California city millions in lawsuit

siliconvalley.com Todd Ament, former CEO of the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce, at an event in 2011. (File photo by MARK RIGHTMIRE, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER) It was a tragically banal slice of…

An interview with a Congressman trying to save US local news

pressgazette.co.uk A bill reintroduced to the US House of Representatives seeks to make it easier for news organisations to register as nonprofits, as well as to exempt them from paying tax on…

‘Poolman’ Review: In the Sun Too Long

nytimes.com In “Poolman,” Chris Pine’s debut feature, he plays Darren, a distractible pool cleaner who becomes an amateur detective when he learns of a municipal conspiracy in Los…

Boston Chamber chief urges City Council to rein in Mayor Wu’s spending amid economic uncertainty

bostonherald.com The head of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce criticized the mayor’s decision to raise the city budget by 8% amid economic uncertainty while urging the City Council to…

Denver's PrideFest Celebrates 50th Anniversary This Summer

benzinga.com The annual two-day event celebrates Denver's LGBTQ+ community with parade, run, festival and new Gayborhood Market - DENVER, May 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Denver PrideFest,…

Disneyland expansion map shows what the park’s lands could look like after a historic makeover

fastcompany.com Disneyland has been approved for a makeover after the Anaheim, California, city council unanimously passed the second vote for a rezoning project dubbed DisneylandForward.…

San Jose’s Grace Baptist Church on path to landmark status

siliconvalley.com Grace Baptist Church in San Jose, which was a nexus for the peace and civil rights movements in the 1950s and ’60s, is finally on the path to becoming a city historical…

New York City’s watchdog investigates whether NYPD used official social media accounts to target public officials and private citizens

fortune.com New York City’s watchdog agency has launched an investigation into allegations that the city’s police department improperly used its official social media accounts to target…

Seattle's gig worker wage law is just four months old. Now a proposed overhaul could result in pay cuts

businessinsider.com Gig delivery workers in Seattle could get paid at a lower rate under proposed changes to the city's new pay law. AP Photo/David Zalubowski Seattle's city council is…

Philadelphia Mayor Starts Long-Awaited Process Of Cleaning Out City's Open Air Drug Markets

zerohedge.com Philadelphia Mayor Starts Long-Awaited Process Of Cleaning Out City's Open Air Drug Markets Philadelphia's new mayor Cherelle Parker may be succeeding with what seems like a…

Proposed East Bay rental rules would stabilize rents, protect tenants

siliconvalley.com Pittsburg renters fed up with high rents and the lack of tenant protections have moved a step closer to getting new rules on this November’s ballot. Backed by the Alliance…

The Owners of Marilyn Monroe's Last Los Angeles Home Are Suing the City So They Can Demolish the House

entrepreneur.com A Los Angeles couple who own the property where famed starlet Marilyn Monroe spent her final days is suing the city, alleging they are being blocked from demolishing the…

Proposal for 36-story apartment tower in Old Town draws cheers, jeers at community meeting

chicagotribune.com A developer’s proposal to plant a massive skyscraper on the edge of Chicago’s historic Old Town neighborhood drew jeers and cheers at a community meeting this week. The area…

Once an eyesore, Detroit's Michigan Central Station set for grand opening

freep.com Detroit City Council on Tuesday approved Michigan Central Station's plans to host its long-awaited grand opening this summer, which is expected to hold a concert and draw…

America's new highest-paid mayor could come from Boston suburb

newsweek.com The highest-paid mayor in the U.S. could soon come from a coastal New England town best known for its naval warship museum and ties to two U.S. presidents. Quincy, a Boston…

Homeowners are suing for the right to demolish the house Marilyn Monroe died in, angering fans who say it's part of Hollywood history

aol.com None Owners of Marilyn Monroe's former Brentwood home are suing LA for the right to raze the property. • None They want to expand their current residence, which is located…

St. Petersburg’s first Black mayor will consider a $1.3 billion ballpark plan that seeks to make amends for demolishing historic Gas Plant neighborhood

fortune.com The future of the Tampa Bay Rays is about to come into clearer focus as local officials begin public discussions over a planned $1.3 billion ballpark that would be the…

Twin Cities developers, city leaders bet big on converting office buildings to homes

mprnews.org Twin Cities developer Chris Sherman feels like he has a built-in advantage in two big downtown projects underway in Minneapolis and St. Paul — he can create hundreds of new…

Future of MLB's Tampa Bay Rays to come into focus with key meetings on $1.3B stadium project

apnews.com ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The future of the Tampa Bay Rays is about to come into clearer focus as local officials begin public discussions over a planned $1.3 billion…

Pittsburg adopts blueprint for future growth, allowing for more housing and industrial uses

siliconvalley.com The Pittsburg City Council this week approved a long-anticipated general plan that maps out the city’s future for the next 20 years. Dubbed “Envision Pittsburg,” the 2040…

A company linked to a large “pink slime” network is being hired by big publishers like Gannett

niemanlab.org The largest newspaper chain in the United States has an ongoing business relationship with a company linked to a sprawling network of over a thousand “pink slime”…

Concord is nearly $40 million in the hole for Naval Weapons Station project. Here’s how they plan to get it back

siliconvalley.com CONCORD — Transforming an abandoned military base into a massive $6 billion, mixed-use community is no simple task — and Concord has the $40 million bill to prove it. For…

When private property is taken by squatters, all of society pays a price

foxnews.com Cities across America are experiencing a surge in squatting – when people illegally enter and occupy a property they have no right to inhabit. But many in the corporate…