As the real estate markets for Fremont and Dublin soar with new home sales, the schools that house all those new students are bursting at the seams and looking to developers for help building classrooms. The state agreed. In a precedent-setting act -- after repeated...

By Mark Prado, The Marin Independent Journal SMART train operator DeAndre Bess makes a test run of a train north of Novato in October. (Robert Tong Marin Independent Journal) The Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit agency is set to launch service on a 43-mile line...

The Ford F-100, precursor to today's F-150, is one of the trucks honored by the U.S.Postal Service in its new series of pickup truck stamps. This version of the Ford truck had independent front suspension for a more comfortable ride. It's been a part of the rural...

As longtime affordable housing landlords stop accepting federal subsidies, something must be done to ensure their apartments remain affordable through local rent control laws, Hayward leaders say. To ensure that happens, the City Council on July 5 unanimously approved...

After receiving feedback from Campbell's planning commission at a June 28 study session, Cresleigh Homes and LPAS Architecture and Design is narrowing down a design for its plan to develop five parcels at the former site of the Paul Del Grande Auto Parts and Machine...

By Julian J. Ramos, jramos@bayareanewsgroup.com FREMONT -- In rezoning more than half of Ardenwood Technology Park, the Fremont City Council hopes to pave the way for an influx of high-tech businesses that potentially could create more than 7,500 new jobs. The...