A state District Court of Appeal has rejected a property owner's contention that design review permits for two houses in San Mateo County were "deemed approved" because the county failed to act on his applications within 60 days. >>read more
An important case involving the delivery of water to farmers and fish appears to have sputtered to an end with the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' short-order rejection of the farmers' claims. >>read more
After suffering two generations worth of economic decline and malaise, the East Bay city of Pittsburg is trying to reinvent its downtown as a residential, office and retail district. >>read more
