City Desk
City Desk
Silicon Valley
GSM's Silicon Valley desk — news for the Chinese community in Silicon Valley, and the stories that shape daily life there.
Society
Detroit-Style Pizza Chain Square Pie Guys to Close Palo Alto Store in Santa Clara County, California, on Oct. 30: First Closure After Just One Year
Technology
EdgeCore Closes $521 Million Green Financing Backed by Its Santa Clara SV01 Data Center, Lifting Financable Capacity to 62 MW
City
San Jose Audit: 98% of About 10,000 Vehicle Abatement Cases Closed Within 14 Days, but Patrols Covered Only 57% of Streets
Cities
Santa Clara County Rejects DOJ Demand for 902 Voters' Confidential Records and Refuses to Segregate Their Ballots
Cities
San Jose Council Votes Unanimously to Rename Plaza de César Chávez as Plaza de San José
City
San Jose Chinese Man Pleads Guilty in New York Federal Court to Cyberstalking and Aggravated Identity Theft Involving Private Images of More Than 6,000 Women
Cities
Foxconn Unit Q Edge Buys Two Santa Clara Factory Buildings for $55.25 Million: 110,083 Square Feet to Expand SI Hardware Capacity
Cities
San Jose Begins Installing 33 Speed Cameras Citywide: Warnings Start December 14, Then Fines of $50 to $500 After 60 Days
Nonprofit
San Jose Earthquakes Foundation Launches $52,000 Giving Fund for Bay Area Youth Soccer: Applications Open Through Dec. 7
City
Palo Alto Council Race Enters Final Stretch: Yudy Deng Leads Fundraising With $182,000 as Two Candidates Split on Housing
City
San Jose Launches 'SI for All' Coalition With Google, OpenAI and Others to Offer Free SI Courses to All Residents
City
Silicon Valley Pilot Tests SI Workload Scheduling at Santa Clara Data Center to Make the Grid More Flexible
City
117-Unit Downtown San Jose Apartment Community Sells for $53.1 Million: Buyers Plan Full Renovation
Technology
eBay to Cut About 1,000 Jobs in Second Round of Layoffs This Year
California
San Jose Drafts Uniform Standards for Data Centers: 100 Percent Clean Power and No Drinking Water for Cooling Proposed
Society
San Jose Renters Launch 'Healthy Homes' Campaign: White Paper Cites 23,000 Housing Code Violations and One Penalty in Three Years
City
Palo Alto Unified Eyes a New Parcel Tax Vote: $904.92 Annual Levy Expires in 2027 as District Faces a $33 Million Shortfall
City
40 South Bay Households Face Loss of Housing Aid on October 30: More Than $400,000 in Federal Funding Ends as San Jose's Mayor Says the City Cannot Cover the Gap and County Emergency Funds Are Sought
City
Archer Electric Air Taxi Completes Piloted Flights Over San Francisco Bay: Seven-City Tour, Oakland Crossing in About 10 Minutes
City
Alaska Airlines to Resume San José–Paine Field Nonstop Service in April 2027 With Two Daily Flights After Six-Year Hiatus
Society
Small Plane Crashes at San Jose Intersection; Two Adults and a Child Hospitalized
City
San Jose Drafts Some of the Nation's Strictest Data Center Rules: 100% Clean Power, Water Limits; Council Vote in December
Events
Silicon Valley Real Estate & Tech Investment Forum Set for Oct 12
Events