SAN JOSE — Complaints over a blighted and fire-scorched San Jose abandoned property began six years ago — yet after three blazes, a shooting, a dog attack and piles of …
SAN JOSE — A burned-out hotel, an abandoned historic church, a decaying bus terminal and a deserted movie palace next to a boarded-up strip mall — all have become glaring …
SAN JOSE — A San Jose councilmember has embarked on a quest to tackle what appears to be a worsening affliction of blight and decaying buildings in the Bay Area’s …
SAN JOSE — The owner of two downtown San Jose Victorian homes that caught fire and collapsed in flames was hit with numerous city complaints for code violations at the …
Many in Antioch have had just about enough of the longtime, blighted, boarded-up storefronts that have become magnets for trash dumping, drug use and other illicit activities. Antioch Mayor Lamar …
SAN JOSE — San Jose’s mayor sketched out Saturday a grassroots approach to improve what he said are the four biggest challenges facing the Bay Area’s largest city: homelessness, crime, …
It was sold this summer as a crackdown on businesses and residents who’ve let trash, weeds and graffiti fester in San Jose’s commercial districts — a new pilot program spurred …
A shuttered marijuana church. Multimillion-dollar mansions. A disheveled house with cats crawling around the driveway and a well-manicured home with prominent signs that warn trespassers they will be shot. These …
SAN JOSE — Officials may impose a fine on a construction executive whose crews removed an unsightly and crumbling tarp that had covered a historic downtown San Jose church. Construction …