David Alexander

Ink Almost Dry on Convention Center Operator Contract, City Begins Vision for El Camino

A Philadelphia-based company will likely become the new manager of the Santa Clara Convention Center. The Santa Clara City Council…

February 6, 2019

Agrihood Gets off the Ground Despite Languishing Retail Space

The Agrihood, a below-market-rate senior housing development with an onsite farm will finally come to fruition after the Santa Clara…

January 30, 2019
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City Widens Smoking Regulatory Scope

Fees for use of public buildings came under fire after the City told one local nonprofit it needed to pay…

January 16, 2019

New Council Members Ceremonially Sworn In

Facing adversity was a theme at the latest meeting of the Santa Clara City Council. Council Members Raj Chahal and…

December 19, 2018

City Place Development Displaces Local Business

The Council approved invoking eminent domain against a Santa Clara business to make way for the behemoth City Place development.…

December 12, 2018

Gateway Crossings Project Pushed Back, Downtown Task Force Appointed

Something rarely seen at a Santa Clara City Council meeting happened during the Council’s last meeting: those who opposed a…

December 5, 2018

Council Continues Roasting Chamber Amid Audit Findings

The Santa Clara City Council’s public flogging of the Chamber of Commerce over its management of the Convention Center and…

November 29, 2018

Tasman East Project Ruffles Feathers, Planned Development on Pomeroy a No-Go

Won’t somebody please think of the birds? Although it was never asked quite in that way, that was the crux…

November 14, 2018

Rise of the Robots: Santa Clara Convention Center Hosts Expo for Emerging Robotics Technology

Whether it’s a mechanical arm soldering car parts in a Detroit factory, an Amazon drone delivering products to your doorstep…

October 20, 2018
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Chamber of Commerce and City Council Still at Odds Over Audit

Management of the Santa Clara Convention Center continues to be a source of bad blood between the City Council and…

October 10, 2018