Local Watch

Shuttered state-run hospital could provide hundreds of units of housing in Sonoma County -- if a deal can be reached to maintain access to surrounding parklands.  >>read more

Redevelopment of a moribund 1970s mall anticipates a new planning paradigm in Inland Empire city of Redlands. >>read more

Stakeholders in San Francisco's industrial Dogpatch neighborhood welcome mixed-use, 2,400-unit redevelopment of former gas-fired power station >>read more

Amid shifting shopping habits, a developer will transform the postmodern concrete fortress of Horton Plaza into a mixed-use technology campus to attract jobs to downtown San Diego >>read more

As Temecula looks to more intensive urbanization, Josh Stephens spoke with Community Development Director Luke Watson as part of CP&DR’s new occasional series of interviews with municipal planning officials. >>read more

While many Bay Area cities resist growth, El Cerrito is booming with transit oriented plan on San Pablo Avenue >>read more

The Santa Clara project is to include 5.4 million square feet of office space, about 1,700 apartments, and 1 million square feet of shopping, dining and entertainment  >>read more

Santa Barbara's charms, and challenges, will be on full display this week at the conference of the American Planning Association's California chapter, says Community Development Director George Buell >>read more

Death of BART extension has forced the East Bay city to rethink how it is going to grow -- and plan around Valley Link instead. >>read more

Santa Maria's downtown will get a new pedestrian plan that planners hope will bring the long-neglected area into the 21st century>>read more