But new legal case challenges clearance from BCDC. >>read more

Redevelopment of Sleep Train Arena in Sacramento appears to be moving forward, but plans to redevelop the Oakland Coliseum and Oracle Arena lag behind. >>read more

Census data shows that Blacks are leaving the metropolitan core for the periphery -- but it's less clear whether white gentrification is the reason. >>read more

CP&DR webinar highlights nuts-and-bolts of how cities will deal with eliminating single-family zoning. The panel was co-sponsored by the Terner Center and California APA. >>read more

Low-cost transformation of streets to public -- and restaurant -- spaces may help enliven city neighborhoods and revive their sales tax bases. >>read more

The preliminary draft of the Downtown Oakland Specific Plan includes the creation of up to 29,000 new housing units by 2040 and at least 50,000 new jobs >>read more

LPPI found that the surrounding community remained stable and economically prosperous in the decade following the development of Fruitvale Transit Vilage in East Oakland >>read more

More than 100 jurisdictions are thought to be crafting regulations for all aspects of the industry >>read more

Impediments remain -- but experts say neither engineering nor financing are the problems in reclaiming urban land. >>read more

A Q&A with Nelson/Nygaard's Jeff Tumlin, who is serving as the city's interim transportation director. >>read more