Columnists Riding the rails By Greg Wilson Feb 7, 2026 As I write this, I’ve just gotten off an overnight train trip from Olympia, Washington. Some dear friends just moved to that area, and my wife…
Columnists A model development By Greg Wilson May 25, 2024 Early this week, the Redwood City Planning Commission approved a small housing project that had originally been submitted to the city almost f…
+2 Local News Featured Foster City unveils workforce housing Curtis Driscoll Daily Journal staff Sep 15, 2022 Foster City officials Tuesday unveiled 22 new apartment units in the Pilgrim Triton neighborhood for low-income residents and city workers, pr…
Columnists Making room By Greg Wilson Sep 3, 2022 A recent analysis by online retailer Filterbuy (which sells water and air filters, oddly enough) shows that our area has one of the largest ga…
Local News Featured Report: Housing ‘out of reach’ for many workers By Keith Burbank, Bay City NewsUpdated Aug 1, 2022 A person who wants to live in a two-bedroom, market rate apartment in the San Francisco metropolitan area must make more than $60 an hour to a…
Local News Featured New housing plans for Fish Market site Curtis Driscoll Daily Journal staff Updated Jul 18, 2022 A new housing development proposal that would tear down the popular restaurant Fish Market in San Mateo has been submitted to the city for review.
Local News Featured South San Francisco moves forward with new 292-unit building Corey Browning Daily Journal staff Updated Jun 19, 2022 A 292-unit apartment building planned to replace an aging industrial facility near Highway 101 in South San Francisco gained unanimous Plannin…
+2 Local News Belmont approves large affordable housing site Curtis Driscoll Daily Journal staff May 12, 2022 A 125-unit development that would demolish the Bel Mateo Motel in Belmont has received City Council approval, with its members excited about i…
Local News Featured Hillsdale Inn redevelopment project in San Mateo hosting neighborhood meeting Updated Apr 13, 2025 A development proposal calling for the demolition of Hillsdale Inn in San Mateo to construct a new 230-unit apartment complex will hold an onl…
Local News Featured Rent in San Mateo County on the rise Corey Browning Daily Journal staff Apr 19, 2022 After tumbling amid the region’s work-from-home exodus, rents on the Peninsula are on an upward swing, nearing pre-pandemic levels in some cit…