SAN JOSE, CA-About a dozen locals met with Mayor Ron Gonzales and Downtown Councilwoman Cindy Chavez late last month to express concerns that the development could spill over into their tranquil, tree-lined streets.

TRACY, CA-Today, this town on the easternmost edge of Silicon Valley juggles an agricultural and residential nature. But developers of the Tracy Gateway business park see the town as a future industrial player.

SUNOL, CA-Save our Sunol filed suit against the city and county of San Francisco, the legal owner of the site on which Mission Valley Rock Co. proposes to build the mining operation.

PALO ALTO, CA-Two foundations sponsored by the Packard family will help fund two separate Silicon Valley projects: a new medical center at Stanford University, and five day-care centers for the Redwood City School District.

SUNNYVALE, CA-The streaming-media firm is unveiling this week its new Network Operations Center, located on its current campus here on Almanor Avenue. The 3,000-sf center will house the publicly-traded company's customer service and network operations employees.

SAN MATEO, CA-Snyder Langston and Pacific Bay Homes LLC have a green light to break ground on a 57,000-sf office building near the base of the San Mateo Bridge. Construction is expected to begin later this year.

DUBLIN, CA-The store will be located at 7499 Dublin Blvd., on an approximately 5-acre parcel that once housed Shamrock Ford. Officials at Safeway and AutoNation, which owns the dealership, confirmed the deal this week but did not specify dollar figures.

PALO ALTO, CA-Citing a need to examine a proposed 99-year moratorium for 2,000 acres of foothills surrounding Stanford University, Santa Clara County supervisors will delay a decision on the school's proposed 10-year land-use plan.