FREMONT, CA-The city council here is expected to approve a revised zoning law that would force late-operating businesses obtain $600 to $1,800 permits or close their doors at midnight.

LAFAYETTE, CA-Lotus Hotels wants the city to help replace its Hillside Inn and Suites here with a more upscale, 80-room facility aimed at business travelers; council members are thinking about it.

SANTA CLARA, CA-Slated for 50 acres adjacent its existing 28-acre campus, the facility will eventually include 1.5 million sf of hospital, clinic and medical office space, triple the space of its current digs.

SOUTH SAN JOSE-Talk about breaking ground. The Internet infrastructure firm chose dynamite over golden shovels to kick-off construction of its 300,000-sf development here. "That's what we do," a company source tells GlobeSt.

SAN JOSE, CA-Former mayor Janet Gray Hayes, ex-council members Walt Hays and Trixie Johnson and former planning commission chairman Brian Grayson say the proposed 20,000-worker campus is not worth its impact on the city.

MENLO PARK, CA-Warren E. "Ned" Spieker Jr., chairman of Spieker Properties will head up the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts' board of governors.

SAN FRANCISCO-A one-day event slated for Oct. 12 will have private-industry representatives touring the Presidio's commercial buildings and making energy-saving recommendations.

SAN JOSE, CA-The Pavilion, built in 1989 and revamped last year, is 75% occupied by AboveNet Communications. The three-story, eight-screen theater property is owned by United Artists.