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To get ACE trains to Sacramento, rail commission puts dozens of projects on hold

Sacramento is closer to getting a direct commuter rail link to Silicon Valley, but the first trains are now expected to arrive with fewer local stops than planners once proposed. The San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission is stopping work on proposed stations near Sacramento City College and near Acoma Street

Sutter County could allow ADUs up to 2,000 square feet

Rocklin Road/I-80 interchange project misses out on $25 million federal grant

Rocklin’s plan to rebuild the Rocklin Road interchange and construct a separate crossing over Interstate 80 for pedestrians and bicyclists has missed out on $25 million in federal funding, leaving the project’s construction schedule uncertain. The Placer County Transportation Planning Agency and Rocklin sought the money through the

Developer weighs other uses for Braden university site after UC Davis, Sacramento State pass

West Sacramento pauses work on long-planned riverfront streetcar project

West Sacramento has suspended additional work and spending on the long-planned Downtown Riverfront Streetcar project while city officials assess whether rising construction costs and uncertainty surrounding federal funding have threatened the project’s viability. The pause was disclosed in a staff report prepared for the City Council’s Aug.

Two decades after approval, Lennar advances 198-home Rancho Cordova project

Sacramento zoning overhaul could change where businesses open and how housing is built across the city

Small cafes, markets, gyms and offices could open on qualifying residential corner lots under a citywide zoning overhaul proposed by Sacramento planners. The city would also rewrite design standards for multiplexes and small apartment buildings in neighborhoods dominated by single-family homes. The proposal would allow taller housing near transit,

Sacramento County weighs sweeping zoning overhaul to spur infill housing

Sacramento County has spent years planning for thousands of homes along commercial corridors such as Watt Avenue, Florin Road and Stockton Boulevard. Most of them were never built. County planners are now preparing a zoning overhaul that could increase developer appetite by allowing taller apartment buildings, requiring less parking space,

Roseville planners to consider 58,000-square-foot Sierra View Shopping Center

Roseville planning commissioners will consider a proposal Thursday for a 58,210-square-foot shopping center in the city's growing western neighborhoods, with plans calling for a grocery store, three drive-through restaurants and a 24-hour fueling station. The proposed Sierra View Shopping Center would occupy 14.

281-unit affordable housing project advances in Rocklin

Inside the latest construction progress at Sacramento Railyards

A year ago, much of the northern end of Sacramento’s Railyards was still in the grading phase with construction equipment scattered around an 18-acre site. By July 28, steel for Kaiser Permanente’s new hospital had climbed several stories above Railyards Boulevard and a concrete parking garage was

Sutter County sends 1-cent sales tax measure to November ballot

Sutter County voters will decide this November whether to raise the countywide sales tax by one percentage point, after the Board of Supervisors unanimously placed a measure on the ballot that officials say could generate about $22.5 million a year for local government services. The Board voted 5-0