MiraCosta Community College District begins $500M improvement project
The MiraCosta Community College District has broken ground on a $500-million project to upgrade classrooms, add parking spaces and construct new buildings, and other...
California removes roadblocks to university housing construction
California Construction News staff writer
Taking on the “misuse of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)” to obstruct housing projects, Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed...
Stockton breaks ground on $17-million groundwater recharge project
California Construction News staff writer
The City of Stockton officially broke ground on a $17 million Groundwater Recharge Project at the Delta Water Treatment Plant...
Newsom signs housing bills to speed construction, despite opposition from L.A. mayor
California Construction News staff writer
Governor Gavin Newsom has signed Senate Bill 79 and a package of related housing measures aimed at cutting red tape...
California’s B.F. Sisk Dam’s $1-billion expansion underway
California Construction News staff writer
A $1 billion project to expand the B.F. Sisk Dam in California’s Central Valley was approved in October by the...
San Francisco introduces new records request Form, electronic plan review online info sessions
California Construction News staff writer
The San Francisco department of building inspections is now issuing building permits, job cards and certificates of final completion and...
San Diego city council to hold public hearing on mayor’s proposal for 1,000-bed homeless...
California Construction News staff writer
San Diego city council will hold a public hearing on Mayor Todd Gloria's proposal to build a 1,000-bed homeless shelter...
Oakland to sell city’s share of the Coliseum to the African American Sports and...
California Construction News staff writer
The City of Oakland will sell its half of the Coliseum property to the African American Sports and Entertainment Group...
Santa Clarita contractor arraigned for 21 felony counts of forgery, theft, and fraud
Adan Deniz, 43, a contractor from Santa Clarita, has been on 21 felony counts of forgery, theft by false pretense, and workers’ compensation insurance...
Metro seeking public input on $400 billion transportation plan
The Metro’s board of directors authorized the release of the updated draft 2020 Long Range Transportation Plan, a $400-billion, 30-year transportation blueprint for Los...
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Former South Lake Tahoe construction office manager convicted of embezzling $1.4 million
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A former office manager and controller at a family-owned construction company in South Lake Tahoe has been convicted of embezzling...
Coast Aluminum building $42M Fresno manufacturing site
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Coast Aluminum broke ground last week on a new 163,000-sq. ft. manufacturing and distribution facility near Peach and McKinley Avenues,...
Former CAL FIRE property in Riverside being transformed into affordable housing
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Construction has stafted on Mulberry Gardens, a new affordable housing community on a former California Department of Forestry and Fire...
