SAN JOSE, CA-Camera Cinemas, which shows mostly independent films, is closing two of its three downtown theaters here in order to remodel the a downtown movie complex vacated by United Artists in January.

SAN JOSE, CA-Software titan Cisco Systems says it will help two nonprofit groups raise $100 million to protect open space - so long as the groups agree not to sue them over its controversial proposed Coyote Valley project.

SAN JOSE, CA-Office construction is up 64% statewide, with most of the activity taking place in Santa Clara and San Francisco counties, according to a recent report by the Construction Industry Research Board, which is predicting "quite a bit" of a slowdown.

SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CA-Development of more than 25,000 acres here and in San Mateo County--both development hotspots for Silicon Valley--may be limited due to a U .S. Fish and Wildlife plan to protect the Bay Checkerspot butterfly.

SAN JOSE, CA-The ceremonial groundbreaking for the $178-million Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library will take place this Friday. It is a joint effort between the city and San Jose State University.

PALO ALTO, CA-Stanford West is a bastion of affordable housing in an area where there is precious little. Some one-bedroom apartments rent for as little as $794 a month, but range as high as $1,930 depending on the renter's income and job classification.

PLEASANTON, CA-Two years after consolidating local operations here from various locations in Alameda, Roche Molecular Systems is seeking approvals to develop a 255,000-sf headquarters building here in the Hacienda Business Park. Still, it can see another move in its future.

PLEASANTON, CA-Enron Corp. wants to build an emergency power plant here in order to avoid a repeat of this summer's blackouts and outages. Area residents were sent notice late last week of a Nov. 8 meeting to discuss the issue.