new at 730 tonight, the stanford shopping center there in palo alto has announced some big plans for major redevelopment. the plan is set for the north side of the center, so that's near the intersection of el camino real and sand hill road. it will feature two brand new restaurants, zaytinya, an eastern mediterranean eatery, and also an asian dumpling spot called dumpling time. the development will also include 78,000ft!s of repurposed retail and dining. the new and improved section of the center is set to open later this year. [music] coming up tonight, concerns after that refinery fire in the east bay will tell you about what the company has just told local health officials about dave's been very excited about saving big with the comcast business 5-year price lock guarantee. five years? -five years. and he's not alone. -high five. it's five years of reliable gig speed internet. five years of advanced securit. five years of a great rate that won't change. it's back. but only for a limited time. high five. five years? -nope. comcast business 5-year price lock guarantee. powering five

the stanford shopping center in palo alto has announced plans for a major redevelopment. the plan is set for the north side of the shopping center, right near the intersection of el camino real and sand hill. it will feature two new restaurants, zaytinya, an eastern mediterranean eatery, and an asian dumpling spot, dumpling time. the development will also include 78,000ft!s of repurposed retail and dining. the new and improved section of the center is scheduled to open later this year. san jose's mayor is considering a plan to address the city's deficit by shifting tax dollars. the mayor says $60 million shortfall can be cut by two thirds by changing the use of measure e funds. the tax on the transfer of properties above $2 million pays for construction on permanent affordable housing. now, the mayor is asking the city council to vote to make the change. advocates for the homeless are split on the idea. >> them stay out there in the fields and the streets is inhumane. we have a humanitarian crisis. we have to act accordingly. >> for those working families, for the veterans

the open concept is similar to stanford shopping center and santana row. our goal is to, you know, create a new kind of urban neighborhood, urban village, if you will, that will, you know, have retail and office and residential, all in a mix of, of uses. some big plans here. the final plans are expected to be submitted in april and have to be r reviewedy the san mateo city council. well, let's move on. being in the bay area, we tetend to see the future of technology first. a few years ago it was driverless cars. now we're talking flying cars. this is an update to an exclusive story we did about two years ago. a bay area company is working on a car that could eventually hit the road. and you see it here, the skies. the company is called alev aeronautics, based in san mateo. they recently gave us an exclusive demo of the prototype. this is out in half moon bay. you can see the car coming off the ground and then flying over that suv. this is the mesh. this body is actually turning into a wing. it's a special wing shaped body. yeah. we first reported on alev a

i'm thinking stanford shopping center outdoors, santana row in the south bay, outdoors and with housing. is that where hillsdale is going? yeah. you see a lot of the outdoors think stanford, stanford, a lot of residences. think santana row, even commercial sort of bringing everything together. so you're not just dependent on shoppers. okay. and speaking of the shoppers, any reaction from people? i'm one of the shoppers there. i like that idea. yeah. and the people we talked to like it too. they have flocked to that north part. you get a lot of the outdoor area right there, very outdoor. so you can see a fountain, you can see restaurants. the apple store is there. it's all very open. and we saw a lot o families with kids. easier to do that outdoors, especially on a nice day than indoors. and they say, hey, more of this. we'll take it. okay. how long is this makeover going to take? is this a ten month project or a five year project? it could be a while. they've got to tear down that whole southern thing anywhere south of like, 31st street is going to be torn down and remade. the plans exp