San Jose Inside

A 23-year veteran of the San Jose Fire Department has been promoted to temporarily lead the agency until the city manager appoints a permanent chief.

MLB’s Bud Selig admitted the committee he formed to study the Athletic’s relocation to San Jose was an all-around bust.

Dave Cortese, the recently appointed president of the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, will deliver the State of the County address Tuesday.

The City Council on Tuesday will discuss the plan, which would create a new department to help people who qualify for relief under President Obama’s executive action that shields 5 million immigrants from deportation and provides a path to legalization.

Palo Alto’s only remaining mobile home park faces closure, which would force out hundreds of mostly low-income residents. But Santa Clara County’s Board of Supervisors on Tuesday will consider putting up $8 million in seed money to help save the community.

The county will consider enlisting private sector help or adopting a full vote-by-mail system to speed up the vote count on election night.

A recent San Jose Inside story uncovered the hubris exhibited at the top levels of our city’s government. The piece shatters the mythology that “professional” governance is somehow better than elected leadership. But salacious details aside, the fact remains that San Jose will remain a second-class city until we adopt a strong-mayor form of government.

Anyone with the time and interest in learning about the inner workings of local government can sign up for a 10-week class through Santa Clara County.

A serial plaintiff and his attorney power couple are suing former Santa Clara mayor Eddie Souza over alleged violations of handicap accessibility laws.

Four months ago Fly detailed the swift decline in power of the Campos Clan. The process now appears near completion and Assemblymember Nora Campos (D-San Jose) is understandably desperate.

In his inaugural speech after being sworn in for his second term today, Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen highlighted the reforms made since taking office in 2011.

County education trustee and San Jose Inside columnist Joseph Di Salvo stirred up mixed reactions last week with his op-ed focusing on school nurses and a recently passed state law on how to address medical emergencies. Two letters to the editor lay out the different viewpoints.