Lieutenant Gov. Gavin Newsom swung through the South Bay to talk about education, tech, income inequality, Trump and more.

NAACP chapter president Rev. Jethroe Moore accused the head of the Santa Clara County sheriff deputies union of sending racist texts.

Now that San Jose has settled on a price for several properties Google wants to buy, it’s up to the City Council to approve the agreement.

Bay Area News Group—the chain that includes the Merc and South Bay community newspapers—went through another downsizing.

Some 150 victims of the 2017 Coyote Creek flood are suing San Jose, Santa Clara County and the Santa Clara Valley Water District.

San Jose Councilman Johnny Khamis wants to take back a vote to expand the scope of a hotly debated 30-plus-member advisory board.

The SCCOE board has its pick of five candidates to replace Michael Chang, who resigned as board president in December.

All but one of the candidates vying for county Supervisor Ken Yeager’s seat have surpassed the quarter-million dollar fundraising mark.

Incumbents in the San Jose mayoral and council races reported significant fundraising leads, according to campaign filings posted this week.

Immigration-related workplace retaliation claims have seen a dramatic increase in Santa Clara County and the rest of the state.

San Jose may finally decide to remove a Christopher Columbus statue from City Hall, where it has been the target of repeated vandalism.

San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo has resigned in protest from an FCC advisory committee that focuses on broadband deployment.

The 4C Council child care nonprofit is under fire once again—this time for allegedly cheating employees out of retirement benefits.

Santa Clara County, which plays a key role in regional disaster response, is mulling the idea of using AI to brace for future emergencies.

The San Jose City Council on Tuesday will discuss controversial June ballot initiative to build senior homes in the east hills.

Thousands paraded through downtown San Jose on Saturday morning to mark the anniversary of the Women’s March.