San Jose—home to the highest concentration of Fortune 500 companies in the United States—is woefully underprepared for emergencies.

Council candidate Steve Brown crashed a press conference convened to denounce his views on discrimination against the LGBTQ community.

Santa Clara County will see 32 local initiatives on the Nov. 8 ballot. Here's a breakdown of those measures by county, city and district.

A San Jose State professor accused of sexually harassing a student was placed on leave—five months after an investigation into the allegations ended.

Santa Clara’s police union threatened to opt out of working San Francisco 49ers games because of Colin Kaepernick's recent comments.

Brock Turner walked out of jail after three months of incarceration for sexually assaulting a woman last year after a campus party.

District Attorney Jeff Rosen will deliver a presentation about his 2015 tour of German prisons, which are considered a model of progressivism.

To address a critical police staffing shortage, San Jose is expected to suspend union protections to reassign detectives back to patrol.

Campbell Councilman Jeffrey Cristina was arrested earlier this week on suspicion of domestic violence, according to city officials.

A veteran San Jose police officer was arrested Tuesday for allegedly leaking sensitive information to a Vietnamese street gang.

A spate of new laws will reduce penalties for minors as part of a push by policymakers to keep kids out of the criminal justice system.

To curb avian collisions, San Jose will consider requiring builders to abide by bird-friendly architectural guidelines.

Contractors might have plowed through ancient human remains had it not been for a local journalist alerting the county to its glaring oversight.

A local reform group has proposed a plan to divert people with serious mental illness out of Santa Clara County jails and into treatment.

Santa Clara County court workers called off a strike that halted all but essential services at local courthouses for nearly two weeks.

The city has two options for the Evans Lane site: one would house people by next summer, the other would add affordable homes in the long-term.