A decade after acquiring a slice of a former agricultural research site at 90 N. Winchester Boulevard from the state, the city of Santa Clara has revived plans to redevelop it.

San Jose may strengthen civilian oversight of its police force by allowing the Independent Police Auditor to review internal investigations.

Family and friends of a man shot dead by San Jose State University police have spoken out against a decision not to charge the officer.

A new study that bills itself as the most comprehensive of its kind has put a price tag on homelessness in Santa Clara County.

Voters in north San Jose's District 4 will be able to cast ballots for their chosen City Council candidate as early as this week.

After three years of emotional pleas and legal wrangling, the fate of Buena Vista Mobile Home Park comes down to a final vote.

Two friends have opened San Jose's first-ever cat cafe, called The Dancing Cat, to promote adoptions for local shelters.

The legal age to buy cigarettes may soon level up to the drinking age—at least for unincorporated Santa Clara County.

San Jose could create a dedicated oversight office for local medical marijuana collectives, much like the Division of Gaming Control that monitors the city's two casinos.

Good Karma Bikes is part of a growing number of groups in Silicon Valley to merge cycling and social justice, or treat them as though they were always connected.

The longstanding perception that San Jose police disproportionately target certain racial minorities was confirmed last week. While African Americans and Latinos make up about a third of the city, they account for two-thirds of traffic stops.

As San Jose's burgeoning rents price out longtime residents, force some into homelessness and others to double-up with parents in multi-generational households, city officials are talking about how to bolster local regulations to help tenants.

San Jose will remain home base for the Sharks, putting to rest rumors that the hockey club could up and move to another city.

City officials will consider reducing local speed limits and ramping up enforcement to curb traffic fatalities, which rival the annual number of homicides in San Jose.

Just last weekend, a bystander recorded a group of San Jose police officers wailing on a 22-year-old man in San Jose’s East Side. While the circumstances of the arrest are under review, the video has gone viral.

A state lawmaker thinks there should be a warning label for potentially unconstitutional citizen initiatives, like the infamous "kill the gays" bill.