After an election plagued by slow results, costly ballot misprints and the sudden resignation of a key top official, Santa Clara County is looking to improve its embattled Registrar of Voters Office.
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.
A serial plaintiff and his attorney power couple are suing former Santa Clara mayor Eddie Souza over alleged violations of handicap accessibility laws.
Now that a federal appeals court has upheld Major League Baseball's exemption from antitrust laws, San Jose will likely take its case to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Councilman Don Rocha is calling for a management review that could reveal more details about more information about recent dysfunction in the city manager's office.
Last fall, the Knight Foundation asked 26 communities across the country: How would you make your city more successful? The answers are in, and nine submissions from San Jose were named finalists.
San Jose will consider creating its own immigration office to support residents who may qualify for deportation relief under President Obama's newly expanded immigration policy.
In one of his first decrees as San Jose mayor, Sam Liccardo announced that he wants to expand the size of each City Council committee. But Councilman Don Rocha argues that while it's a good idea in theory, the move could have disastrous consequences.
The state attorney general's office will host public meetings this week on the contentious sale of six nonprofit hospitals—including two in Silicon Valley—to a multi-state, for-profit chain.
Contrary to prevailing notions about poverty, technology is vital to the unsheltered, says Allan Baez, a project manager for pilot phone service Mobile4All.
A throng of about 100 protesters rallied Thursday evening in a march from the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office to the San Jose Police Department. They had three demands.
A local nonprofit has helped defendants save a combined 1,862 years of incarceration by advocating for reduced sentencing, acquittals and rehabilitation.
