An effort to help young people of color develop their voices and go to college could soon lead to structural changes in the legal system.

President Obama dropped by Stanford University Friday to talk tech, business and polities at the seventh annual Global Entrepreneurship Summit.

With the primary election only weeks away, presidential candidate Bernie Sanders drew a diverse crowd Wednesday to the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds.

If State Assemblyman Kansen Chu (D-San Jose) gets his way on daylight saving time, we'll never have to reset our clocks again.

Somewhere between the dancing leprechaun, adult film star, Miss Universe and broadcasting ventriloquists, some actual football conversations took place.

The San Jose SaberCats, the reigning Arena Football League champions and city’s most decorated pro sports franchise, are on the verge of extinction

The Greater and Greener Conference, a leading international symposium for urban parks, takes place in San Francisco next month.

President Barack Obama delivered a speech focusing on cybersecurity Friday at Stanford University, before signing an executive order intended to facilitate a dialogue between tech companies and the government.

If you haven’t recently visited your neighborhood park or one of San Jose’s signature parks, you are among the majority of citizens. Our parks encounter much less traffic during the winter than the rest of the year.

A curious cultural taboo has been openly flouted over the last two decades in San Jose, and it seems one local institution could soon double down.

City and county governments must operate with less money, while citizens still expect the same level of services. Two recent partnerships show great work can still be done in this new paradigm.

Summer is officially over and it seems like an appropriate time to reflect on the activities, challenges and accomplishments of the past few months, along with the people who really distinguished themselves by their work.

I have been to Chicago many times, but while visiting in August I was given a special tour of several parks, courtesy of Gia Biagi, chief of staff for the Chicago Park District. San Jose would do well to model its park system after the Windy City.

Once a park or trail is abandoned by families and children, it begins to become marginalized and eventually can become dangerous.

A coordinated effort to address some of St. James Park’s problems took place this summer. The process was a little convoluted and had some fits and starts, but the early results have been encouraging.

August 26 marks a turning point in the history of the struggle for equal treatment of women and women’s rights, and it’s appropriate to ask this week: How far have we really come?