As of this week, Santa Clara County will no longer collect a $40 fee from people who appeal their property assessment.

San Jose's top cop, Larry Esquivel, won't be out of work for long when he retires in January. He has lined up another job in Tracy.

Silicon Valley celebrated the opening of its own U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, a 35,000-square-foot wing of San Jose's City Hall.

San Jose police caught a suspected cat killer but need the public's help in identifying more victims.

While a growing number of states across the country are taking measures to make it more difficult to vote, Gov. Jerry Brown just made voter registration in California a breeze.

Santa Clara County is accepting applications for a commission that will examine local jails in response to the fatal beating of a mentally ill inmate.

What would make San Jose a better city? A good answer could win a slice of $5 million as part of the Knight Cities Challenge.

Local hoops fans got a little taste of life at the top, posing for photos with the Golden State Warriors’ championship trophy at San Jose's City Hall.

The U.S. Supreme Court killed San Jose’s hope of luring the Oakland A’s, rejecting the city’s antitrust claim against Major League Baseball.

The Golden State Warriors will swing by San Jose’s City Hall on Monday for a photo-op with their 2015 NBA Championship trophy.

Santa Clara County locked a contractor out of the Valley Medical Center work site, blaming Turner Construction for delays and safety issues.

San Jose’s Ethics Commission has launched an investigation into dozens of elected leaders and candidates who flouted local election law.

Today is Labor Day. Have a great holiday and we’ll be back Tuesday.

A Santa Clara County grand jury indicted ex-San Francisco 49ers player Ray McDonald on one count of raping an intoxicated woman.

A shirtless man reportedly high on PCP led law enforcement on a freeway foot chase Tuesday morning, after a taser did little to slow him down.

After arresting a city staffer on suspicion of molesting a 15-year-old girl, San Jose police have asked for the public's help in identifying more victims.