Janet Gray Hayes, San Jose’s first female mayor and the first woman to lead a major US city, died Monday in the Saratoga home she shared with her daughter.

The San Jose Police Department blotter for April 14-15 includes carjackings, a shooting and several robberies.

Congressman Mike Honda (D-San Jose) has had a rough week. First, a social media snafu, then a revelation that could become fodder for opponents as the campaign heats up.

In unanimous vote Tuesday, the City Council OK'd a lease agreement with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

The San Jose Police Department blotter for April 10-13 includes a road-raging assailant, a mystery shooter and a home invasion that ended with several arrests.

The San Jose Police Department blotter for April 6-9 includes gang suppression sweeps, a physical assault and cellphone theft from a hotel restroom.

The San Jose Police Department blotter for April 3-5 includes a carjacking, gang suppression and a neighborhood meeting.

While George Shirakawa Jr. bides his time behind bars after admitting to filching public money, the price of defending him in court keeps ticking up as a second criminal case moves forward.

The San Jose Police Department blotter for March 30-31 includes a late night shooting downtown and a man who was shot while standing in his driveway.

Voters in San Jose will get another chance to hear from mayoral candidates this weekend at a city-sponsored forum.

Sam Liccardo still holds an enormous fundraising lead over his mayoral opponents six weeks ahead of the deadline to submit mail-in ballots, but he's closing in on the voluntary expenditure limit as other candidates catch up.

More than half a century after the three Century Theater domes—21, 22 and 23—opened on Winchester Boulevard, their lease is up and the future is uncertain.

It’s been two decades since water officials have asked the public to cut back this much on water consumption. But with reservoirs at just a third of capacity and rain a rarity aside from the last couple weeks, the Santa Clara Valley Water District (SCVWD) is asking residents to dial down water use by 20 percent.

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A union-backed poll for the San Jose mayor's race can be read many ways, but the percentage of undecided voters stands out most.

E-books used to focus on niche topics geared toward small, zany readerships, which made for riveting titles such as Abraham Lincoln in the Kitchen or The Hidden Power of Adjustment Layers in Adobe Photoshop. Now e-books cover the gamut, and the Santa Clara County Library District announced this week that it has 46,000 digital titles in its collection, including pop culture favorites like Wolf of Wall Street and 50 Shades of Grey—you know, if you’re into corporate barbarism or Penthouse letters.