The District 10 councilman pitched the idea in a May 22 budget memo, citing a protest against a Google land-buy as the catalyst.

A proposal granting prosecutors on-demand access to inmate calls became a test of the county’s fidelity to its own oversight standards.

The project has been in the works for 13 years and is now in the final stages of approval.

Rich Tran says he’ll withdraw from the Santa Clara County supe race to pursue an even higher office.

County Assessor Larry Stone is suing over what he calls a stunningly flawed decision to give the NFL team a massive tax break.

SB 50 would have prevented cities from banning mid-rise apartments around public transit, but it failed to advance past a key committee.

The feds plan to open about 800,000 acres of public lands and underground federal mineral rights across across California to new oil drilling.

San Jose’s elected leaders are debating whether to endorse a state bill that would give Californians an alternative to mega-banks.

This will pull over $2.5 billion in federal grants from the $79 billion transportation project, which has never been fully funded.

San Jose’s homeless population went from 4,350 in 2017 to 6,172 this year. For Santa Clara County, it grew by 31 percent.

Once the grocery chain lost its free parking hook-up below “The 88,” everyone knew its days were numbered.   

A quiet push to give local prosecutors on-demand access to inmate phone calls has ignited a controversy over checks and balances.

Following Gov. Gavin Newsom’s moratorium on capital punishment, will California voters finally put the death penalty out of its misery?

If you made $82,643 and paid $5,000 to Sacramento, then for better or worse, you are the average California taxpayer.

Federal officials are reportedly refusing to meet with the California High-Speed Rail Authority after one of Trump’s Twitter tirades.

A unique proposal going before the council aims to give instructors at Santa Clara University a way to weather the affordability crisis.