The backlash against Greer Stone stems from the way he defended his brother, a convicted child abuser, at a sentencing hearing.

The complaint is part of a broader trend of CEQA litigation delaying desperately needed housing development throughout the state.

Ruben Torres brings 33 years of experience to the job, which takes him from an equivalent position at the Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department.

Proponents framed the project as exactly the type of development that San Jose needs to correct its stubborn jobs-housing imbalance.

The city manager will resign after barely a year-and-a-half on the job, marking the fourth time in two years that the position has been vacated.

You might think a political party riven with infighting would be in a bad spot politically. But California Democrats are doing just fine.

State Sen. Jim Beall and Assemblyman Ash Kalra have asked the state to make the property available for a university housing highrise.

Planning commissioners rejected the mosque as proposed and directed staff to return with plans for a drastically scaled-down project.

The East Side school district hammered for years by investigations and claims of corruption took yet another hit in the latest state audit.

The SCUSD board has unanimously chosen a successor to Stanley Rose as he brings his near-half-century career in education to a close.

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.