Paper and plastics tossed by U.S. consumers into their blue bins have been piling up ever since China tightened import restrictions.

Someone fell to his death early Thursday at downtown San Jose’s Silvery Towers, a project already tainted by claims of wage theft and slavery.

While San Jose rakes in $10 million-plus a year in tax revenue from cannabis, Santa Clara County is leaning toward prohibition.

The DA says it won’t file criminal charges against Santa Clara Councilman Dominic Caserta, who resigned amid allegations of sexual misconduct.

The 643-unit Silvery Towers climbing 22 stories into the sky from the heart of San Jose have become a monument to unfettered greed.

Some Silicon Valley residents have received a letter threatening to expose some secret unless they’re paid a small fortune in Bitcoin.

An audit exposing mismanagement at San Jose’s Police Activities League has officials debating whether to bring it under the city’s control.

Santa Clara prevailed in a legal battle with the San Francisco 49ers over how much the team should pay to rent the city-owned Levi’s Stadium.

Today is the deadline for candidates hoping to run for more than 100 local offices in the November election.

An appeals court on Wednesday rejected Brock Turner’s bid for a new trial and upheld his conviction for sexual assault and attempted rape.

Stanford professor Michele Dauber has carried the momentum from a high-profile judicial recall campaign into local activism.

Santa Clara County will host a series of events through the rest of the month to raise awareness about human trafficking.

San Jose officials are debating a few measures to bring to voters this fall, including a bond measure and some charter amendments.

Stanford has issued an urgent call for all blood donations because of higher-than-normal hospital usage and a seasonal drop in donations. 

Last month, 4Cs failed to pay its child care providers on time, violating the terms of their state grants and putting payees in a tough spot.

While state agencies have undergone a reckoning over sexual harassment, local governments have largely escaped scrutiny—until now.