NAACP chapter president Rev. Jethroe Moore accused the head of the Santa Clara County sheriff deputies union of sending racist texts.

The nomination period is open through March 9 for candidates running in the June 2018 primary election.

Victims of last year’s Coyote Creek flood held a second news conference last week to talk about why they're suing local agencies.

Now that San Jose has settled on a price for several properties Google wants to buy, it’s up to the City Council to approve the agreement.

Sam Liccardo touted the city’s collaborative ethos and acknowledged its struggle to address housing affordability in his annual address.

The Bay Area Municipal Elections Committee has announced early endorsements for three candidates running in the June primaries.

Bay Area News Group—the chain that includes the Merc and South Bay community newspapers—went through another downsizing.

Recent ICE crackdowns on South Bay businesses have spread panic in the community, according to immigrant advocates.

County Supervisor Joe Simitian turned the State of the County address into a rallying cry against President Trump’s harmful agenda.

San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo endorsed former Los Angeles mayor and state Assembly Speaker Antonio Villaraigosa for governor.

Some 150 victims of the 2017 Coyote Creek flood are suing San Jose, Santa Clara County and the Santa Clara Valley Water District.

Caltrans cleared out one of the largest homeless encampments in San Jose on Monday, drawing a bevy of protesters to the early morning sweep.

San Jose Councilman Johnny Khamis wants to take back a vote to expand the scope of a hotly debated 30-plus-member advisory board.

The SCCOE board has its pick of five candidates to replace Michael Chang, who resigned as board president in December.

It was another hard week for local journalists, as several Bay Area News Group employees accepted buyouts in exchange for leaving their jobs.

All but one of the candidates vying for county Supervisor Ken Yeager’s seat have surpassed the quarter-million dollar fundraising mark.