The VTA will dump a contractor after permitting issues and a busted gas line put a major project behind schedule and over budget.

An investigation into the Santa Clara Valley Water District has identified conflicts of interest between the public agency and consultant RMC Water and Environment, as well as allegations of fraudulent billing.

In Santa Clara County, 1,028 people have a rental subsidy in hand but no place to use it, leaving them in shelters or on the streets.

Spark Charter School, where a teacher’s aide was arrested on suspicion of molestation, is closed until all employees undergo background checks.

As part of a regional effort to move people off the streets and into stable housing, the city of San Jose will consider building a “transitional community” for at least 100 people.

An individual or group claiming to be the hacktivist collective Anonymous has shut down all websites operated by Embarcadero Media Group.

Santa Clara County has sued the lead contractor hired to expand Valley Medical Center. The lawsuit accuses Turner Construction of falling behind schedule and driving the $300 million project over budget.

It’s been a banner year for burrowing owls, which have been boinking their way to a better future.

A public interest lawsuit that paints one property owner as an unrepentant slumlord reflects a growing power imbalance between landlords and tenants.

Santa Clara County locked a contractor out of the Valley Medical Center work site, blaming Turner Construction for delays and safety issues.

In what’s becoming a disturbing annual tradition at Levi’s Stadium, another sports fan was severely beaten at a San Francisco 49ers season opener.

A few years after upping the minimum wage to the double-digits, San Jose will consider raising it again.

Following the beating death of a mentally ill inmate, Santa Clara County leaders have called for a top-to-bottom investigation of local jails.

San Jose’s Ethics Commission has launched an investigation into dozens of elected leaders and candidates who flouted local election law.

Just six days after the House Committee on Ethics extended its investigation into Mike Honda, his campaign appears to have broken another law.

San Jose’s City Clerk barely squeaked by with her job after coming under fire for misguiding candidates about local election law.