Anyone with the time and interest in learning about the inner workings of local government can sign up for a 10-week class through Santa Clara County.

A serial plaintiff and his attorney power couple are suing former Santa Clara mayor Eddie Souza over alleged violations of handicap accessibility laws.

In his inaugural speech after being sworn in for his second term today, Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen highlighted the reforms made since taking office in 2011.

San Jose's medical marijuana regulations have whittled down the number of pot clubs from upward of 80 last year to just 21 by last count.

After 29 years with the San Jose Fire Department, interim Chief Ruben Torres will retire from his post at the end of the month. But he's taking a similar job just 30 miles away.

This Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the 'Freedom Train' will take its last right, ending a three-decade civil rights tradition.

The San Jose Police Department will hold another community meeting Saturday about its drone, an unmanned GoPro-strapped quadricopter it acquired early last year without public input.

Now that a federal appeals court has upheld Major League Baseball's exemption from antitrust laws, San Jose will likely take its case to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Xavier Campos has made the predictable shift from councilman to "facilitating relationships" for Ford & Bonilla, a lobbying and consulting firm with extensive ties to the Campos family.

Councilman Don Rocha is calling for a management review that could reveal more details about more information about recent dysfunction in the city manager's office.

Last fall, the Knight Foundation asked 26 communities across the country: How would you make your city more successful? The answers are in, and nine submissions from San Jose were named finalists.

San Jose will consider creating its own immigration office to support residents who may qualify for deportation relief under President Obama's newly expanded immigration policy.

The race to succeed former San Jose Councilman Kansen Chu—and by extension his interim replacement, appointed council member Margie Matthews—begins in earnest at noon today.

San Jose Inside has learned that allegations of inappropriate relationships, threats of violence and overzealous internal investigations have split the city manager’s office into factions. On Friday, the office's third top-level executive will resign—but not before parting with a $100,000 severance package.

San Jose's newly sworn-in Mayor Sam Liccardo has named Councilwoman Rose Herrera his vice mayor through 2016.

In one of his first decrees as San Jose mayor, Sam Liccardo announced that he wants to expand the size of each City Council committee. But Councilman Don Rocha argues that while it's a good idea in theory, the move could have disastrous consequences.