In response to years of community requests to calm traffic and improve safety, the city of San Jose is conducting a three-month “road diet” trial on Lincoln Avenue between Minnesota and Coe avenues.

Just hours after George Shirakawa Jr.'s attorneys filed motions for his political mail fraud trial, the ex-county supervisor reversed course and entered a no contest plea to one count of false personation.

Ex-county supervisor George Shirakawa Jr. attempted to pull strings from jail last year, according to new court filings from his political mail fraud trial. And in what could become a showdown over the use of the Fifth Amendment, the District Attorney's office plans to offer former San Jose Councilman Xavier Campos immunity in exchange for his testimony.

The Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office plans to obtain cellphone spying equipment to track suspected criminals and find missing people.

A proposed bill would give cities authority to regulate pedestrian right-of-ways, which would help San Jose enforce curfews and other rules at the Communications Hill staircases.

Houslets, a project offering open-source prototypes of tiny homes, is one of nine San Jose finalists vying for a slice of $5 million in grant money being distributed across the country by the Knight Cities Challenge.

The seams of Nora Campos’ carefully curated public image are unraveling at a garish pace. A year after San Jose Inside first reported that the San Jose assemblywoman had lost control of her office—firing employees at an unprecedented clip, wasting a half-million dollars for constituent services—a new source has come forward with details about the embarrassing state of affairs.

Presidents Day means a day off for millions of school kids and some of their parents. All but a few government offices are closed. Patriotic and historical groups are staging re-enactments. Retailers are taking advantage of the holiday to lure in shoppers with sales.

President Barack Obama delivered a speech focusing on cybersecurity Friday at Stanford University, before signing an executive order intended to facilitate a dialogue between tech companies and the government.

Mayor Sam Liccardo’s pet project to have home security cameras feed into a San Jose Police Department registry will soon get off the ground. But not everyone shares his enthusiasm.

If the rhetoric is fiercest on the brink of a breakthrough, maybe the latest set of demands from San Jose's public safety unions portends progress in their labor negotiations with the city. Or not.

Thanks to a pair of whistleblowers, who filed a federal claim on behalf of the county and other government entities in 2011, Iron Mountain has to repay $44.5 million. Some $575,000 of that amount goes to Santa Clara County.

Foothill College’s Linda Thor helped change state law so community colleges can begin offering four-year degrees.

Property owners who commit their land to agricultural use could qualify for sizable tax breaks under a plan up for discussion Tuesday at the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors meeting.

Nora Campos has a history of losing her temper—and staff and money, as a result—but now the assemblymember for San Jose's East Side has a new accomplishment: wrongly accusing fellow Democrats of perpetrating a rigged election.

City officials are investigating whether San Jose Police Chief Larry Esquivel and his command staff violated rules on accepting improper gifts, San Jose Inside has learned.