It's election day and with it comes a ballot packed with key decisions for Santa Clara County, though voter turnout is expected to be pretty low.

Mayoral candidate Rose Herrera spent the night in the hospital the day before the primary.

Lax oversight has allowed people to take advantage of the city’s home loan help programs, according to an internal audit up for discussion at the City Council this week.

Influential voices on urban planning from the 1970s should be used for context when we talk about reshaping San Jose's parks—especially St. James Park.

State Assembly candidate, Milpitas Councilman and San Jose budget director Armando Gomez has found himself the target of an increasing number of union-funded hit pieces. And just about all of them are wildly misleading.

The two-hour drive between Silicon Valley’s southern tip and Coalinga is a descent from heaven to hell, Andy Hsia-Coron says. It’s a landscape—stark and lifeless—that he’d like to prevent from taking shape in San Benito County, his home of nearly three decades. Whether that’s even a threat is a subject of contention.

The city seeks to endorse a legislative proposal that would ensure people get adequate mental health and addiction treatment.

John Vasconcellos, California's longest continuously serving lawmaker who represented the Silicon Valley for 38 years until he termed out in 2004, died over the weekend.

Silicon Valley is observing Memorial Day with somber speeches, ceremonies and flag planting at cemeteries.

The San Jose Police Department dispatch logs for May 10-20 include a 9mm-wielding meth courier, a mysteriously sparked fire and a machete attack.

Santa Clara County filed a joint lawsuit with Orange County against the world’s five largest drug manufacturers, accusing the companies of waging a “campaign of deception” directly responsible for a national prescription drug epidemic.

Magdalena Carrasco’s campaign on Thursday accused San Jose Councilman Xavier Campos of hiring a private investigator to follow her and her children. Campos' office had no comment.

Josué Garcia, a lobbyist who previously worked in Councilmember Xavier Campos' office, is once again trying to get around a policy designed to prevent former city workers and elected officials from holding undue influence on public projects.

Parents of Audrie Pott, the Saratoga teen who committed suicide after being sexually assaulted by classmates, are furious about a political mailer that makes it look like they support Kevin Jensen in the Santa Clara County sheriff’s race.

Prosecutors will seek the death penalty against the man accused of killing Morgan Hill teenager Sierra LaMar, the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office announced Monday.

After years trying to grapple with the proliferation of cannabis clubs in San Jose, city leaders will finally vote on a sweeping regulatory ordinance that threatens to shut down the bulk of local collectives.