A ¼-cent sales tax will bring in $40 million a year to San Jose’s general fund, which will help restore vital city services.

Women often feel we should support other women running for office. But a few local female candidates prove the importance of substance over sisterhood.

San Jose's low-income families are in a rougher spot today than 30 years ago. We can flip this script by working together to strengthen public education.

Actors Max Carver, Danny Glover and Kendrick Sampson spoke at South Bay college campuses Thursday to rally support for Bernie Sanders' campaign.

The Santa Clara Valley Water District plans to flatten trees and dig a huge flood basin in a heavily visited open space preserve. The project is a fraud.

One of Rep. Mike Honda’s top money bundlers stepped in it this week.

Tuesday is Equal Pay Day, which correlates to how many additional days in the year women have to work to earn as much as men for the same job.

A proposal to allow San Jose’s landlords to evict renters based on an arrest got little support at a recent housing commission meeting.

The chances of Donald Trump becoming President of the United States has some people jumpy. But jumpy enough to move to Canada?

Delegates at the California Democratic Convention held last month in San Jose reaffirmed the rights of transgender people.

When it comes to popular support for housing the homeless, there are two types of people: those who want it, and those who want it somewhere else.

SJPD has a White privilege problem, which starts and ends with officer Phil White. But if not addressed properly it could infect the rest of the force.

San Jose made a bold move to help the homeless by implementing California's “shelter crisis” code. By most accounts, it appears to be working.

Santa Clara needs to come to terms with its new identity as a big city and update the way it does business.

In the South Bay—the actual Super Bowl City—it was “don't ask don't tell” when it came to the issue of homelessness.

Making San Jose easier to swallow for Middle America’s diabetic masses shouldn't involve sanitizing the streets of local color.