The boost in pay in unincorporated Santa Clara County would last 180 days or until the Covid-19 public health emergency is terminated.

The new law didn’t fulfill promises of change, some say. Now the measure is starting to having ripple effects across the state.

The city convened panels last week to interview the first round of seven candidates, but who voted and the tallies remain a mystery.

An investigation found the directors had serious concerns about allegations of sexual harassment against Callender.

New Year’s resolutions aren’t for all. But for Silicon Valley influencers looking to the other side of this pandemic, they’re a start.

The impending ouster of North Side rep Lan Diep flips the one-vote advantage on the 11-member City Council from business to labor.

Mission City’s politics got flipped on its head this week when three newcomers came out ahead in their bids for City Council.

As election day nears, the competition over four Santa Clara City Council seats is heating up—and money is starting to pour in.

The Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment, and Expungement Act (MORE) is slated for a vote in the House later this month.

The SBLC reportedly passed the torch Tuesday, at least on an interim basis, to Jean Cohen, its first vice president.

Former San Jose Mayor Susan Hammer, a key figure in the revitalization of San Jose’s downtown, died Saturday at the age of 81.

Donald Trump’s message resonates with a surprisingly diverse set of Bay Area residents, many of whom feel cheated out of the region’s prosperity.

To help car-sharing take off in San Jose, the city plans to donate free parking to Zipcar for a year-and-a-half. The City Council will discuss the plan when it meets this week, along with a proposal to expand wireless Internet service in downtown.

Santa Clara County will consider an ordinance to punish employers for wage theft, a charge that would disqualify businesses from public contracts and give workers a formal recourse to lodge complaints against stingy bosses. The motion going before the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday would direct the county to come up with a draft ordinance over the coming months. Supervisor Dave Cortese brought forward the idea, citing a 2008 study by the National Employment Law Project that says two-thirds of the 4,387 low-wage workers polled in New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago were denied full compensation.

A federal ruling will dramatically cut the cost of out-of-state phone calls for Santa Clara County inmates, making it actually cheaper to dial long distance than local. The Federal Communications Commission handed down a directive this month that drops the price for inmates calling to another state by 85 percent, though it’s been met with legal opposition from the phone companies that have a monopoly on jail and prison telecommunications. Global Tel-Link, the service provider for the 700 phones at both Elmwood Jail in Milpitas and the main jail in San Jose, is asking a judge to delay the ruling.

Chuck Reed spent much of his eighth and final State of the City speech thanking his predecessors while noting that a mayor’s work goes on long after he or she leaves office. Noting that he and past elected officials in San Jose have stood “on the shoulders of giants,” Reed said the work he and the council have carried out in recent years must be viewed outside the prism of four-year term limits. “We have to think in much longer timeframes,” he said.