San Jose Inside

Five years after Gov. Jerry Brown signed the FAIR Education Act, California’s public schools are now rolling LGBTQ history into the coursework.

A former Santa Clara County jail guard was arrested on suspicion of beating an inmate years ago, raising concerns about what took so long.

A veteran San Jose police officer was arrested Tuesday for allegedly leaking sensitive information to a Vietnamese street gang.

A spate of new laws will reduce penalties for minors as part of a push by policymakers to keep kids out of the criminal justice system.

As the capital of Silicon Valley, San Jose is at the heart of the innovation economy. But are we creating enough opportunities for upward mobility?

Ragged roads in the South Bay cost the average driver $2,471 a year in wear and tear, crashes and congestion-related delays.

Santa Clara County residents didn’t have to vote for Bernie Sanders to get a free college education—they just have to get arrested.

To curb avian collisions, San Jose will consider requiring builders to abide by bird-friendly architectural guidelines.

After an era of quiet compared to the so-called timber wars of the 1980s and ’90s, conflict over logging in Northern California forests has returned.

Contractors might have plowed through ancient human remains had it not been for a local journalist alerting the county to its glaring oversight.

Disability rights activist Robert Fettgather examines the history of Agnews Developmental Center and the troubling intersection of disability and profit.

Former Santa Clara Mayor Patricia Mahan, who’s again running for City Council, has been accused of failing to register as a lobbyist.

Congressman Mike Honda has an inauspicious anniversary on the horizon, as his ethics scandal approaches its second year.

A local reform group has proposed a plan to divert people with serious mental illness out of Santa Clara County jails and into treatment.

Santa Clara County court workers called off a strike that halted all but essential services at local courthouses for nearly two weeks.