San Jose Inside

In a 3-2 vote last week, Milpitas City Council ousted longtime City Attorney Mike Ogaz and his entire staff in a move to outsource his replacement.

Residents of north San Jose's Berryessa neighborhood have until 8 tonight to cast their vote for a new City Council member.

With more voters casting ballots by mail, Santa Clara County may start offering prepaid postage as soon as this fall.

Santa Clara County's homeless population fell by 14 percent since the last count two years ago, according to figures released Monday.

San Jose has reached multi-year agreements with all but one of its 11 employee unions, the city announced at the end of last week.

Days before the contract expires for the county's largest labor union, public hospital employees stage a "sick out" to demand higher pay.

San Jose’s favorite evening of equal-opportunity offending returns to The Stage on June 22, with Councilman Raul Peralez as the host of Monday Night Live!

A child porn and abuse scandal—as well as public scrutiny on how the county schools chief spends taxpayer dollars behind closed doors—has sent the Santa Clara County Office of Education into lockdown mode. The stonewalling includes violations of the Public Records Act.

The Santa Clara County Office of Education will form a task force to review the policies of Walden West Science Camp, which seems to have enabled an alleged child predator to work as a camp counselor for kids.

There is a new beginning in California for economic development and ending mass incarceration. Yesterday, Gov. Jerry Brown agreed to allot an additional $265 million to fund early education for low-income children.

Peninsula politicos received an unexpected surprise earlier this week, when word began to spread that Assemblyman Rich Gordon (D-Menlo Park) was throwing his support behind Marc Berman in his run for the State Assembly's 24th District seat.

Owners and employees of a Los Gatos nudist resort face criminal charges after authorities accused them of stealing water from a local creek.

The California Supreme Court decided Monday that local governments can require developers to supply a certain percentage of below-market-rate housing as a condition of building permits. The landmark ruling ends a years-long legal battle for San Jose.

Santa Clara County's Board of Supervisors will spend the entire week going over a $5.5 billion budget proposal for the coming fiscal year.

As new figures show average rents in San Jose have soared 54 percent since 2010, city officials are moving forward with plans to bolster rent control and tenant rights.