San Jose Inside

Voters have their pick of eight candidates in today's special election to fill San Jose's District 4 City Council seat.

Thanks to public support, including a special grant from the city, the newly rebranded Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley has weathered another financial storm.

Santa Clara County employed a performance-based funding model to provide shelter to chronically homeless residents.

George Shirakawa Jr. stole an election with a fraudulent mailer, and Judge Ron Del Pozzo called his sentence of 45 days community service "a win-win-win-win situation." That was far from the consensus.

Thousands of people and dozens of law enforcement agencies came to SAP Center on Thursday to honor the life of San Jose Police Officer Michael Johnson, who was killed in the line of duty last month. Below is a photo gallery of Thursday's memorial service. All photos were taken by Greg Ramar.

Thousands of people packed the SAP Center on Thursday to mourn the death of Officer Michael Johnson, who on March 24 became the 12th officer in San Jose's 166-year history to be killed in the line of duty.

A public memorial will be held Thursday at SAP Center to honor the life of Officer Michael Johnson, who was killed in the line of duty.

During a private meeting in Atherton, venture capitalist and former state controller Steve Westly told a few dozen tech execs, politicos and influence peddlers that he will run for governor of California in 2018.

Environmental nonprofit Healthy Alternatives to Pesticides takes legal action against Santa Clara County over pesticide spraying.

To encourage entrepreneurship and bring businesses into compliance, the city of San Jose may suspend permitting fees for all street vendors.

San Pedro Squared, a proposal to liven up a downtown San Jose parking garage with pop-up shops, won a sizable grant from the Knight Cities Challenge. Tim McCormick's Houslets project—prototyping and deploying tiny, low-cost modular homes—also won seed money.

The inflammatory rhetoric, misguided leadership and pro corporate charter school stance of county education trustee Joseph Di Salvo and others has set the stage for the current battle being waged in local school districts.

The city of San Jose plans to use its approach to dismantling "The Jungle" as a model for dealing with other homeless encampments.

Hoping to bolster returns in San Jose's District 4 council race, election officials have expanded hours and ballot drop-off sites.

Since Officer Michael Johnson's death, the community has responded by organizing vigils, memorials and fundraisers.