San Jose Inside

San Jose can cut the cost of extending library hours with a few simple adjustments to its staffing model, according to a new city audit.

With the Sunnyvale Armory slated for demolition to make way for permanent low-income housing, north Santa Clara County stands to lose its only cold-weather shelter.

The San Jose Police Department blotter for April 3-5 includes a carjacking, gang suppression and a neighborhood meeting.

I believe that of all the aspects of city government people encounter most frequently in their daily lives, parks top the list. So what do they think about the importance of our parks and trails?

Hillary Clinton—the former secretary of state, New York senator, First Lady and likely presidential candidate—took on all topics Thursday when she spoke in front of a packed house at San Jose State University.

Complaints allege that Sam Liccardo solicited donations before he could legally start fundraising and failed to record in-kind contributions.

San Jose is about to lose another of its lead planning directors, Laurel Prevetti, who accepted a job as Assistant Town Manager of Los Gatos.

Local labor legend John Neece said he was so "sickened" by Councilman Xavier Campos' decision to invoke the Fifth Amendment in a grand jury hearing that he has decided to endorse Magdalena Carrasco.

San Jose Inside has learned that the Santa Clara County Office of Education cut tutoring services for foster youth and filed questionable federal grant reports while wasting more than a half-million dollars that could have helped the county's most needy children.

Environmentalists clash with private landowners who want to develop a greenbelt property in San Jose's southeastern hillsides.

The charter school world got body slammed once again at the National School Boards Conference.

The East Bay city's former administrator, Deanna Santana, may be among the final round of candidates applying for a job as Sunnyvale city manager.

While George Shirakawa Jr. bides his time behind bars after admitting to filching public money, the price of defending him in court keeps ticking up as a second criminal case moves forward.

As 150 mostly elderly, mostly fixed-income residents of Winchester Mobile Home Park face the prospect eviction to pave the way for high-end development, the city will consider a moratorium on trailer park conversion.

Voters will decide this fall whether to grant the city’s retirement governance boards full autonomy, if the City Council votes to place the measure on the November ballot.