Santa Clara County Board of Education trustee who offended colleagues with an angry outburst, sent his wife to apologize on his behalf.

Santa Clara County appointed its first privacy chief, U.S. Army veteran and longtime security expert Mike Shapiro.

With Republicans poised to rewrite the tax code, local governments have been trying to figure out how to brace for the fallout.

John Lindner, a Franklin-McKinley School District trustee, has been charged with grand theft, perjury and violating state election law.

A San Jose collective this week became one of the first in the state to obtain a license to sell recreational pot.

The Republican-led FCC voted this morning to revoke net neutrality, a decision that will apparently face some legal challenges ahead.

Last month’s retirement by longtime Mercury News columnist Scott Herhold marked yet another departure for the daily paper of record.

The man convicted of killing Morgan Hill teen Sierra LaMar was sentenced on Tuesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Bay Area political leaders are mourning the loss of San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, who suffered an apparent heart attack early Tuesday.

South Bay residents with an arrest warrant to their name have a chance to trade it for a citation and a new court date this holiday season.

After public backlash quashed plans earlier this year to build tiny cabins for the homeless in San Jose, city officials are giving it another shot.

China’s crackdown on imported scraps is about to shake up the global market and will likely bring major changes to local waste management.

The presiding judge of the Sixth District Court of Appeal in San Jose stepped down this week amid allegations of sexual harassment.

Shocking allegations shut down Life Choices rehab in 2014, but the people in charge dispute the charges and are back in business.

San Jose officials will discuss how to finance public amenities in its future urban villages, pockets of dense mixed-use development.

Obtaining court documents in Santa Clara County requires the public to pay 50 cents per page copied—the reason isn’t just money or privacy.