Yerba Buena High School's Charles Fowler is one of the most decorated teachers in Silicon Valley.

Santa Clara County proposes an equal pay ordinance, while Gov. Jerry Brown pledges to sign bill meant to close the state’s pay gap between men and women.

A human touch in the operating room will eventually become as rare as a hand-delivered message. But the increased use of surgical robots presents a complicated future we don’t yet fully understand.

A Santa Clara County grand jury indicted ex-San Francisco 49ers player Ray McDonald on one count of raping an intoxicated woman.

Rather than pick his battles, Pat Meyering will fight them all—even if it means taking a woman to court over her toy poodle.

Evan Low raised the ante on public service earlier this month, when the state assemblyman and one of his staff members helped rescue two young women from an overturned vehicle.

After arresting a city staffer on suspicion of molesting a 15-year-old girl, San Jose police have asked for the public's help in identifying more victims.

After months of debate, San Jose leaders will decide whether to approve a temporary ban mobile home park conversions.

Santa Clara County's female inmates are too often prevented from signing up for vocational training, according to a new report.

In a 4-0 vote by the Rules and Open Government Committee, San Jose Inside won its appeal for the release of emails sent by the assistant police chief.

Another top-level staffer has left the office of Assemblywoman Nora Campos (D-San Jose), which perhaps comes as a gesture of goodwill to political Mad Libs writers. As for constituents in East San Jose? Not so much.

Five weeks after contractors hit a gas line, it’s unclear when work will resume on a bus route connecting East Side to downtown.

San Jose has blocked the release of hundreds of emails sent and received by Eddie Garcia, who will become interim police chief in January. San Jose Inside has appealed this decision and will make arguments to release these messages at this week's Rules and Open Government Committee meeting.

San Jose reached a tentative salary pact with the police union Friday after agreeing to settle litigation over voter-approved pension reforms.

A Santa Clara County judge ordered a convicted horse abuser to pay $113,000 in restitution to rescue groups that cared for the animals seized from his ranch last year.

Why did Mayor Sam Liccardo get rid of his new spokesperson after just 10 weeks?