Peters' Bakery has done business in East San Jose for nearly 80 years, but a legal dispute between the owner and a worker has turned ugly.

Political spectators were a bit mystified last week as word leaked that Jeff Smith, the top exec for the County of Santa Clara, tabbed Steve Preminger to be his “special assistant.”

Amid national outrage over police violence and its inequitable toll on black lives, San Jose has committed to ramping up anti-bias training for its own officers.

A controversial police drone, purchased unbeknownst to many in San Jose, may not take flight until 2017. While the City Council on Tuesday will vote on a policy governing drone use, police don’t expect the Federal Aviation Administration’s blessing until the end of next year.

For the past year, Santa Clara County has been fine-tuning a regional marijuana ordinance to fill regulatory gaps between San Jose’s new local laws and anticipated statewide legalization in 2016.

The city of San Jose has sued Monsanto Company and two related corporations over chemical pollution in the San Francisco Bay.

James Rowen just can’t seem to quit Magdalena Carrasco. The political operative who was sued off the Internet for defamation has once again taken aim at the San Jose councilwoman’s fundraising before taking office this year.

For now, capital punishment in California resembles an M. C. Escher drawing—a Möbius strip going endlessly nowhere.

San Jose will create a group tasked with planning a police memorial to commemorate officers killed in the line of duty.

The White House has enlisted San Jose into a nationwide initiative to equip jobless residents with the skills for higher-paying jobs in Silicon Valley.

Fresh off the July recess, San Jose's City Council reconvenes Tuesday to start a new fiscal year. With a pension reform settlement out of the way, it's time to talk trestle. The Willow Glen trestle

Kartma will employ formerly homeless people and equip them with not only the skills to brew gourmet coffee but to staff, stock, market and otherwise run a small business.

A federal lawsuit filed Monday levels new allegations of racial profiling by the San Jose Police Department.

The sudden realization that most of San Jose’s lawmakers are law breakers is not the best way to end summer vacation. Not that they intended to end up on the wrong side of the law, of course.

Kathryn Steinle’s killing by an unauthorized immigrant in San Francisco has riled the national debate about so-called "sanctuary cities."

Silicon Valley’s largest vocational training and adult education agency, the Metropolitan Education District, has lost its accreditation to train teachers. The downward spiral has been a long time coming.