Supervisors Joe Simitian and Otto Lee led the effort, which was supported unanimously this week by the Board of Supervisors and then endorsed by the Midpeninsula Open Space board.

We may be on the path toward normalizing the subject, but even as we have transitioned to remote schooling it is hard to ignore when students display signs of distress, anxiety and depression.

The Berryessa project under consideration Tuesday would rezone the flea market site to allow roughly 365,000 square feet of commercial space and 2,800 residential units—rezoning a 61.5-acre portion of the site for up to 3.4 million square feet of commercial space and up to 3,450 apartments.

Near record-high temperatures and poor air quality threaten health and the power grid for Santa Clara County

Pub and brewery workers across California are rethinking workplace culture, after personal experiences of sexism, assault and work environments were often paired with encouraged drinking on the job.

The joint enforcement actions by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Justice Department involved a high school biology teacher, a gambling debt, a group of friends, WhatsApp messages and two Silicon Valley tech companies.

County health officials warn that extremely hot weather can result in heatstroke, heat exhaustion, heat cramps, sunburn, heat rash, and in some instances death.

Officers reported that Friday evening, at 9:06pm, while sitting in a parked pickup truck outside the Agave Sports Bar and Grill, Alex Moreno accidentally placed the truck in reverse and proceeded at a high rate of speed, striking three outdoor restaurant patrons, killing one of them.

Misuse of property, outbursts of temper, warnings from co-workers show no “formal discipline for threatening behavior” by VTA employee who killed nine, then himself, on May 26.

In April, the coalition of mayors of the state’s 13 largest cities, led by San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo, asked for a $20 billion, five-year investment to curb homelessness—half of the state's surplus.

Additional brothels were found throughout Santa Clara County and search warrants were served in Milpitas, San Jose, and Palo Alto, police said.

Over the last few years—and especially during the Covid-19 pandemic—Santa Clara County's Coyote Creek watershed has become an inflection point for how the South Bay must address issues surrounding its homelessness crisis and the environmental impact of creekside encampments.

Authorities expect Samantha Moreno Rodriguez of San Jose to be extradited from Colorado to Nevada to face charges that she killed her 7-year-old Liam Husted, also of San Jose, whose body was found near a highway outside the city 10 days ago. Rodriguez was being held in a Denver jail on suspicion of murder.

Police have not identified any suspects in the killing and the motive is under investigation.

Library customers at select locations can browse the bookshelves, check out materials, access public computers and receive support from librarians Monday through Friday.

Some developers are sick of Apple being a dictator. Apple says it’s protecting us. Let’s dissect this.