The feds plan to open about 800,000 acres of public lands and underground federal mineral rights across across California to new oil drilling.

San Jose’s elected leaders are debating whether to endorse a state bill that would give Californians an alternative to mega-banks.

San Jose’s homeless population went from 4,350 in 2017 to 6,172 this year. For Santa Clara County, it grew by 31 percent.

A quiet push to give local prosecutors on-demand access to inmate phone calls has ignited a controversy over checks and balances.

Kansen Chu sent local pols scrambling to rethink their 2020 plans when he opened up about his decision to eschew another term in the Assembly.

If you made $82,643 and paid $5,000 to Sacramento, then for better or worse, you are the average California taxpayer.

Federal officials are reportedly refusing to meet with the California High-Speed Rail Authority after one of Trump’s Twitter tirades.

Weakening Santa Clara County’s sanctuary policy will not make our community safer. Doing so will decrease safety for all of us.

Such an emergency facility would provide basic shelter, showers, food, storage of belongings, and should permit animal companions.

Despite legalization, thousands of prior convictions continue to prevent people from joining the newly expanded legal market.

The Morgan Hill company reached the settlement agreement with a northern California county over the death of an employee in 2013.

Joel Ortiz’s conviction for stealing millions of dollars through a SIM-swapping digital cash heist marked the first of its kind in the U.S.

If Assembly Bill 1356 passes, it would force cities to allow one cannabis retail permit for every four liquor licenses.

The county approved sweeping changes in its election infrastructure, including replacing traditional polling places with new voting centers.

Can unions organize cannabis industry workers, some stoned, some sober, others undocumented and still others with college degrees?

The Santa Clara Valley Transit Authority staff has made seven recommendations for changes in service to existing local routes.