The $8.1 billion 2019-20 spending plan is nearly 16 percent bigger than last year’s, largely because the county acquired three new hospitals.

The backlash against Greer Stone stems from the way he defended his brother, a convicted child abuser, at a sentencing hearing.

Planning commissioners rejected the mosque as proposed and directed staff to return with plans for a drastically scaled-down project.

We all acknowledge the need for housing, but we also know that this need has to be balanced with safety, jobs and community.

The project has been in the works for 13 years and is now in the final stages of approval.

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.

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

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