The clock's ticking on San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo's final term, which ends in 2022, and candidates are lining up.

Without air-refilling stations in San Jose’s highrises, firefighters say they’d have to lug metal oxygen tanks up flight after flight of stairs. 

The San Jose City Council District 4 race could be close, considering how 2016’s election came down to 12 votes.

Bob Kieve, who died Sunday at the age of 98, believed that signs were critical to economic prosperity, and he set out to change the rules.

Jenny Higgins Bradanini, Matt Mahan and Helen Wang are vying to replace Councilman Johnny Khamis in the Almaden Valley district.

Mayor Sam Liccardo beat his own record for the opening campaign fundraising period of his 2018 re-election bid.

Real estate billionaire Carl Berg and deep-pocketed developer Chop Keenan are squaring off with San Jose on a senior housing development.

San Jose adopted new rules this week that require lobbyists to file reports more often, but with fewer accountability measures in place.

In a bit to improve transparency, San Jose will consider increasing the frequency of its lobbying reports.

A recent column in the Mercury News listed the best and worst local decisions in the last 50 years. Here’s a few more to add to the pile.

Until San Jose’s “just cause” ordinance takes effect, the measure designed to protect renters puts them at greater risk of retaliation.

Faced with a science-averse president-elect, local communities have no choice but to fend for themselves in the fight against climate change.

Political donors have spent more than $1.6 million on three San Jose ballot measures and another $822,000 on three City Council contests.

Council candidate Steve Brown crashed a press conference convened to denounce his views on discrimination against the LGBTQ community.

Jokes in the 23rd installment of San Jose's annual political sketch-fest, Monday Night Live!, aimed squarely below the belt.

State Sen. Jim Beall and Assembly hopeful Madison Nguyen won big in their primary races, while San Jose saw two ballot measure victories.