One day after the police union announced it would hire an independent investigator, San Jose Police Chief Anthony Mata said on Twitter there would be no internal departmental investigation of possible police officer involvement in illegal activities at the 1,100-member union.

How to spend approximately $1.5 billion in 2023-24 will be the first big test of political power for the mayor.

A sure bet for Team Mahan is Matthew Quevedo, the new mayor’s campaign manager and former council office chief of staff, whose online profile says he’s deputy chief of staff. And Rachel Davis already posted her new job as Mahan’s communications chief, just in time for floods and rains.

The vacancies were created by the November election, when District 8 Councilmember Sylvia Arenas was elected as the District 1 representative on the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors and District 10 Councilmember Matt Mahan was elected mayor.

The new 28-story mixed-use residential project will eventually have an estimated 1,000 residents in 630 units, one of a number of new buildings praised by the San Jose Downtown Association at its annual meeting as contributing to a new “really distinct skyline” for San Jose.

This video, which has been edited from several hours to just two, documents the hours from afternoon to midnight on May 30.

San Jose Inside requested video from the security cameras installed on the Santa Clara Street side of City Hall. Here’s the first batch.

Piecemeal policies and fragmented oversight has led to concerning transactions by San Jose’s credit card-holding employees.

Is a teenage Kiwi—who hasn’t even spent a decade in San Jose—the right musical icon to capture the city in a remotely authentic way?

The District 10 councilman pitched the idea in a May 22 budget memo, citing a protest against a Google land-buy as the catalyst.

San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo’s chief spokesman will leave his position at the end of the month to join the nonprofit Destination: Home.

Sam Liccardo won’t require surgery but will likely wear a brace until his injuries heal, according to an update from his spokesman.

An anonymous complaint accuses a landlord organization of trying to influence public policy in San Jose without registering as a lobbyist.

The Mercury News lost a slew of longtime journalists in 2017, and the year ended with word of yet another notable departure.

Shocking allegations shut down Life Choices rehab in 2014, but the people in charge dispute the charges and are back in business.

San Jose officials announced Wednesday that Christopher Columbus will likely spend one last holiday season at City Hall.