Gary Kremen, founder of Match.com, promised to return $71,000 in campaign contributions from his assessor campaign, but said he wants to keep his seat on the Santa Clara Valley Water District board of directors.

The water shortage emergency hopes to reduce water use countywide by 15% of 2019 levels.

Santa Clara County Assessor Lawrence Stone announced that his right-hand-man, David Ginsborg, will retire on July 1 after 24 years, just as Stone gears up for a contested reelection campaign.

Starting July 1, the average county resident will pay an additional $4.30 to $4.82 per month in their water bill. 

Santa Clara County Assessor Larry Stone’s affinity for antiquated colloquialisms has turned into a hog-wild debacle.

After 26 virtually unopposed years, Santa Clara County Assessor Larry Stone may finally have met a match in Gary Kremen.

In the most expensive race in the Santa Clara Valley Water District's history, Sex.com founder Gary Kremen edged out incumbent Brian Schmidt by by a 3-percentage point lead.

An investigation found the directors had serious concerns about allegations of sexual harassment against Callender.

The veteran water official will make $326,352 a year to oversee a district tasked with providing water and flood protection to the South Bay.

The first round of interviews for Norma Camacho’s replacement commenced last week via the videoconferencing platform Zoom

The Foundation for California's Technology and Innovation Economy asks for thousands of dollars. Who's paying? It won't say.

Santa Clara County’s six-term sheriff and her closest allies are the subject of an ongoing criminal inquiry led by the office of DA Jeff Rosen.

A series of obscure elections recently took place with potentially profound implications for the fate of the California Democratic Party.

Garbage haulers, cemetery operators and public safety unions spent heavily to hit Susan Ellenberg with attack mailers, to little effect.

Participating in the project means that this county will have a better chance of sustaining its imported water supply in future years.

The Santa Clara Valley Water District is moving forward with plans to build a new Pacheco Pass reservoir in Santa Clara County.