Santa Clara County's female inmates are too often prevented from signing up for vocational training, according to a new report.

A controversial police drone, purchased unbeknownst to many in San Jose, may not take flight until 2017. While the City Council on Tuesday will vote on a policy governing drone use, police don’t expect the Federal Aviation Administration’s blessing until the end of next year.

At the Vatican this morning and before an audience that included Pope Francis, San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo spoke about affordable housing as a solution to Silicon Valley's chasmic gap between rich and poor.

Bay Area-based startup HandUp connects homeless people in need with donors who want to help.

The third U.S. Social Forum will be held today through Sunday in the Washington United Youth Center in San Jose.

Santa Clara County's homeless population fell by 14 percent since the last count two years ago, according to figures released Monday.

Santa Clara County's Board of Supervisors will spend the entire week going over a $5.5 billion budget proposal for the coming fiscal year.

San Jose may join dozens of other California cities in outlawing distribution of free or low-cost tobacco products.

A new study that bills itself as the most comprehensive of its kind has put a price tag on homelessness in Santa Clara County.

Empowered by a new state law, Santa Clara County authorities have kicked off a campaign to weed out massage parlors that get a little too friendly.

Santa Clara County employed a performance-based funding model to provide shelter to chronically homeless residents.

The city of San Jose plans to use its approach to dismantling "The Jungle" as a model for dealing with other homeless encampments.

Fearing the proliferation of "bikini bars" in the South Bay, Supervisor Cindy Chavez asked if the county could broaden its definition of "adult entertainment" to include even fully clothed dancing if it's in a cage, with a pole or on a lap.

In 2012, a city audit found that San Jose police working off-duty security jobs lacked accountability and, in some cases, abused the system. Three years after the audit called for "urgent reform and a cultural change," more than 80 percent of those recommendations have yet to be implemented.

San Jose will embark on an ambitious campaign to house 6,000 homeless people in the coming five years.

Following anecdotal reports of pedestrians getting jostled by passing cyclists, city officials will consider whether to ban bicyclists from downtown sidewalks.