Steve McHarris sheds the “interim” part of his title just as the city faces one of the worst recessions in several generations.

The city manager will resign after barely a year-and-a-half on the job, marking the fourth time in two years that the position has been vacated.

Rich Tran came under fire this week after the city of Milpitas released a report detailing claims of inappropriate conduct by the young mayor.

San Jose may finally decide to remove a Christopher Columbus statue from City Hall, where it has been the target of repeated vandalism.

Milpitas has hired a new chief administrator: San Jose deputy city manager Julie Edmonds-Mares.

Sources say Milpitas elected officials are close to selecting the next city manager from a field of 30 applicants.

Last Saturday, a modest group of runners, bicyclists and community leaders gathered on a trail near San Jose’s airport for a quietly auspicious occasion—the completion of the Guadalupe River Trail from San Jose to Alviso.

Are San Jose’s graffiti clean up crews padding the stats to make more money? That’s the question our favorite investigative crew over at NBC is asking. Last June, the city laid off employees and outsourced its graffiti abatement program in an attempt to cut down on expenses to the General Fund. Graffiti Protective Coatings (GPC), a Los Angeles-based private contractor, signed a five-year contract with the city worth $3.1 million. But only nine months into that contract, GPC told the city that it has already exceeded its yearly quota.