In which we look back on all the strange, infuriating and preposterous things that went down in 2018 and say, “Sayonara!”

The Board of Supervisors authorized $123 million in Measure A funds for hundreds of below-market-rate housing units in six local cities.

On the eve of his swearing-in to a second two-year term as Milpitas mayor, Rich Tran is now expanding the scope of his political ambition.

After years on the defensive, the Milpitas mayor is flexing his political muscles, threatening to make good on a threat to oust a political foe.

With 55 percent of the ballots counted Thursday, Milpitas Mayor Rich Tran is on track for an easy victory.

A mailer painting Rich Tran as a communist backfired by drawing fierce condemnation on whoever sent the offending literature.

Milpitas City Manager Tom Williams has resigned after more than a decade on the job and four months on paid leave.

The transgender woman who allegedly shot her ex in a Costco parking lot said she hadn’t been trying to kill him.

Milpitas Mayor Rich Tran announced on Facebook that he intends to call for an independent performance review of the city manager.

State political watchdogs unearthed suspicious activity from the 2012 campaign of former Milpitas Mayor Jose Esteves.

The new mayor of Milpitas apologized for breaking open-meeting laws by sending emails to the entire City Council.

The most gratuitous plagiarism of Obama in 2016 now belongs to newly elected Milpitas Mayor Rich Tran, and he couldn’t be more proud.

The election provided an injection of youth to Milpitas’ elected offices, and the city has a chance to move beyond its entrenched establishment.

Milpitas’ former city attorney has filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against the city for what he calls a wrongful, retaliatory termination.

Milpitas’ former city attorney, whose entire office was outsourced to a private law firm this past summer, plans to sue the city for retaliation.

An oversight board tasked with examining Santa Clara County jails decided against disbanding, despite concerns that a parallel probe would undermine its work.