People throughout the South Bay are honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in marches, church services, vigils and volunteer work.

Former Congressman Mike Honda is reportedly considering running against San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo in his 2018 bid for re-election.

Mayor Sam Liccardo beat his own record for the opening campaign fundraising period of his 2018 re-election bid.

In the first City Council meeting of 2018, officials will consider extending the grace period for landlords to comply with a new business tax.

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

There’s no telling the future, but here we give you some cursory predictions about a handful of local issues.

The wage floor in San Jose ticked up to $13.50 an hour, the next step in a region-wide push to raise minimum hourly pay to $15 by next year.

And we thought 2016 was bad. The last 12 months have been record setting in all the wrong ways. Take a quick look back and then move on.

The Republican-led FCC voted this morning to revoke net neutrality, a decision that will apparently face some legal challenges ahead.

Bay Area political leaders are mourning the loss of San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, who suffered an apparent heart attack early Tuesday.

After public backlash quashed plans earlier this year to build tiny cabins for the homeless in San Jose, city officials are giving it another shot.

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 will discuss how to finance public amenities in its future urban villages, pockets of dense mixed-use development.

A study up for review by the San Jose City Council affirms that revenue from two new tax measures is being eaten up by pension costs.

Since an historic flood in February, San Jose and the water district have spent the past nine months bolstering defenses against future disasters.

San Jose city leaders again rejected a proposal to link rent hikes to inflation, which advocates hoped would offer relief to cash-strapped tenants.