San Jose’s Ethics Commission dismissed charges against 20 candidates and City Council members who unwittingly broke local election laws.

A year in review is rarely pretty, and 2015 was no exception. Here’s a brief list of the some of the biggest stories that made it a year to remember, and soon leave behind.

A decision by Christmas in the Park to ditch some longtime vendors has drawn charges of racism.

The City Council will debate whether to commission a study on charging an affordable housing fee for commercial development.

Earlier today, San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo’s office posed the question: How did we do? We’ve decided to leave that question up to readers.

San Jose has come to a tentative agreement with eight of its nine unions on a Measure B settlement, city officials announced Friday.

San Jose lifted some rules for ridesharing services Uber and Lyft. Now the city will decide whether to extend similar treatment to taxis.

Under pressure from the feds and mounting political outrage over “Sanctuary Cities,” the county may revise its civil detainer policy.

South Bay leaders on Veterans Day unveiled a campaign to get hundreds of homeless veterans off the streets.

Months have passed since we gawked at the revolving door that is Assemblywoman Campos' office. Not to worry—things are just as dysfunctional as ever.

Walter Katz, a former public defender and police oversight attorney from Los Angeles County, has been named San Jose’s next Independent Police Auditor.

The traditional taxi industry has been through much of what Uber is experiencing now, which is why ridesharing companies must be properly regulated.

San Jose scored direct flights between here and Germany, but the city had the rug pulled out from under it on another international agreement.

The VTA has offered cash payments to businesses hurt by construction delays on a rapid bus line running through San Jose's Alum Rock corridor.

San Jose is expected to nix a voluntary spending cap and change several other local election laws to match state requirements.

The sausage-making process of political reporting is rarely clean and often requires unsatisfying, unreported compromises.