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

A regional minimum wage plan has generated broad support, but also anxiety that a segment of low-income workers will be left behind.

Local hoops fans got a little taste of life at the top, posing for photos with the Golden State Warriors’ championship trophy at San Jose's City Hall.

The U.S. Supreme Court killed San Jose’s hope of luring the Oakland A’s, rejecting the city’s antitrust claim against Major League Baseball.

As departures continue to outpace new hires, a new audit directs the SJPD to expand its recruiting unit and broaden the pool of applicants.

The Golden State Warriors will swing by San Jose’s City Hall on Monday for a photo-op with their 2015 NBA Championship trophy.

The late-night drinking, drugging and open-air gym sessions at Communications Hill may soon come to an end.

We reviewed approximately 400 emails sent and received by assistant police chief Eddie Garcia, who’s set to take over the department in January. Here’s what we learned.

As part of a regional effort to move people off the streets and into stable housing, the city of San Jose will consider building a “transitional community” for at least 100 people.

A few years after upping the minimum wage to the double-digits, San Jose will consider raising it again.

San Jose’s City Clerk barely squeaked by with her job after coming under fire for misguiding candidates about local election law.

San Jose may enlist garbage trucks as eyes on the ground for a short-staffed police force.

San Jose has blocked the release of hundreds of emails sent and received by Eddie Garcia, who will become interim police chief in January. San Jose Inside has appealed this decision and will make arguments to release these messages at this week's Rules and Open Government Committee meeting.

Why did Mayor Sam Liccardo get rid of his new spokesperson after just 10 weeks?

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.

San Jose will create a group tasked with planning a police memorial to commemorate officers killed in the line of duty.