Mission City’s politics got flipped on its head this week when three newcomers came out ahead in their bids for City Council.

Local professional sports teams, including the San Jose Earthquakes, have been playing to empty stadiums since the pandemic started.

Former NFL star Dana Stubblefield was convicted of raping a disabled woman at his Morgan Hill Home.

A jury on Monday found the 48-year-old guilty of rape by force, false imprisonment and forcible oral copulation.

The city has projected other budget-related issues, but the Transient Occupancy Tax would be the biggest hit.

The 49ers say Santa Clara owes it $2.74 million. The city says the team owes it $1.1 million. Each side refuses to pay until the other side pays first.

The state’s top elections official showed up in Mission City today to denounce an effort to shrink the number of council districts.

On Tuesday, the county will consider a proposal to spend $8 million over four years to feed 12,000 of the neediest children in the South Bay.

As the 49ers geared up to face the Chiefs, a group of activists implored the team for help with a very different kind of match-up.

Congress members Ro Khanna and Nancy Pelosi hope to bring home more than the Lombardi Trophy this weekend.

In announcing the decision, the city lobbed a host of allegations against the team, accusing it of fraud, wage theft and conflicts of interest.

County Assessor Larry Stone is suing over what he calls a stunningly flawed decision to give the NFL team a massive tax break.

Days before the former star quarterback settled his grievance against the NFL, someone saw a racist effigy of him right here in San Jose.

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

David Ebrahimi, the 72-year-old proprietor of David’s Banquet Hall in Santa Clara, must never have heard the old saw about fighting city hall.

What would’ve been a routine nomination erupted into a political brawl between county Assessor Larry Stone and Supervisor Dave Cortese.