During an ongoing crisis, the way public experts, political leaders and other authorities talk to the public carries profound weight.

The coronavirus scare has taken a toll on local family-owned businesses, which have reported a recent shortage in clientele and revenue.

The announcement followed news about a 60-year-old South Bay resident dying of the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.

The city wants to create a new land use designation for mobile home parks and apply it to two of them: Westwinds and Mountain Springs.

County Public Health Officer Dr. Sara Cody has issued revised guidelines for the public on how to slow the COVID-19 outbreak.

How do these developments plan to address homeless families that make up 33 percent of the homeless population?

Super Tuesday got off to a strong start in Santa Clara County with more than 8,000 voters casting their ballots by noon.

Candidates are knocking on doors while their sign-carrying minions work the phone banks in a last-ditch effort to #GetOutTheVote.

A reader whose mail has been arriving at 7pm or later wonders whether the USPS could improve service by scaling back delivery days.

Supervisor Dave Cortese’s impending departure from the county board has drawn a crowded field of aspiring successors.

Though San Jose is the deadliest city in Santa Clara County for bicyclists, the most dangerous intersection lies in Palo Alto.

The cabins will house 40 homeless people on a Mabury Road property owned by the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority.

Jenny Higgins Bradanini, Matt Mahan and Helen Wang are vying to replace Councilman Johnny Khamis in the Almaden Valley district.

Despite all the problems reported, the U.S. Postal Service continues to expand the pilot and hopes to roll it out to 230 sites.

In District 8, Councilwoman Sylvia Arenas is squaring off with her old Evergreen School Board colleague, Jim Zito.

Jake Tonkel, Marshall Woodmansee and Ruben Navarro are challenging District 6 incumbent Dev Davis in the March 3 primary.