The annual report from the city’s civilian cop watchdog made less of a splash this year, but that doesn’t mean it gave police a pass.

However, new legislation such as the transparency measures provided by SB 1421 may render the proposed pact feckless.

While proponents hail the bill as a momentous step towards greater accountability, the San Jose cop union contends otherwise. 

Each campaign season brings its sign swindlers. But council candidate Jenny Higgins Bradanini had to deal with that and then some.

A convicted serial predator was sentenced to nearly four centuries in prison for sexually assaulting six women in the South Bay.

Five councilors stressed the need for more resources in immigrant communities, where family violence is often unreported.

Experts think the increase is at least partially related to victims’ growing willingness to tell police about the crimes.

Someone smashed the door and three windows of the LGBTQ Youth Space, a resource center in the city’s SoFA arts district.

San Mateo police Officer Robert Davies, 40, was booked in jail Thursday on charges of contacting a minor to commit a felony.

The District 10 councilman pitched the idea in a May 22 budget memo, citing a protest against a Google land-buy as the catalyst.

This marks the second time in two weeks that Little Saigon businesses have had to sweep up shattered glass from smash-and-grab burglaries.

County officials are poised to roll back a landmark local policy amid public outcry over the murder of Bambi Larson.

Sources say court officials downplayed the scope of a software bug that charged too much or too little for some traffic violations.

To help the city meet its lofty affordable housing goals, San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo wants to slash construction taxes on new development. 

A new law granting public access to police misconduct records is already changing lives, despite attempts to stifle disclosure.

A new internal accountability report describes a non-emergency call system that’s critically understaffed and woefully behind the times.