Santa Clara County enacted a pioneering spy-tech law aimed at protecting the public’s right to privacy from surveillance technologies.

San Jose Councilman Pierluigi Oliverio says he wants to know what police have done in the wake of violent protests following Donald Trump’s rally.

After years of consideration, San Jose will join other major police agencies by equipping officers with body cameras this summer.

Perhaps realizing initial statements downplayed the violence outside of Trump’s rally, both the mayor and police released additional comments Friday.

SJPD's use of its human trafficking unit to arrest sex workers touches on a national debate over how to identify victims of exploitation.

A ¼-cent sales tax will bring in $40 million a year to San Jose’s general fund, which will help restore vital city services.

A San Jose policeman fired for unleashing an ostensibly anti-Black Lives Matter tirade on Twitter in 2014 has issued a public apology.

A Santa Clara County jail guard has been suspended from work after his arrest Monday on suspicion of molesting a child in 2012.

A San Jose cop lawfully killed a man who fatally shot Officer Michael Johnson last year, according to a new District Attorney's Office report.

San Jose police launched fewer internal probes against officers in 2015, mirroring a decline in the number of citizen complaints about police misconduct.

Two sons of a Bangladesh-born San Jose couple shot to death in their home on Sunday have been booked on murder charges.

In his inaugural report as SJPD watchdog, Walter Katz urges the city to take better accounting of how and when officers resort to force.

Armed with greater oversight, San Jose is figuring out how to rein in prostitution while protecting the rights of legitimate massage therapists.

Two years after enacting citywide cannabis regulations, San Jose may create a Division of Marijuana Control to take over enforcement.

San Jose faces nearly 300 open audit recommendations that could save the city millions of dollars if resolved.

Pete Constant and his conservative backers are arguing that only voters have the right to change the terms of Measure B.