The San Jose councilman says he’s been caught in the crossfires of an apparent political hit that aims to cast him in a bad light. 

Shawn Carter, better known as hip-hop’s first billionaire, is making his way into the Silicon Valley cannabis industry. 

State Sen. Jim Beall and Assemblyman Ash Kalra have asked the state to make the property available for a university housing highrise.

We all acknowledge the need for housing, but we also know that this need has to be balanced with safety, jobs and community.

San Jose’s homeless population went from 4,350 in 2017 to 6,172 this year. For Santa Clara County, it grew by 31 percent.

Despite legalization, thousands of prior convictions continue to prevent people from joining the newly expanded legal market.

Changing the election cycle would require approval from voters and would give Mayor Sam Liccardo an additional two years in office.

San Jose State will tear down a famed outdoor track and replace with a parking garage, prompting outrage from sports fans and alumni.

The program would make San Jose eligible for state funds to incorporate minority and lower-income dispensary workers into the local industry.

Two unions repping nurses in the expanded county-run hospital system are at odds over differing interpretations of a labor-relations law.

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

With a new governor at the helm, the career lawmaker is ready to take another crack at bills vetoed time and again by past administrations.

Thanks to a new law, police video once available only to authorities and few others will become public to anyone who asks.

We can’t afford the loss of the ecosystem services—and yes, of the beauty, too—that Coyote Valley provides.

San Jose will offer additional training and protection for the rangers who patrol the city’s 100-plus parks and 50-plus miles of trails.

The Area 3 seat vacated by Pam Foley when she was elected to San Jose’s council drew a crowded field of candidates.