San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo sat down with San Jose Inside last week for an extended conversation on the state of the city.

On Tuesday, the 49ers sued the city of Santa Clara and its mayor, Lisa Gillmor, for breach of contract over Levi’s Stadium.

The 49ers and Santa Clara are locked in an epic grudge match over how money moves at Levi’s Stadium, and neither appears willing to blink.

Santa Clara voters are under siege. Each week a new accusation of campaign impropriety crops up.

Santa Clara enacted a new lobbyist rule this year, and the first suspected violation has apparently created additional conflicts of interest.

Former Santa Clara Mayor Patricia Mahan, who’s again running for City Council, has been accused of failing to register as a lobbyist.

Santa Clara gave Julio Fuentes a long-expected nudge off the dock last week, accelerating the city manager’s exit by more than two months.

Santa Clara needs to come to terms with its new identity as a big city and update the way it does business.

The civil grand jury has been quietly investigating the stadium authority for Levi’s Stadium, home to the San Francisco 49ers and Super Bowl 50, while billionaire developers play chess for Santa Clara’s future.

A youth soccer league ousted from its fields by the NFL may have found a new place to play and resolution to a lawsuit over the displacement.

NIMBYs in Santa Clara are attempting to detract from Super Bowl 50 under the guise of fighting for children, Rich Robinson writes.

A month shy of Super Bowl 50, local police agencies are going all out. There’s just a couple questions: How much will it cost and who will pay for it?

A youth sports league added the NFL to a lawsuit against Santa Clara, claiming the city hijacked nearby soccer fields to make way for Super Bowl 50.

A recent trip to review records at Santa Clara’s City Hall led to Fly crashing a governance committee meeting.

Elected officials in Santa Clara can’t get on the same page over alcohol sales, mirroring the efforts of the city’s beleaguered football team.

Some extraordinary decisions are being made at Levi’s Stadium, even if they aren’t coming from the struggling San Francisco 49ers’ coaches and players.