Health officials hope a new set of rules will make electronic cigarettes as taboo as conventional smokes.

Part of the San Jose Fire Department’s lagging 9-1-1 response times may have been just a matter of faulty record keeping.

Political horse whisperer Carl Guardino is pushing to get a transportation sales tax on the November ballot. But his support of Sam Liccardo in the San Jose mayor's race could hamper those efforts.

The city seeks to endorse a legislative proposal that would ensure people get adequate mental health and addiction treatment.

Santa Clara County filed a joint lawsuit with Orange County against the world’s five largest drug manufacturers, accusing the companies of waging a “campaign of deception” directly responsible for a national prescription drug epidemic.

Prosecutors will seek the death penalty against the man accused of killing Morgan Hill teenager Sierra LaMar, the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office announced Monday.

Santa Clara County desperately needs more people to staff polling stations for the June primary election.

Supervisors found that Code Enforcement cases are woefully backlogged and databases are out of date.

Santa Clara County shuffled around some of its top brass, promoting a pair of deputy executives two months after appointing a permanent chief financial officer.

San Jose's mayoral contenders will share their views on the city's educational needs at a forum next week.

Authorities busted an alleged high-ranking drug-dealer accused of pumping millions of dollars of illicit narcotics into Silicon Valley's black market.

Some 1,060 Silicon Valley residents have more than a tax refund to look forward to this spring.

Janet Gray Hayes, San Jose’s first female mayor and the first woman to lead a major US city, died Monday in the Saratoga home she shared with her daughter.

People looking for addiction treatment in Santa Clara County often have to wait for the help they need—or resort to an emergency room.

Kathleen King ran the county's $450 million sales tax campaign, and she also happens to be CEO of the organization most likely to get leftover money from Measure A. So, coincidence or kickback?

Environmentalists clash with private landowners who want to develop a greenbelt property in San Jose's southeastern hillsides.