The Board of Supervisors meets at 9:30am Tuesday at the County Government Center, 70 W. Hedding St., in San Jose.

Maintenance staff took advantage of the dry weather earlier this week by finishing up some upgrades at the base of the dam.

Valley Water chief Norma Camacho announced her decision in a Nov. 25 letter to the agency’s seven-member governing board.

The lean season has arrived, and it may be felt more acutely inside local homes where residents already struggle to find enough to eat.

The names of PA Veterans Institute for Research CEO Michael Hindery and Google counsel David Kiferbaum are gone from the DST website.

State Sen. Jim Beall said he’d like to introduce one more mental health parity bill before he terms out—though he’s still working out the details.

In October, the county hired the homeless services provider as part of an $860K initiative to help CalFresh recipients find jobs.

The Registered Nurses Professional Association, which represents 3,000 county employees, was poised to start the new year with a strike.

Supervisor Mike Wasserman, whose district includes the South County site of the proposal, made the motion to deny the appeals.

A total of $90 million in equipment and facility improvements have occurred or are taking place, the county reported.

Zia MacWilliams left DST because of what she describes as a toxic culture that promoted heavy drinking and tolerated discrimination.

The hearing takes place at 6pm in the Board of Supervisors chambers at the County Government Center in San Jose.

Enacted by the state in 2002, the law gives counties the ability to mandate treatment for the severely mentally ill.

A pair of reports recently presented to county officials underscore some of the difficulties in tackling modern-day slavery in Silicon Valley.

Anyone hoping to run for office in the March 2020 primary election has until 5pm Friday to make up their mind about jumping into the fray.

The county will expand access to sexual assault exams by adding a new location for survivors to undergo the procedures at Stanford Hospital.