Experts think the increase is at least partially related to victims’ growing willingness to tell police about the crimes.

Former mayoral candidate Anthony Becker said he is embarrassed that Santa Clara failed to comply with basic transparency standards.

San Jose and Santa Clara County join a growing movement to wean local governments off Wall Street by creating publicly owned banks.

Yet another Milpitan jumped into the 25th Assembly District race to succeed Assemblyman Kansen Chu.

A probe that initially targeted the city’s procurement practices changed focus once civil grand jurors realized another problem was at play.

The $8.1 billion 2019-20 spending plan is nearly 16 percent bigger than last year’s, largely because the county acquired three new hospitals.

Santa Clara County public health officials want state lawmakers to fix the troubling trend before it compromises herd immunity.

As San Jose’s elected leaders quibble about equity in the city’s budget, another test of their fidelity to the principle is on the horizon.

Sheriff’s officials will investigate the death with the DA and Medical Examiner-Coroner, which reported no signs of foul play.

Last month, Cecilia Martin became one of more than 140 once-chronically homeless tenants to move into the first-of-its-kind complex.

The veteran law enforcement officials was accused of wrongdoing, stripped of her badge and escorted off the job Friday.

The backlash against Greer Stone stems from the way he defended his brother, a convicted child abuser, at a sentencing hearing.

Planning commissioners rejected the mosque as proposed and directed staff to return with plans for a drastically scaled-down project.

While federal lawmakers stall on the Green New Deal, local governments are taking actions to drive down emissions at an emergency speed.

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

A proposal granting prosecutors on-demand access to inmate calls became a test of the county’s fidelity to its own oversight standards.