New labor conflicts have intensified an already boiling controversy over Santa Clara county’s purchase of two failing hospitals.

A judge drastically upped the bail Monday for a rape suspect charged with assaulting a woman who brought food to his San Martin shelter.

That Valley Transit Authority may discontinue some routes and reduce frequency on others in response to a looming budget shortfall.

The disgraced Santa Clara councilman launched a low-key comeback tour. His first stop, for some reason, was an online rag in the Czech Republic.

After nearly three days of rainfall drenched the South County hillsides, Uvas Reservoir began pouring over its emergency spillway.

The county’s top cop demands notes, recordings and other source material auditors may have used to compile the already overdue draft.

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra is making one last attempt to block the sale of O’Connor and Saint Louise hospitals.

A slate of proposals could add hundreds of below-market-rate residential units to San Jose’s intractably deficient housing stock.  

A U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge delivered a resounding rejection of a plea to block Santa Clara County’s purchase of the hospitals.

A former high school teacher faces up to 14 years in prison after a jury convicted him of fleecing investors in his entertainment companies.

Two years after county voters OK’d the sales tax for transportation upgrades, the public will finally start to reap its rewards.

The NFL Hall of Famer and San Francisco 49ers legend sunk a fortune into the rapidly expanding Silicon Valley-based Caliva.

The Board of Supervisors today will vote on a blueprint for preserving farmland in the region once known as the Valley of the Heart’s Delight.

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

The Police Officers’ Association wants lawmakers to investigate a glitch that improperly deactivated more than 2,500 bench warrants.

Local officials accused the attorney general of engaging in political posturing, with no concern for health care needs of Santa Clara County.