The Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office has far exceeded its overtime budget in the past six years, according to a newly published audit.

This is an opportunity for the county to save a viable building from demolition and to provide much-needed housing for the homeless.

Councilman Don Rocha stunned allies and adversaries alike when he skipped a vote Tuesday on a proposal to study commercial impact fees.

Neighbors rally in support of Christine Blasey Ford to counteract the hate mail and violent threats that the Palo Alto professor has received.

Local leaders found a place to relocate Hope Village, an un-permitted homeless camp created by activists and advocates for the un-housed.

What would have been a milestone for social justice advocates instead exposed deep divisions in the criminal justice movement.

Santa Clara County has started to ramp up its public education campaign to combat opioid use and abuse and curb fatal overdoses.

Omar Torres has dropped his challenge to Tony Estremera for the District 6 Santa Clara Valley Water District seat.

Hope Village was meant as an emergency shelter for for homeless people, but police are shutting it down just two days after it opened.

The county will consider setting aside 5 percent of a homeless housing bond for developmentally disabled people who are already housed.

A group of City Council members hope to revive a discussion about commercial linkage fees to fund new affordable housing.

A retired accountant for the city of Cupertino was arrested on suspicion of embezzling close to $800,000 from taxpayers. 

The Santa Clara Valley Water District says it spent $1.4 million this year on 571 cleanups of creekside camps in San Jose and South County.

Sometime before dawn Wednesday, a handyman painted over the oldest mural in San Jose, a three-decade-old panorama of Chicano culture.

A married couple who ran a construction company have been charged with bilking more than $800,000 from 30 local customers.

Participating in the project means that this county will have a better chance of sustaining its imported water supply in future years.