Housing officials report that the number of new housing units completed and occupied under Measure A is not quite 25% of the bond's goal of 4,800 new affordable housing units set in 2016.

About 300 small businesses are participating in the Very Small Quantity Generator hazardous waste disposal program, with first dropoff site opening today, Nov. 2.

The Department of Motor Vehicles is required by law to screen motor-voter registrations, and county elections officials say they rely on this information to send out ballots.

Under state law, the Clerk-Recorder’s Office is required to begin removing racially discriminatory language from millions of property documents.

In the spending plan, the county reaffirms its commitment to the safety, health and success of children by unveiling new programs. 

Annual mushroom production in the county in 2021 grew by 5% to $79.5 million followed by bell peppers, at $19.2 million.

A Union City man admitted  to robberies and attempted robberies of gas stations and convenience stores using fake rubber gun.

The enhanced enforcement of the program, which will go into effect Oct. 13, includes sharp increases in fines – from 10 to 25 times greater – plus the permanent revocation of a permit for a third offense.

Opponents of the revised Sargent Ranch plan say it would still disturb wildlife and tribal lands.

Komodo Fire Systems of Morgan Hill worked with firefighters and volunteers from throughout the Bay Area.

Among the biggest beneficiaries of Govern For California, a network of local chapters — 'force mulipliers' — that amplifies its donors’ influence on legislative races, is Assemblymember Robert Rivas, who wants to become the next Assembly speaker.

Santa Clara County planners released the draft Environmental Impact Report for the 403-acre project at the south end of the county.

Short staffing, heavy patient workloads and other conditions lead to dangerous “moral injury” occurrences in the county’s health and hospital system, doctors say.

The grand jury serves as the county's civil watchdog agency and may examine all aspects of county and city government, special districts and school districts, according to the announcement.

Community engagement will include a series of public meetings hosted between July and September, which began with the first workshop today, July 6.

The first probable case of monkeypox infection was in a Santa Clara County resident who likely became infected during international travel, public health officials said.