Santa Clara County residents didn’t have to vote for Bernie Sanders to get a free college education—they just have to get arrested.

Contractors might have plowed through ancient human remains had it not been for a local journalist alerting the county to its glaring oversight.

A local reform group has proposed a plan to divert people with serious mental illness out of Santa Clara County jails and into treatment.

Santa Clara County court workers called off a strike that halted all but essential services at local courthouses for nearly two weeks.

Lawmakers have called for an audit of California’s Commission on Judicial Performance for the first time in the agency’s 56-year history.

Pokémon Go takes the South Bay and the world by storm, but raises concerns about privacy, safety and the social inequities of the real world.

Santa Clara County court clerks demanding higher pay continued their strike into day five, forcing courts to suspend all but essential services.

Daniel Bufano, one of several gay men arrested for lewd conduct in an undercover public bathroom sting, says SJPD mischaracterized the encounter.

Santa Clara County’s voter turnout in June’s primary surpassed both the state and national average, according to a new report.

Two months after the June primary election, San Jose Councilman Manh Nguyen has yet to concede the race to challenger Lan Diep.

A storied civil rights attorney plans to take the SJPD to task for selectively enforcing lewd conduct laws against gay men.

Bay Area animal shelters will offer free adoptions Saturday as part of a national campaign to find stray dogs and cats a permanent home.

Rentberry, a Silicon Valley rental auction startup, invites landlords to list a unit and then sit back as tenants outbid each other for a place to live.

Residents worry that the downtown San Jose Safeway could fold after losing its validated parking hook-up through the city.

Santa Clara County saw a sharp uptick in the number of domestic violence-related deaths from 2014 to last year, according to new data.

Helen Chapman took issue with the incumbent’s role in organizing a series of political forums, but she has since agreed to participate.