With no evidence of a Big Game-related spike, the crackdown on trafficked humans more often than not targets sex workers and consenting adults.

Residents in San Jose's Evergreen hills have led an aggressive campaign to drive out a Buddhist monk and prevent his followers from building a temple.

A sheriff’s deputy was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving Sunday after allegedly waving a gun around in a Jack In the Box drive-through.

Santa Clara County this week became the first in the nation to open an office of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer affairs.

Local leaders will name the 680-280-101 freeway interchange after Joe Colla, the San Jose councilman who lobbied for the project's completion in 1976.

The public is invited to weigh in on the future of the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds, where officials want to build a public park and open space.

The Santa Clara Valley Water District has appointed John Varela to its South County seat. The former Morgan Hill mayor was sworn in Thursday.

San Jose may open up community centers, libraries and other public buildings as cold weather shelters for thousands of homeless residents.

Kathleen King has remained politically relevant by keeping her nonprofits on the taxpayer dole. Now she plans to pivot that presence into a run for county supervisor—again.

Correctional officers at Santa Clara County's Main Jail are apparently more likely to use force against inmates during the night shift.

Silicon Valley has joined a nationwide push to feed the hungry with uneaten food that would otherwise end up in landfills.

A political action committee has revived an effort to replace San Jose’s pot ordinance with one approved by voters.

A new class action lawsuit brought by two inmates claims Santa Clara County’s use of solitary confinement is inhumane and unconstitutional.

A 51-year-old inmate died Friday after jailors found him passed out in his cell at Elmwood, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

Under pressure from the feds and mounting political outrage over “Sanctuary Cities,” the county may revise its civil detainer policy.

South Bay leaders on Veterans Day unveiled a campaign to get hundreds of homeless veterans off the streets.