Santa Clara County has appointed a new director of its Social Services Agency.

Hours before thousands of workers planned to walk off the job, Santa Clara County's largest employee union reached a tentative four-year agreement.

Councilwoman Magdalena Carrasco put to rest rumors of a bid for higher office, announcing that she will not run for the state Assembly in 2016.

Local leaders applauded the same-sex marriage ruling Friday, while social media lit up with celebratory tweets, status updates and rainbow memes.

Santa Clara County's largest labor union voted to authorize a strike next week to protest what they call unfair labor practices and demand higher wages.

Bay Area-based startup HandUp connects homeless people in need with donors who want to help.

Santa Clara County's homeless population fell by 14 percent since the last count two years ago, according to figures released Monday.

Days before the contract expires for the county's largest labor union, public hospital employees stage a "sick out" to demand higher pay.

The Santa Clara County Office of Education will form a task force to review the policies of Walden West Science Camp, which seems to have enabled an alleged child predator to work as a camp counselor for kids.

Owners and employees of a Los Gatos nudist resort face criminal charges after authorities accused them of stealing water from a local creek.

Santa Clara County's Board of Supervisors will spend the entire week going over a $5.5 billion budget proposal for the coming fiscal year.

Family and friends of a man shot dead by San Jose State University police have spoken out against a decision not to charge the officer.

A new study that bills itself as the most comprehensive of its kind has put a price tag on homelessness in Santa Clara County.

The legal age to buy cigarettes may soon level up to the drinking age—at least for unincorporated Santa Clara County.

The notoriously poor-performing Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters is back at the public trough, asking the Board of Supervisors (BOS) for millions more in taxpayer money for electronic equipment that may never be needed.

Good Karma Bikes is part of a growing number of groups in Silicon Valley to merge cycling and social justice, or treat them as though they were always connected.