The former Sunnyvale mayor, U.S. Navy Bronze Star recipient and intellectual property attorney starts his newest gig in a few short weeks.

The plan would make low-interest loans available for small local businesses adversely impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. 

The verdict’s in. There will be no proposal for a 0.625-cent increase in the Santa Clara County sales tax on the Nov. 3 ballot after all.

Supervisors Joe Simitian and Mike Wasserman voted against taking this first step towards a sales tax boost.

Two county supervisors want a COVID cost tracker so the public can see precisely what’s being invested to pull through this crisis.

Three-and-a-half months after COVID-19 surfaced in Santa Clara County, officials have finally released data on cases in each ZIP code.

The county argues that the ACA has enabled funding for COVID-19 testing, public health surveillance efforts and laboratory resources.

Santa Clara County health officials are looking to increase testing capacity to 1,300 a day. But they’ve hit a road block getting there.

As of today, Dave Cortese held strong with nearly 33 percent of the vote against 20 percent for former FEC chair Ann Ravel.

Kansen Chu garnered more than a third of the total vote count, a haul of 13,135 ballots, while Otto Lee hung back at 28 percent.

To combat childhood hunger, Supervisor Susan Ellenberg wants the county to allocate $8 million to feed 12,000 kids over four years.

On Tuesday, the county will consider a proposal to spend $8 million over four years to feed 12,000 of the neediest children in the South Bay.

Lobbyists target county supes to push plan for mining operation on lands considered sacred by local Native Americans.

For the first time ever, Santa Clara County has calculated exactly how much money it spends on services that support children. 

The 100-student, 100-day pledge coincides with a new survey that shows an uptick in the number of homeless college students.

Instead of moving the social services hub to downtown San Jose, the board opted to keep it at 591 N. King Road.