Santa Clara County officials have pushed back a decision on changing the local election system until later this year, when ...

Alameda County Sheriff Yesenia Sanchez, left, and Santa Clara County Sheriff Bob Jonsen have been appointed to the State 911 Advisory Board by Gov. Gavin Newsom. (Local News Matters file photos) ...

64 are from Alameda County, 23 are from San Francisco, 15 from San Mateo County, 10 from Contra Costa County, nine from Santa Clara County, one from Fresno County, nine from Marin County ...

OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 24: Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price, center, with members of her Human Exploitation Assistance and Response Team and others, take part in a march to ...

Cities in Santa Clara County have approved hundreds of new homes, but construction hasn't kept up, a data analysis by San Jose Spotlight shows.

Last year was the hottest yet recorded around the world, and in Santa Clara County 38 deaths were determined to be heat-related, after several heat waves brought daily high temperatures in San Jose ...

Santa Clara County took over operations of Regional Medical Center earlier this month in a $150 million deal, capping the end ...

Community members are pushing Alameda County to end the Wellpath contract at Santa Rita Jail. Santa Clara, San Francisco, Marin and Contra Costa counties all provide healthcare in their jails ...

Silicon Valley is known for technological innovation, but its jails are running on paper — and it’s fueling a public safety crisis.

Santa Clara County has one of five county superintendents in the state who are appointed rather than elected by voters.

Santa Clara County is expanding its hotel shelter program for North County homeless residents following the delayed opening of a modular housing site in Palo Alto.

David M. Toston, Sr. has been appointed Superintendent of Schools by the Santa Clara County Board of Education.