Santa Clara Councilmember Anthony Becker’s perjury trial is scheduled to start this week, after more than a year of delays.
Becker was accused of perjury in April 2022 after allegedly lying about leaking a Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury …
Bev Lucatelli, owner of The Caravan Lounge, pretends to jokingly strangle one of her bartenders, King Patrick Eugenio, under the warm glow of the bar’s rainbow Christmas lights and they both burst out laughing. All the employees treat each other …
Chef Hisham Abdelfattah knows the test of a great restaurant is not how it prepares and plates its highest-end menu items, but the care it takes in its everyday foods and side dishes. And at El Halal Amigos, it all …
Tensions on the Santa Clara City Council flared over how to officially respond to reports calling it “dysfunctional” and suggesting the city did a poor job negotiating its Levi’s Stadium contracts.
Councilmembers met on Tuesday and Wednesday to approve official …
Santa Clara voters in November will weigh whether to replace half their elected officials and decide who should win a highly-competitive open seat.
Voters will also be asked to cough up money to fix the city's crumbling roads and buildings. …
San Jose officials have zeroed in on the city's first location for a sanctioned encampment, where homeless people will be allowed to stay inside tents without fear of being swept.
The lot at 1157 E. Taylor St. could open early …
A legal shield protecting police officers from excessive force lawsuits has taken a major blow in San Jose.
The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday denied qualified immunity for Michael Panighetti, a San Jose Police Department officer who …
Chris Constantin was sure he’d enlist in the U.S. Army Airborne Rangers after receiving his master’s degree, but his past public service ended up determining his future.
The Los Gatos Town Council unanimously selected Constantin as town manager, Los Gatos' …
Sept. 21 will mark a significant milestone in transit history: the start of Caltrain's electrified service. This transition from the diesel fleet that has been used for decades to electric trains is a major step forward for sustainable transit in …
Emotions ran high at a homeless encampment near a San Jose park as the city began sweeping the streets that unhoused residents called home.
Two years ago, the city cleared the sprawling homeless encampment near Columbus Park that sits under …
Frustrated San Jose hotel workers launched a three-day strike over Labor Day weekend against the Signia and DoubleTree after more than two months of failed contract negotiations with Hilton Hotels & Resorts.
Unite Here Local 19 hotel workers in San …
East San Jose businesses are partnering with the city to launch a plan to drive more shoppers into the Tully Eastridge neighborhoods and breathe new life into its diverse economy.
The business owners want to create a Business Improvement District …
Santa Clara County’s unique identity and greatest strength is our diversity – a diverse economy, a diverse landscape and a rich diversity of cultures. As we live and work together it is through sharing our arts and culture practices and …
Some Little Saigon activists are in uproar after a San Jose councilmember's office changed the locks and the rules for reserving events at the Vietnamese Heritage Garden.
Councilmember Bien Doan announced those new rules last month after becoming the center …
Santa Clara Valley Water District has won its lawsuit against one of its directors who took thousands of pages of internal documents.
Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Ellen E. Williams has ordered Valley Water Director Rebecca Eisenberg to return …
Advocates and politicians have worked for years to ban the use of gas-powered leaf blowers in San Jose. A new incentive could be the answer.
Although the state has banned the purchase of new gas leaf blowers as of this …
In what regional leaders call a first for American sports arenas, Levi’s Stadium will host World Cup matches and the Super Bowl in the same year — and the costs of making history are taking shape as Santa Clara officials …
The San Jose Chamber of Commerce building is in need of some urgent upgrades, and the organization has launched a foundation to raise the funds.
Built in 1942, the historic building that fronts the corner of West Santa Clara and …
Last year, a renovated San Jose hotel on The Alameda reopened with much fanfare to house homeless residents. But problems have cropped up from the start, according to people who live there.
The city tapped nonprofit HomeFirst to provide supportive …
There are no elections in Los Gatos this year because no one in town stepped up to challenge the incumbents, guaranteeing two councilmembers another four years in office.
Councilmembers Matthew Hudes and Maria Ristow are up for reelection, but with …
