Santa Clara County Local News

The summer COVID surge in California may be finally abating, but people are still advised to get update vaccines in anticipation of a resurgence in the fall and winter.

On October 2, the Housing Trust Silicon Valley announced a $30 million donation from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott to support construction of affordable housing in the region.

A look at the campaign finance disclosures from the candidates running for open seats on the Palo Alto Board of Education in the November election.

An explainer of the Mountain View Whisman School District parcel tax Measure AA on the November ballot.

Following the defeat of their lawsuit over images in a Black Lives Matter mural, a group of Palo Alto Police officers is taking their suit to the California Sixth District Court of Appeals.

The Assembly approves Gov. Newsom’s bill on oil refineries on a 44-17 vote. But the state Senate will have its say during the special session.

A California minimum wage law that was delayed amid budget troubles is now set to go into effect Oct. 16. It’s expected to benefit hundreds of thousands of workers.

Meet the candidates and incumbents running for seats on the Gilroy City Council in the November election.

Meet the nine candidates running for four open seats on the Mountain View City Council in the November election.

Meet the five candidates running for three open seats on the Palo Alto Board of Education in the November election.

California’s private nonprofit colleges will no longer be able grant students an admissions advantage if their parents donated to or went to the same college after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law this morning banning the practice.

Homeless service providers are scaling back and taking out loans as they wait for late payments from the government.

An estimated 1 in 5 schools has no air conditioning and another 10% need repair. Underfunded schools struggle to keep classrooms cool as heat waves intensify. “It’s a hot mess,” one teacher says.

Candidates running for the Palo Alto City Council in November respond to policy questions.

Meet the candidates running for the District 5 seat on the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors in the November election.

A look at candidates Sam Liccardo and Evan Low, running to represent Silicon Valley in the District 16 seat in the US House of Representatives in the November election.

The Mercury News guide to the Proposition 2 $10 billion bond to build and repair public schools.

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposal to combat gasoline price spikes appears headed to a long-awaited Assembly floor vote next week after passing out of committee on September 26.

The City of Milpitas has placed a measure on the November ballot to extend an existing quarter-cent sales tax another eight years to fund emergency services, street repairs and city parks.

The governor wants new gas reserves to dampen seasonal price spikes. Refiners say the move would raise prices and require new storage tanks.