Santa Clara County Local News

A 2.2-acre lot on West San Carlos Street near downtown San Jose is under consideration for development of over 200 units of affordable housing.

California’s unemployment rate, 5.2% of its labor force in July, is no longer the nation’s highest after months of having that dubious distinction.

CalFire received the first of five planes promised by the federal government, a former Coast Guard C-130 Hercules air tanker.

Unable to jam through bills he says will lower California gas prices, Gov. Newsom calls the Legislature back into session.

A look at some of the over 1,000 homeless students are enrolled in Santa Clara County public schools.

A large apartment complex in San Rafael’s majority-Latino Canal neighborhood. Latino families in Marin County are far more likely than white families to have trouble making ends meet, a new report finds.

The Legislature is willing to guarantee $500 million annually to affordable housing developers, but with a caveat.

The City of Palo Alto is considering how best to manage the abundance of shopping areas mixed with the abundance of empty store fronts, especially on California and University Avenues.

Early warning systems save lives during disasters, but a recent FEMA survey found that only a third of people are signed up. Use this resource to find your county’s emergency alert sign-up page.

The City of Saratoga has partnered with nonprofit Our City Forest to offer free or subsidized trees as part of a program to encourage residential tree planting.

A proposal for a 205-unit all-affordable housing development on an empty lot on West Julian Street in downtown San Jose has been filed.

A look at the five local candidates running for seats on the Palo Alto Unified School District Board of Education.

A permit was denied for a tobacco shop on El Camino Real in Mountain View, citing the proximity to parks and schools where children congregate.

In their August 28 meeting. the Morgan Hill City Council voted to increase wastewater rates incrementally every year through 2028.

California Highway Patrol officers received historically high raises in 2022 and 2023, but it continues to face a high vacancy rate of 16%.

Some Democrats are pushing bills that could put their colleagues on the hot seat in an election year. The authors say they’re representing their constituents and there’s never a perfect time for votes.

San Jose City Councilmember Arjun Batra joined in opposition of a planned Santa Clara County purchase of the South San Jose interim housing sites for use in a jail diversion program.

A look at incumbent Los Altos Hills Councilmember Linda Swan who is running for reelection on the November ballot.

A profile of IdaRose Sylvester, running for a seat on the Mountain View City Council in November.

A proposed market-rate housing project for Lick Avenue in San Jose has been updated to instead build 215 affordable homes as the first phase of a 565-unit project.