Santa Clara County Local News

In their December 10 meeting, the Mountain View City Council rejected a proposal to drop the senior advisory committee. Read on to learn more about the proposal and why it was not approved.

The Biden administration is awarding Inflation Reduction Act money to help clean the air before President-elect Trump takes over.

Gov. Newsom launched an ambitious program that uses Medi-Cal to help Californians access housing, healthy food and more. Now, its fate is in the hands of President-Elect Trump.

The City of San Jose is offering new incentives for development of multi-family housing. Read on to learn why city officials are taking this step.

Learn why the City of Mountain View dissolved the police advisory board just three years after it was formed.

In their December 11 meeting, the San Jose City Council approved updated plans for the redevelopment of the El Paseo de Saratoga. Read on to learn more about how the project was scaled down from the original plans to build 994 units of housing.

Read on to meet the new Mayor of Los Altos.

In their December 10 meeting, new councilmember William Lam was sworn in with two reelected members. Read on to learn more about what's in store for the next term of the Milpitas City Council.

This month, people with non-violent misdemeanor warrants may be able to avoid jail time through a program with the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office.

The final vote tally shows the $350 million Los Altos School District Measure EE bond passed. Learn what comes next.

Find out what Palo Alto residents think about their city according to the recently released report of a citywide survey.

The newly elected members of the Gilroy City Council were just sworn in. Read what the Mayor and others had to say, and what it means for the future of Gilroy.

In a December 10 press conference, Governor Newsom urged lawmakers to press forward in building the Sites Reservoir in Colusa County. Read on to learn more about the project, the largest new reservoirs to be built in California in the last 50 years.

California has an aggressive mandate for zero-emission trucks, which are powered by electricity or hydrogen. But trucking companies face big obstacles — and people are still breathing dangerous diesel exhaust.

Pledging to take on the affordable housing crisis and bring down health care costs, Adam Schiff was sworn in Monday by Vice President Kamala Harris as California’s junior U.S. senator.

In their December 9 meeting, the Palo Alto City Council approved a $43 million plan to upgrade the University Avenue streetscape. Get more information about the next steps in the development process.

Are food recalls on the rise? Yes. Read on to learn more.

It has been eight years since California voters repealed a 1998 law directing public school districts to essentially eliminate their bilingual programs. But the fallout from the state’s vacillating history of bilingual education has led to California falling short of providing a quality education not only to non-English speakers but also to students who want to be bilingual.

The Public Policy Institute of California, a think tank that conducts vigorous and objective research into vital state issues, is celebrating its 30th anniversary with a series of retrospective reports.

Each December there’s a new version of an old guessing game about how much water will be provided to agricultural and municipal users in the year ahead.