A record high in jail deaths, lagging deputy misconduct probes and in-custody violence have tested federal monitors’ patience with Santa Clara County’s slow progress improving jail conditions.

After months of deliberation, VTA is joining five major Bay Area transit agencies in supporting a regional funding measure planned for the 2026 ballot.

An independent analysis shows at least 524 people across 322 West Valley households experienced homelessness in 2024. The analysis also reveals about 38% of the area’s homeless residents are youth or ...

A growing field of candidates has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars in the four-month sprint to the November special election for Santa Clara County assessor.

A Santa Clara County hillside polluted for decades by a controversial cement plant and quarry is on the path to restoration. The work is expected to cost millions of dollars as the company returns the ...

The whir and thunks of heavy equipment hauling clay and soil from underground could be heard throughout the Newhall Maintenance Yard on Monday, as VTA begins construction on the BART expansion through ...

San Jose officials have signed off on the mayor's plan to reallocate a majority of funding meant for affordable housing and put it toward temporary homeless shelters.

The mayor of San Jose wants to penalize homeless people who refuse shelter by arresting or hospitalizing them, punting the service-resistant onto Santa Clara County for care.

As San Jose crunches the numbers in its upcoming budget, a larger than expected shortfall looms on the horizon, along with another round of department cuts and potential layoffs.

Santa Clara County’s ballooning cost of living has exploded. Cost of living in the county is increasing at a faster rate than wages across all income levels. While its median income has gone up nearly ...

As Campbell’s first Latino mayor and one of the VTA board of directors' youngest chairs at 29, Sergio Lopez is aiming to make that happen.

East San Jose school leaders have made the final decision about which campuses in the financially struggling district will close. The Alum Rock Union School District board of trustees voted ...