The ACLU is defending a South Bay school official who was threatened with litigation for asking critical questions about a charter petition.

A former campaign staffer accuses ex-boss Dominic Caserta of parading around in nothing but a bath towel and other impropriety.

Magdalena Carrasco’s critics contend that she lives outside her own district, and one went so far as to hire a private eye to try to prove it.

Sheriff Smith making herself inaccessible to reporters comes amid criticism that she’s also disengaged from constituents.

A scathing audit convinced the California Department of Education to find a more scrupulous contractor than 4Cs to manage $40 million in grants.

The Silicon Valley Organization drew flak for the way it responded to a campaign mailer about a candidate endorsed by its PAC.

Meet Mike Alvarado and Maria Hernandez, two grassroots candidates in the race to replace Santa Clara County Supervisor Ken Yeager.

MUSD board president Daniel Bobay faced some backlash for expressing ambivalence about gun-toting teachers.

Laurie Smith won two key union endorsements, making the bid to unseat her that much more of an uphill battle.

The first polling in the San Jose mayor’s race came out this week, showing that Sam Liccardo can coast his way to re-election.

San Jose’s successor to the defunct Redevelopment Agency recently sold the Anno Domini property to developer Ken Tersini.

Meet the two unknown candidates who are challenging San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo in his bid for re-election.

Van Le says Councilman Tam Nguyen broke the law by using public resources to push his personal political agenda against her.

A new petition is calling on Franklin-McKinley school trustee and accused felon John Lindner to resign.

A Morgan Hill charter school principal threatened to take legal action against a county education trustee who asked some tough questions.

An anonymous complaint accuses a landlord organization of trying to influence public policy in San Jose without registering as a lobbyist.