Heavy rainfall Monday didn’t stop more than 200 anti-Donald Trump activists from rallying in front of San Jose City Hall.

Faced with a science-averse president-elect, local communities have no choice but to fend for themselves in the fight against climate change.

A coalition of California legislators, led by Campbell Assemblyman Evan Low, introduced a resolution that aims to abolish the Electoral College.

Councilman-elect Sergio Jimenez, who represents the Edenvale-Santa Teresa neighborhoods, starts his new job a month early and without pay.

San Jose will up its minimum wage to $15 when the clock strikes 2019 as part of a regional effort to raise the standard of living in Silicon Valley.

A week out from Election Day, some Santa Clara County races remain too close to call, which has prevented a few obligatory concession calls.

San Jose plans to raise the minimum wage to $15, but city officials disagree about how quickly to phase it in and whether to allow exemptions.

Vote counts in Santa Clara County are nearly finalized. However, one City Council race in San Jose remains too close to call.

A whirlwind election night set the stage for new beginnings as well as a few contested races that could linger into next week.

Political donors have spent more than $1.6 million on three San Jose ballot measures and another $822,000 on three City Council contests.

The public will likely have another chance to trade in guns for gift cards—no questions asked—at a buyback event scheduled for next month.

To help you make sense of the craziness that is the 2016 election, here’s our guide on how to vote from the nation’s highest office to city hall.

Mayor Sam Liccardo says the protest against the 1,200-mile Dakota Access pipeline highlights widespread concerns about climate change.

A fresh round of campaign finance data triggered two unrelated claims about “dark money” influence in Silicon Valley politics.

Someone posing as a volunteer for Assembly hopeful Madison Nguyen was reportedly knocking on doors and verbally sparring with residents.

Steve Brown is a special guy. How else to explain his position to allow businesses to discriminate against gay people? Then there’s his voter record.