Suwanna Kerdkaew, formerly the department's deputy chief of administration, replaces former chief Tony Bowden, who retired after being on injury leave.

She joins three current San Jose City Councilors in the race: Willow Glen’s Dev Davis, Almaden Valley representative Matt Mahan and Raul Peralez in Downtown.

A Scotts Valley nonprofit is set to tackle a $1 million Title IX investigation across Santa Clara County’s hundreds of K-12 and post-secondary schools, despite having neither college-level experience nor legal staff for the task. Education, Training and Research Associates is the intended awardee of a contract to assess and codify how educators countywide comply with state and federal laws on sex- and gender-based harassment and abuse, according to documents obtained by San Jose Inside. The decision will be final on June 10, if none of the other four bidding agencies protest the selection.

The people affected by one of the largest fires in California history—the SCU Complex—still don’t qualify for FEMA relief.

While Wasserman dodges questions, the person believed to have processed his application faces some serious consequences.

California has never seen anything like the lightning fires that struck amid a pandemic, rolling blackouts and a record heatwave.

County Environmental Health Director Michael Balliet leads the fledgling unit, which has already starting bringing scofflaws in line.

County officials say they plan to concentrate the touchless sensors around 25 pedestrian-heavy expressway intersections.

The new ordinance “is critical to deal with the significant volume of complaints,” County Counsel James Williams told the Board of Supervisors.

Grand jury service gives citizens a chance to improve the integrity of local government and hold elected leaders accountable to the public.

The DA claims that a sheriff’s official falsified an application for a concealed carry weapon permit for the South County supervisor.

While politicians still dither over whether or not to mandate masks, it’s time to put factually based statistics and science above politics.

The estimation is approximately 16 times higher than the average number of evictions filed each year, according to analysts.

Supervisors Joe Simitian and Mike Wasserman voted against taking this first step towards a sales tax boost.

Less than a month after a key measure to change San Jose’s election dates failed to make it to the ballot, Ben Field has resigned.

More businesses and workplaces could re-open in Santa Clara County as early as July 13, as long as new strict social distancing rules and other COVID-19 public health protocols are met, Santa Clara County officials announced today. (more…)