Planning commissioners rejected the mosque as proposed and directed staff to return with plans for a drastically scaled-down project.

We all acknowledge the need for housing, but we also know that this need has to be balanced with safety, jobs and community.

The project has been in the works for 13 years and is now in the final stages of approval.

San Jose’s homeless population went from 4,350 in 2017 to 6,172 this year. For Santa Clara County, it grew by 31 percent.

A quiet push to give local prosecutors on-demand access to inmate phone calls has ignited a controversy over checks and balances.

Kansen Chu sent local pols scrambling to rethink their 2020 plans when he opened up about his decision to eschew another term in the Assembly.

Weakening Santa Clara County’s sanctuary policy will not make our community safer. Doing so will decrease safety for all of us.

The county approved sweeping changes in its election infrastructure, including replacing traditional polling places with new voting centers.

Can unions organize cannabis industry workers, some stoned, some sober, others undocumented and still others with college degrees?

The mayor’s remarks came a day after labor leaders condemned him for wanting to weaken Santa Clara County’s sanctuary policy.

The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors moved 4-1 Tuesday to figure out how to water down its landmark ordinance.

All we can infer is that former Santa Clara Councilman Dominic Caserta answered a bunch of questions while maintaining a steady pulse.

Workers battling the multi-city health and hospital district over its acquisition of five clinics want voters to weigh in on future growth.

Decades after founding the Bay Area Municipal Elections Committee, Ken Yeager will take the helm as its PAC’s first executive director.

Thanks to public opposition, the county stopped the project. But it should also condemn its parks division for conducting business in secret.

If local efforts like these can be made widespread, the effect on the planet will have a tangible impact, county Supervisor Dave Cortese said.