The mayor wants to offer no-interest loans to the 500 federal airport employees who have been working sans pay amid the shutdown.

Congresswoman Anna Eshoo, a Democrat from Palo Alto, introduced legislation to make election day a federal holiday.

Here’s a look at some of the state legislative proposals that became the law of the land when the clock struck Jan. 1 of the new year.

The snail-mail drive by the Enough is Enough Voter Project aims to fight Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ regulatory rollback.

President Trump’s push to remove potentially thousands of Vietnamese nationals from the U.S. has shaken many local families.

Lawmakers grilled the head of one of the most powerful companies in the world in a hearing that was part eye-opening, part cringeworthy.

Will lawmakers de-energize PG&E’s power to shut off the juice when the Red Flag warnings start flying again next year?

The South Bay’s largest, most influential Democratic Party faction went through a dramatic shakeup Monday.

Attorney and UC Santa Cruz graduate Charles Harder defends Donald Trump and helped Hulk Hogan shut down Gawker.

Though the “Blue Wave” was less mighty than Dems hoped, it was enough to at least undermine one-party rule in Washington.

Garbage haulers, cemetery operators and public safety unions spent heavily to hit Susan Ellenberg with attack mailers, to little effect.

A record-breaking 887,000 Santa Clara County residents have registered to vote in this year’s midterm election.

Dozens of Jewish students and their allies met at San Jose State Monday to mourn the dead, speak their names and condemn hatred.

South Bay trans advocates joined a nationwide campaign protesting a Trump administration proposal to narrow the definition of gender.

Local Dems are staying vigilant in response to a spate of bomb threats targeting Democratic Party officials throughout the country.

City officials plan to formally oppose a federal policy that could hurt thousands of San Jose’s foreign-born residents.