San Jose renters ended a five-day hunger strike Tuesday with a landmark political victory and historic expansion of tenant rights.

San Jose’s City Council on Tuesday will hold a contentious debate on new ways to protect tenants and hold landlords accountable.

Last week, at the first council meeting to address the flood, neither a single council member nor a city official said the word “homeless.”

We’re still 16 months from the 2018 primary, but a huge group is already lining up to run for two county supervisor seats.

A new audit found that San Jose’s tenant protections have been undermined by compromise as well as a lack of staffing and oversight.

San Jose Inside published its annual Year in Review list last week. Now we give you our prognostications of what’s to come in 2017.

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.

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.

At the first City Council meeting of the new fiscal year, San Jose electeds will discuss a business tax measure and pension reform settlement.

Democrats in Santa Clara County are grappling with allegations of harassment against women within their ranks.

Monday Night Live!, San Jose's annual political stage production, returns next week for its 23rd installment, hosted this year by state Sen. Jim Beall.

To prevent companies from stiffing workers out of their legally entitled pay, San Jose will consider bolstering its wage theft policy.

In a split decision that closed out a marathon meeting, San Jose’s City Council lowered a cap on rent hikes for the first time in four decades.

San Jose's City Council will decide this week whether to cut allowable annual rent increases for one-third of the city’s apartments.

San Jose may assign Mayor Sam Liccardo to pen argument and rebuttal against an initiative that aims to replace the city's medical marijuana ordinance.

In the South Bay—the actual Super Bowl City—it was “don't ask don't tell” when it came to the issue of homelessness.