The San Jose vote will determine whether the new mayor elected this fall serves two or four years.

The latest relief package offers about four times as much as the $13.5 billion in aid that went to K-12 schools under the CARES Act.

The city voted for its first directly elected mayor as well as its first Muslim-South Asian and openly queer councilors.

Nearly all parcel taxes and school bonds are poised to pass as of Wednesday, although thousands more ballots remain to be counted.

Grace Mah, the incumbent since 2007, is up against Melissa Baten Caswell, a longtime Palo Alto Unified trustee.

Fremont Union High School District officials who hired the recalled jurist say the outrage over his new gig took them off guard. 

Santa Clara County will consider bolstering its living wage policy to include not just higher pay, but adequate paid leave, benefits and hours.