Maybe we can start this over again? Or return it like a holiday present we didn’t need? Yes, 2016 was the gift that kept on giving.

Vote counts in Santa Clara County are nearly finalized. However, one City Council race in San Jose remains too close to call.

California lawmakers collected thousands of dollars in per diem pay on days they skipped work, according to an Associated Press report.

If State Assemblyman Kansen Chu (D-San Jose) gets his way on daylight saving time, we'll never have to reset our clocks again.

Something fishy is going on in the D4 Council office. Since Manh Nguyen took over the seat, he’s taken an unusual approach to filling out his staff.

Kansen Chu has run through quite a few staffers as a state assemblyman, a trend carried over from his days on San Jose's City Council.

Manh Nguyen finished Election Day with a solid 13.6-point lead over his opponent.

An independent evaluator has recommended dismissing complaints against Manh Nguyen, who's running against Tim Orozco for San Jose's District 4 council seat.

Questions about a San Jose City Council candidate’s marital status have prompted an erstwhile acquaintance to file an ethics complaint.

Voters in north San Jose's District 4 will be able to cast ballots for their chosen City Council candidate as early as this week.

With 86 percent of votes tallied, Tim Orozco holds a clear lead in the special election for San Jose's District 4 City Council seat.

Voters have their pick of eight candidates in today's special election to fill San Jose's District 4 City Council seat.

Hoping to bolster returns in San Jose's District 4 council race, election officials have expanded hours and ballot drop-off sites.

All candidates vying for San Jose’s District 4 council seat will have a chance to speak at a forum next Monday. Organizers originally planned to limit the panel to the top five fundraisers but opened it up to all active candidates after some pushback.

The special election to succeed former San Jose Councilman Kansen Chu—and by extension his temporarily appointed fill-in Margie Matthews—takes greater shape next week, when candidates must file their first campaign disclosure forms for 2015. But what have they been doing in the meantime?

The race to succeed former San Jose Councilman Kansen Chu—and by extension his interim replacement, appointed council member Margie Matthews—begins in earnest at noon today.