What would’ve been a routine nomination erupted into a political brawl between county Assessor Larry Stone and Supervisor Dave Cortese.

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

The retro sign at the first-ever Orchard Supply Hardware store in San Jose vanished, prompting outcry from preservationists.

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

The rematch between Tam Nguyen and Maya Esparza could pave the path for how the city tackles its most pressing issues in coming years.

The race for county supervisor pits a trustee of the South Bay’s largest school district against a councilman of Silicon Valley’s largest city.

Someone trolled supe candidate Don Rocha by buying a domain name similar to his campaign website’s and redirecting it to a gossip blog.

The Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office has far exceeded its overtime budget in the past six years, according to a newly published audit.

While San Jose rakes in $10 million-plus a year in tax revenue from cannabis, Santa Clara County is leaning toward prohibition.

As Susan Ellenberg advances to the runoff in the county supervisor race, a few candidates have already lined up to fill her SJUSD seat.

Don Rocha is hanging onto narrow lead over Pierluigi Oliverio for the runner-up spot in Santa Clara County’s District 4 supervisor race.

Susan Ellenberg garnered more than 32 percent of the vote in the District 4 contest, putting her well ahead of runner-up Pierluigi Oliverio.

California’s long-awaited primary comes Tuesday, which means it’s down to the wire for a number of hotly contested South Bay races.

Dominic Caserta has resigned from elected office and pulled out of the county supervisor race amid mounting allegations of sexual misconduct.

The ROV apparently omitted some key biographical information from a candidate statement in the District 4 Santa Clara County supervisor race.

Sheriff candidates Laurie Smith and John Hirokawa sat down for no-holds-barred interviews to make their case for the June 5 primary.