The seven-member land-use commission has become a flashpoint in a politically charged conversation about equity in local government.

Developers scrambling to finance high-rise apartments in San Jose will get a break on taxes for at least a few more years.

Union bosses are pushing back on the subsidy in a way that their business counterparts are calling a politically motivated attack.

The environmentally friendly standards will become a part of the city’s building codes if state regulators give them the green light.

Despite being a no-show Monday, Otto Lee won the Silicon Valley Democratic Club endorsement in the D3 supervisor race.

San Jose Councilwoman Magdalena Carrasco wants to prohibit sales of e-cigs and flavored tobacco that haven’t been approve by the FDA.

If the council approves the plan, San Jose will join nearly 1,000 local governments across 18 countries that have issued similar declarations.

The vouchers approved by city leaders on Tuesday will be funded through a state grant called the Homeless Emergency Aid Program.

The proposal is part of a broader effort to add 25,000 units—10,000 of them below-market-rate—to the city’s housing supply by 2022.

A recent spate of ideologically motivated massacres have prompted local lawmakers to think of ways to keep hate crimes in check.

The East Side airport’s potential closure has been the subject of impassioned public discussion for the better part of the past year. 

The City Council on Tuesday will review the land’s potential uses and the impact it would have on Mineta San Jose International Airport.

The initiative, which passed in a 9-2 vote, will come back for another reading and is slated to go into effect toward the end of September.

Low-income renters and homeless people struggling to find a place to live that accepts housing subsidies may soon find some relief.

As news broke on Sunday that a gunman had open fired on a crowd at the Gilroy Garlic Festival, local officials poured out words of support.

With no striptease, crotch-kicking or ball-gags and the same tired jabs about stinky Milpitas, the 26th Monday Night Live packed less of a punch.