San Jose may enlist garbage trucks as eyes on the ground for a short-staffed police force.

A controversial police drone, purchased unbeknownst to many in San Jose, may not take flight until 2017. While the City Council on Tuesday will vote on a policy governing drone use, police don’t expect the Federal Aviation Administration’s blessing until the end of next year.

Fresh off the July recess, San Jose's City Council reconvenes Tuesday to start a new fiscal year. With a pension reform settlement out of the way, it's time to talk trestle. The Willow Glen trestle

The sudden realization that most of San Jose’s lawmakers are law breakers is not the best way to end summer vacation. Not that they intended to end up on the wrong side of the law, of course.

Two major political adversaries nearly hooked up last week, threatening to disrupt a rivalry in local politics.

Monday Night Live! ramped up the raunchiness with a skit that left freshman Councilman Raul Peralez drenched and shirtless.

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

Residents of north San Jose's Berryessa neighborhood have until 8 tonight to cast their vote for a new City Council member.

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.

Last week Fly took a close look at the life of Manh Nguyen, a candidate for San Jose's District 4 council seat. This week Fly turned its attention on Nguyen’s opponent in the upcoming election, Tim Orozco.

The District 4 council race in San Jose has been whittled to two candidates, Tim Orozco and Manh Nguyen, and the latter has quite a life story—as well as some Gatsbyish intrigue.

Almost a month has passed since the anonymous political links blog The Daily Fetch went silent. But the site announced Tuesday it will return this week. The timing coincides neatly with the Santa Clara Valley Water District's hiring of Kerry Hillis, the blog's reported buyer.

A developer's petition to rezone an industrial property for housing has elicited full-throated opposition from city officials worried about San Jose's jobs-to-housing imbalance.

Watching returns come in from the special election for San Jose’s District 4 council seat, Steve Kline noted there was something wrong. “There are too many spoiled ballots, “ he said.

A special election took place in Santa Clara County last week and something unusual happened—it went smoothly. Well, maybe not that smooth for one candidate.