Inmates are dying, jail guards are breaking laws and sending racist texts, and worse, some may even be raping the men and women behind bars.

To revitalize St. James Park, San Jose may divert millions of dollars in developer fees to fund a special management district.

A commission assigned to investigate local jails meets Saturday. Its first order of business: deciding whether to call the whole thing off.

Santa Clara County is trying to hire more psychiatrists after years of leaving the jails understaffed.

A month after an inmate’s fatal beating at Santa Clara County’s Main Jail, another inmate has been found dead.

Three Santa Clara County jail guards have been accused of homicide in connection to an inmate’s death last week.

Three Santa Clara County correctional officers were placed on leave after an inmate’s death, raising concern about excessive use of force behind bars.

As housing costs soar and incomes remain relatively stagnant, San Jose aims to pass a new rent control ordinance by the start of 2016.

Two men died after a pair of unrelated officer-involved shootings took place over a six-hour stretch in San Jose.

Councilman Pierluigi Oliverio's former chief of staff dropped his name from a sexual harassment lawsuit filed last fall.

City officials are poised to approve a three-year lease that would breathe new life into Hammer Theatre Center, a.k.a. The San Jose Rep, which went dark a year ago due to bankruptcy.

Santa Clara County more than doubled its enrollment targets for the Affordable Care Act, a.k.a. Obamacare, driving up revenue for the Valley Health and Hospital System.

San Jose Inside has learned that Kerry Hillis, a policy aide currently on leave from county Supervisor Cindy Chavez’ staff, purchased the anonymous attack blog The Daily Fetch from political consultant Jay Rosenthal in late 2012, according to a source. Hillis has also done work for San Jose's police union and mayoral candidate Dave Cortese.

In a letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, an aviation expert calls San Jose’s airport curfew insulting, and wonders why city leaders can’t get residents to put up with the noise, like they do in Oakland and San Francisco.

Weeks after San Jose police suspended off-duty work with the 49ers, emails show just how cozy the relationship was between some officers and the team.

San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed on Wednesday called for a federal investigation into accusations that the police union president abused his authority by thwarting the city’s recruitment efforts. A day later, Reed and his political consultant found themselves on the receiving end of calls for an inquiry.