The city of Santa Clara ended a lengthy search when it hired a new city manager this week. The City Council voted 4-1 to appoint Jovan Grogan to fill the vacancy left by the previous city manager, Deanna Santana, who was fired last year. Grogan, who is currently the city manager of San Bruno, will start his new position in Santa Clara on May 1.

San Bruno man found guilty in federal court of taking $84,000 from union and lying on annual financial reports.

California grants a safety certificate to PG&E just after the utility came off probation for the deadly 2010 San Bruno pipeline explosion.

A man believed to be out for revenge after YouTube censored his video channel was arrested en route to Google’s local headquarters.