Santa Clara gave Julio Fuentes a long-expected nudge off the dock last week, accelerating the city manager’s exit by more than two months.

The 49ers skipped three months of rent for Levi’s Stadium, reigniting concerns that city staff is withholding information from the Stadium Authority.

Santa Clara needs to come to terms with its new identity as a big city and update the way it does business.

The civil grand jury has been quietly investigating the stadium authority for Levi’s Stadium, home to the San Francisco 49ers and Super Bowl 50, while billionaire developers play chess for Santa Clara’s future.

NIMBYs in Santa Clara are attempting to detract from Super Bowl 50 under the guise of fighting for children, Rich Robinson writes.

A recent trip to review records at Santa Clara’s City Hall led to Fly crashing a governance committee meeting.

Elected officials in Santa Clara can’t get on the same page over alcohol sales, mirroring the efforts of the city’s beleaguered football team.

Some extraordinary decisions are being made at Levi’s Stadium, even if they aren’t coming from the struggling San Francisco 49ers’ coaches and players.

Former Santa Clara Councilman Kevin Moore loves to tell stories, and his upcoming book focuses on two of his favorite subjects: Levi’s Stadium and Kevin Moore.

In what’s becoming a disturbing annual tradition at Levi’s Stadium, another sports fan was severely beaten at a San Francisco 49ers season opener.

A Santa Clara County grand jury indicted ex-San Francisco 49ers player Ray McDonald on one count of raping an intoxicated woman.

Santa Clara City Council rejected a $3 million gift from the San Francisco 49ers after a dispute over some youth soccer fields.

A sweeping take-down by federal and local law enforcement resulted in an indictment against two-dozen suspected Nuestra Familia leaders.

LaDoris Cordell will retire from her post as San Jose’s independent police auditor this summer, the city announced Wednesday. During her five-year term the former judge brought unprecedented accountability to the San Jose Police Department.

Over the last year, San Jose Police Chief Larry Esquivel and his command staff have sent emails that suggest indifference for rules on accepting gifts while also routinely disparaging civilian oversight.

San Jose Mayor-elect Sam Liccardo announced that an eight-person transition team will help him “identify key initiatives to focus on” during his first term. It appears Carl Guardino, his close friend and CEO of Silicon Valley Leadership Group, will have the loudest voice in the room.