While taking responsibility for managing hazardous and biological waste, county officials today said private contractors – not hospital employees – had been hired to handle hazardous and medical waste identified by the DA.

The appointment by Bernalillo County commissioners on a 3-2 vote returns the veteran San Jose politician to the state of her birth and ends her 18-month search for government jobs away from the Bay Area.

April 2 Update: City, county, state ballots set for November

In addition to outright winners in local races in the March primary, Matt Mahan, David Cohen and Otto Lee, another 10 local politicians emerged from the early ballot counts as shoo-ins for November, because they are already comfortably separated from their opponents.

Yosimar Reyes was named Santa Clara County's eighth poet laureate, and will serve for two years, through 2025.

The Santa Clara County supervisor says he already has raised $600,000 in federal campaign funds.

I am concerned about how we, as a city and county, are spending our taxpayers’ funds to address the homelessness crisis.

Up to $2 million will be available for projects in each of the five supervisor districts, providing matching grants to cities, school districts and nonprofits to build all-inclusive playgrounds.

Santa Clara County is getting a piece of a national, multibillion-dollar opioid settlement against drug manufacturers, distributors and retailers for their role in creating a state and national crisis. 

The federal grant targets unsheltered and rural homelessness in San Jose and Santa Clara County.

Cindy Chavez’ strong Democratic Party and organized labor credentials had vaulted the Santa Clara County supervisor to the top of the list of candidates for Chief Administrative Officer, but these strengths could prove to be her undoing.

The board approved more funds for senior housing, a land swap for supportive housing in Cupertino, an investment into rental assistance with seven non-profits, a new housing development in Milpitas and more affordable housing in Mountain View, some specifically for foster youth. 

In the wake of recent gun violence, Santa Clara County leaders voted Tuesday to improve the county's gun buyback and relinquishment program. The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors is asking the sheriff's office to hold two regularly scheduled gun buybacks per year. County leaders said that previous gun buybacks have been successful, with several hundred weapons surrendered at each event.

A violations report released this month identified more than 2,135 violations and millions of dollars in fines at the Lehigh Cement Plant's 3,500-acre site between 2012 and 2021.

The enhanced enforcement of the program, which will go into effect Oct. 13, includes sharp increases in fines – from 10 to 25 times greater – plus the permanent revocation of a permit for a third offense.

Community engagement will include a series of public meetings hosted between July and September, which began with the first workshop today, July 6.