Note: This new assessment prompted San Jose Inside to take a fresh look at two years of compensation for employees in California cities.

Silicon Valley residents rise to the occasion by crafting protective face masks for the region’s frontline responders.

For several months now, residents have reported widespread lapses in postal service, from delivery delays to missing mail.

If found guilty, the second-term councilman could spend up to six months in jail, pay up to a $1,000 fine—or both.

If found guilty, the local official could spend up to six months in county jail and/or be subject to a fine of up to $1,000.

Authorities say the councilor, a 2020 congressional candidate, cooperated with police and drove back to the scene of the crime.

On the second anniversary of the Tubbs fire, PG&E has confirmed that it will turn off the power for nearly 800,000 customers.

Sentencing for the Saratoga business owner has been set for 9am on Sept. 20 in Department 30 at the Hall of Justice.

Two years after county voters OK’d the sales tax for transportation upgrades, the public will finally start to reap its rewards.

An appellate court has ruled that Santa Clara County’s half-cent sales tax known passed in 2016 as Measure B is legal.

State regulators have launched an investigation to determine whether the San Jose Water Co. over-billed customers for 30 years.

A local community leader wants San Jose to explore ways to limit rent increases for struggling mom-and-pop businesses.

A Change.org petition posted by Audrie Pott’s parents, which named each of the three boys, has garnered nearly 24,000 signatures since it was posted Feb. 11.

The parents of Audrie Pott, the 15-year-old Saratoga girl who hanged herself after being sexually assaulted and cyberbullied by classmates, have successfully lobbied for a bill that would strengthen California’s sex crime statutes.

Barry Chang saying something inappropriate in public is hardly earth-shattering news, but this time the Cupertino councilman and state Assembly candidate may have actually broken the law by bringing up a closed-session discussion out in the open.