Local government offices are taking the day off to celebrate the national holiday. Here's a partial list of what's open and closed today.

NAACP chapter president Rev. Jethroe Moore accused the head of the Santa Clara County sheriff deputies union of sending racist texts.

All but one of the candidates vying for county Supervisor Ken Yeager’s seat have surpassed the quarter-million dollar fundraising mark.

Residents and local officials gathered at the Mountain View Senior Center on Saturday for the region’s first listening forum on LGBTQ issues.

Santa Clara County, which plays a key role in regional disaster response, is mulling the idea of using AI to brace for future emergencies.

A Santa Clara County inmate died in custody early Thursday by what officials are calling an apparent suicide.

Inmates and their advocates call Santa Clara County’s jail grievance system unfair because of an official’s alleged conflict of interest.

Three Santa Clara County jail guards convicted of fatally beating a mentally ill inmate will serve 15 years to life in prison.

South Bay residents with an arrest warrant to their name have a chance to trade it for a citation and a new court date this holiday season.

A judge has blocked President Trump’s decree to withhold funding from jurisdictions that limit cooperation with immigration agents.

Sheriff candidate Joseph LaJeunesse may have put in 14 years at the Santa Clara County law enforcement agency, but he still feels like an outsider.

Federal immigration agents arrested 21 people from Santa Clara County as part of a nationwide crackdown on so-called sanctuary cities.

San Jose on Tuesday appointed prominent civil rights attorney Aaron Zisser as the city’s new police watchdog.

Santa Clara County will consider whether to create a civilian watchdog division to keep an eye on its troubled jails.

Activists rallied today to protest plans by the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office to arm jail and patrol deputies with Tasers.

One of the key organizers of the white supremacist rally that turned deadly in Charlottesville has roots in the South Bay.