The battle lines have officially been drawn in the 2020 race to replace San Jose’s Almaden Valley Councilman Johnny Khamis. 

The San Jose councilman says he’s been caught in the crossfires of an apparent political hit that aims to cast him in a bad light. 

A local coalition of union-aligned advocacy groups hope to upend what they call a pay-to-play environment in San Jose politics.

Though there was no ruling Thursday afternoon, the plaintiffs held a presser, addressing a crowd gathered on the outskirts of St. James Park.

The City Council on Tuesday will debate a policy requiring contractors to hire locally and pay prevailing wages on subsidized projects.

As San Jose’s elected leaders quibble about equity in the city’s budget, another test of their fidelity to the principle is on the horizon.

As ads play a diminishing role in the media biz, news outlets are increasingly trying to get by on some blend of paywalls and auxiliary revenue.

Local officials accused the attorney general of engaging in political posturing, with no concern for health care needs of Santa Clara County.

Susan Ellenberg’s election to the Santa Clara County District 4 seat stands to shift the board to the center in the years ahead.

What would’ve been a routine nomination erupted into a political brawl between county Assessor Larry Stone and Supervisor Dave Cortese.

Maya Esparza had nearly caught up to D7 incumbent Tam Nguyen by Wednesday, trailing him this afternoon by a margin of just 13 votes.

Garbage haulers, cemetery operators and public safety unions spent heavily to hit Susan Ellenberg with attack mailers, to little effect.

The race for county supervisor pits a trustee of the South Bay’s largest school district against a councilman of Silicon Valley’s largest city.

Come Election Day, local voters will choose between a seasoned educator or a tech industry veteran in the race for SJUSD Area 4.

Don Rocha is hanging onto narrow lead over Pierluigi Oliverio for the runner-up spot in Santa Clara County’s District 4 supervisor race.

Councilman Tam Nguyen appears headed to a runoff against his 2014 rival, Maya Esparza, for San Jose’s District 7 council seat.