The roll shows that the net assessed value of all property in the county grew by $35.5 billion to a total of $551.5 billion from the year prior.

Voters have a lot of important decisions to make this election cycle, which features a host of consequential local, state and national races.

The new ordinance “is critical to deal with the significant volume of complaints,” County Counsel James Williams told the Board of Supervisors.

The total net assessed value of all real and business property grew by $35.5 billion, a 6.87 percent increase over the prior year.

Fewer than three in 10 local small businesses that applied for one of the loans are receiving one, according to a new survey.

Businesses, entrepreneurs and innovators in the tech sector seem to be driven as much by the need to contribute as by future profit.

Engineers from Maker Nexus—a 3D printing company in Sunnyvale—channel their ingenuity to address a shortfall of protective equipment.

The goal is to increase high-capacity testing and end a backlog that, at times, has left people waiting as many as 12 days to receive results. 

Sierra Circuits provides medical equipment to dozens of customers, including one that makes a quick-turnaround COVID-19 test.

A shortage of chloroquine, which sells under the brand name Plaquenil, is one of the many unforeseen consequences of the pandemic.

Ulta Beauty, Xfinity and and Kids Dental & Orthodontics expect to open up shop in the master-planned development later this year.

Supervisor Dave Cortese’s impending departure from the county board has drawn a crowded field of aspiring successors.

Though San Jose is the deadliest city in Santa Clara County for bicyclists, the most dangerous intersection lies in Palo Alto.

The motivations for a directly-elected mayor are the same as ever—concentration of power, self-interest and personal ambitions.

California election law prohibits government agencies from spending taxpayer funds and public resources to promote partisan causes.

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