Stanford professor Michele Dauber has carried the momentum from a high-profile judicial recall campaign into local activism.

A spike in child drownings and drowning scares has prompted Santa Clara County health officials to issue a public warning.

Several people running to replace Santa Clara County Supervisor Ken Yeager made their case Thursday for the BAYMEC endorsement.

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.

A single mother of five is looking for answers after a counselor allegedly broke her son’s arm while trying to break up a fight at Juvenile Hall.

A 57-year-old Santa Clara County inmate, whose name is being withheld, died in the hospital Thursday, according to jail officials.

Santa Clara County has opened the state’s first pharmacy dedicated to collecting and dispensing unused medication.

Santa Clara County officials said they will resume a partnership with Turner Construction to complete construction at Valley Medical Center.

A 51-year-old inmate died Friday after jailors found him passed out in his cell at Elmwood, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

Santa Clara County has sued the lead contractor hired to expand Valley Medical Center. The lawsuit accuses Turner Construction of falling behind schedule and driving the $300 million project over budget.

Santa Clara County locked a contractor out of the Valley Medical Center work site, blaming Turner Construction for delays and safety issues.

The county released video of an explosion to highlight safety lapses by the contractor hired to seismically retrofit Valley Medical Center.

Days before the contract expires for the county's largest labor union, public hospital employees stage a "sick out" to demand higher pay.

The state attorney general's office will host public meetings this week on the contentious sale of six nonprofit hospitals—including two in Silicon Valley—to a multi-state, for-profit chain.

Cannabis clubs, already banned from every local jurisdiction except for some slim pickings of real estate in San Jose, may get outlawed from unincorporated Santa Clara County, too.

Santa Clara County mental health doctors say they’ll strike next month unless they get a pay raise and a promise for more consistent schedules.