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The Monterey County District Attorney's Office reports that an illegal food vendor network operating on the Central Coast has been traced back to Merced County.

Santa Clara County approved nearly $29 million for five affordable housing projects in San Jose, creating 612 units and ...

The county joins other San Francisco Bay Area jurisdictions in approving the "smoke-sniffing" devices to shore up the ...

Despite San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan’s claim his policy to arrest homeless people for refusing shelter is meant to connect them ...

Northern California’s Santa Clara County has approved $28.7 million in funding for affordable housing in San Jose, reports ...

Zocdoc, the appointment-booking company, has introduced an automated assistant it says can schedule visits without human intervention 70% of the time.

Four out of five of California’s most-destructive wildfires, and nine of the 10 largest, have occurred since 2017.

As House Republicans consider making deep cuts to Medicaid, Santa Clara County wants to transition to a “single plan” model ...

The Stanford University pro-Palestinian hunger strike has entered its 10th day.

Investigator Christina Ro-Connolly cleared Callagy of Corpus’ complaints of interference in the sheriff’s office operations.

Santa Clara County convinced a California federal judge to decertify a class of religious workers who opposed the county’s ...