A Mountain View man was arrested earlier this month on suspicion of burglarizing multiple homes, according to police.

Midway Fire initially started 2:51 p.m. May 22 in Alameda County. It has burned 262 acres after being active for 16 hours. As ...

A new wildfire was reported today at 3:44 p.m. in Santa Clara County. Guadalupe Fire has been burning on private land. At ...

Spending priorities | Taxing consumers | Health care. Mercury News reader letters to the editor for May 25, 2025.

The Monterey County District Attorney’s Office is warning the public about an ongoing illegal food operation based in Merced ...

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

The Bay Area News Group clinched 21 of the state’s most prestigious journalism awards for work published in 2024, including ...

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 ...

We must respond to cuts that are devastating the California economy and the services we all rely upon,' writes an L.A. Times ...

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