Slow down. Somebody needs to tell that to the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, which appears hell-bent to beat a Friday (Aug. 8) deadline to put a sales tax on the November ballot. Normally, a ...

A San Mateo County jury in 2002 found Hensley guilty of first-degree murder in the death of Noble, who was his roommate in a Mountain View apartment. Prosecutors said Hensley’s motive was that he ...

A judge has dismissed Bullis Charter School’s lawsuit that alleged the Santa Clara County Board of Education is imposing ...

Palo Alto council may approve a new agreement with police officers for a 3.5% raise and a $200 bonus each month. The raises ...

Santa Clara County officials are quietly preparing to put on the November ballot a sales tax increase to bail out the county ...

Authorities have ruled out the possibility that the remains found in Twin Pines Park were those of Ylva Hagner, 42, of Palo Alto, who disappeared 29 years ago. But it appears likely they are those of ...

Former Nike CEO John Donahoe has been hired as athletic director at Stanford. Donahoe will become the school’s eighth ...

District Attorney Jeff Rosen has been sued for a third time by a prosecutor who is collecting a paycheck from Santa Clara County but not getting a job assignment from Rosen.

Family members of a man who killed himself while in custody at a San Mateo County jail have filed revised lawsuits against the county, after a judge dismissed their earlier complaints accusing jail ...