Santa Clara is the latest Bay Area city to join other cities and counties across the state to declare a local emergency because of worsening drought conditions.

Last month, the city of San Jose became a pioneer of gun reform. Now San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo is taking his push for tougher gun laws to the White House, at a meeting with President Joe Biden and city officials from around the country.

Residents of San Jose's Villages retirement community say that coyotes have been attacking and killing their dogs and cats.

As the Bay Area heads into Fourth of July weekend, communities faces a "perfect storm" of extreme-drought conditions, wildfire danger, pent-up, post-COVID demand for partying, and now, both legal and illegal fireworks being sold in some South Bay municipalities.

A snorkeler who was bitten by a shark off the San Mateo County coast has shared his story.

Santa Clara County law enforcement officers appear to have a lower COVID-19 vaccination rate than the general public, with around 64 percent so far confirming they're fully vaccinated.

On Friday, a suspected drunk driver ran into an outdoor dining area outside a San Jose bar, killing one person and injuring two others. 

The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority had investigated or disciplined mass shooter Samuel Cassidy four times before he opened fire on coworkers in May.

A mother from San Jose has been arrested on a charge of murder after her 7-year-old son was found dead in Las Vegas, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department announced Tuesday.

A mass shooting on Wednesday morning at the Valley Transit Authority (VTA) light rail yard (101 W. Younger Ave.) in downtown San Jose has claimed the lives of at least eight people, likely all VTA workers, and the shooter also reportedly took his own life at the scene.

Their ducks may have come home to roost for three Santa Clara residents accused of stealing a neighborhood icon: a duck statue named Rubberta that normally resides in the front yard of a private home in Mountain View.

A mountain lion scaled a six-foot-high fence in Woodside Wednesday evening and attacked a dog, whose owner drove onto the lawn to scare off the big cat.

The San Jose Police Department says it has arrested 13 alleged gang members in connection with a wave of violent robberies particularly targeting gardeners and landscapers.