Cruising was originally banned as a way to deter crime and traffic-related infractions from gatherings of cars slowly rolling down an urban street, but the Latino community looks at the ban as highly discriminatory, since cruising lowriders on city roads has been a part of the culture since the 1940s. 

It’s been more than two years since cars have been able to drive down San Pedro Street in downtown San Jose and it appears that trend may last forever.

Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith, who has held that position for 24-years, says she will not run for re-election and that she will be retiring when her term ends in January.

The city of Santa Clara is now operating without its top two administrators after city council members voted to fire City Manager Deanna Santana.

For 35 years, the city of San Jose had extremely strict rules banning the erection of new billboards. Now, city officials are easing up and cashing out.

About 100 unhoused people have been living in a 40-acre encampment near San Jose’s airport, and the area has been ordered cleared by the FAA.

If you have court business to take care of in the South Bay you may have to put it off.

The city of Sunnyvale has added a new task to its to-do list: Get rid of hundreds of noisy, messy crows, and officials will apparently use lasers to do it.

San Jose could become the first city in California to approve a mandate that would require vaccine booster shots for visitors and workers at all city-owned venues.

Santa Clara County’s political districts are about to undergo some major changes after a key Board of Supervisors vote Tuesday.

Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez Chavez will hold a private event Thursday where she will officially announce her run for San Jose Mayor.

District 10 Councilmember Matt Mahan has a plan that would drastically ratchet up the use of prefab tiny homes as a temporary housing solution for the homeless.

Local government redistricting may not sound like the most exciting of political activities, but it actually has a direct impact on the day-to-day issues and challenges that your community faces.