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

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

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

The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors approved nearly $29 million in funding for affordable housing projects in San ...

Despite taking the helm of an LGBTQ+ nonprofit across the country earlier this year, former Assemblymember Evan Low hasn’t ...

The pile burning project, called Bailey Vmp Broadcast Burn, was initiated 12:57 p.m. Jan. 2 in Santa Clara County. After ...

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Despite San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan's claim his policy to arrest homeless people for refusing shelter is meant to connect them to treatment, there isn't a plan for how it's supposed to work.

About 37 senior nutrition programs serve 16,000 older adults a free or low-priced lunch during the week across Santa Clara County. The programs keep growing every year, as the region’s aging ...

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

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

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