Santa Clara County News

Police on Saturday arrested three people, including a 17-year-old boy, suspected in the gang-motivated stabbing death of a 56-year-old man on the city's East Side.

Hunger isn't just a problem in the developing world. Even in the ostensibly well-to-do communities of Silicon Valley, one out of every three children rely on free or reduced-price meals provided to them by their local schools.

Larry Horton, Stanford University's longtime senior associate vice president and director of government and community relations, will step down at the end of this calendar year, he told the Weekly today.

The 2013 summer photo contest sponsored by Santa Clara County supervisor Mike Wasserman is on, with constituents invited to show why District 1 is the No.

Firefighters this morning extinguished a small blaze at a mobile home near the Santa Clara County fairgrounds, according to a fire captain.

There are many milestones in a child's life: potty training and the joy of "big kid pants" instead of diapers, walking , graduating from baby food and the high chair to the Real Dinner Table.

Santa Clara County in California is trying to make reading more interesting in a society where books just don't seem to cut it anymore.

The state political watchdog commission that regulates campaign finance and lobbying in California on Thursday will hold its monthly public meeting for the first time in Santa Clara County.

Three people were injured after a two-car collision shortly before 7 a.m. Monday, according to the California Highway Patrol.

When I read of the indictment last week of 48 Nuestra Familia members in a wave of robberies, murder and other crimes, what struck me immediately wasn't the details of their charges.

Police have arrested a 61-year-old man on suspicion of killing his live-in girlfriend and dumping her partially-clothed body near railroad tracks behind a mobile home park, the city's first homicide of the year.

Massive San Luis Reservoir will turn into a mud puddle this August on the San Joaquin Valley's west side — maybe a historic low.

The Declaration of Independence proclaimed that all persons have the right to "Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness."

In an era of still-fragile finances, few dare call it pork. But San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed's budget message last week included a clutch of nearly two dozen earmarks from City Council members.

Officers and fire personnel were sent to the under 100 block of West Eighth Street at 7:37 p.m. regarding a dead body in a motorhome.

A San Jose attorney was sentenced to state prison Thursday on charges he embezzled more than $860,000 from a client in 2011, according to the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office.

The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors will review recommendations addressing a $67 million shortfall next week as four days of budget hearings begin Monday, county officials said.

Nine impactful short documentaries will be shown in a specially arranged screening by the Santa Clara County Activists for Animals.

Santa Clara County CALIFORNIAAnnouncing the 7th Annual Festival in the Park - " Stayin' Alive! Join the American Heart Association for a fun-filled health and recreation fair, one day only, Saturday, June 22, 2013 from 11 am - " 4 pm at Hellyer County Park.

A Petaluma man who traveled to downtown San Jose on Wednesday believing he was going to have sex with a young girl and physically abuse her was arrested in a sting operation, according to the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office.