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

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

The Monterey County District Attorney's Office reports that an illegal food vendor network operating on the Central Coast has been traced back to Merced County.

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

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

Despite San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan’s claim his policy to arrest homeless people for refusing shelter is meant to connect them ...

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

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

As House Republicans consider making deep cuts to Medicaid, Santa Clara County wants to transition to a “single plan” model ...

Santa Clara County convinced a California federal judge to decertify a class of religious workers who opposed the county’s ...

An off-duty deputy, Jamey Hummer, assisted a woman who had a seizure and crashed her car, with the help of Doug Feliciano.

In the 26th UGS' last meeting, senators discussed the seven active student protestors facing felony charges, the overhaul of ...