The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors Tuesday will consider a complete overhaul of services the county provides to children who have been removed from their homes — often because of abuse or neglect — before they are placed with responsible family members or foster parents. Supervisors are expected to vote to phase out the...

When Santa Clara County bought three financially-struggling medical facilities last year, county officials promised nearly 1,700 workers at O’Connor Hospital in San Jose, Saint Louise Regional Hospital in Gilroy and DePaul Medical Center in Morgan Hill they could keep their jobs. But employees at O’Connor say the county reneged on that pledge as soon as...

In just six weeks, Santa Clara County could adopt Laura’s Law, more than 17 years after the assisted outpatient treatment program was passed into state law. The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved a referral for administration to consider options for adoption, which will come back to the dais Dec. 17. The law would...

After years of discussions, Stanford has withdrawn its application to build a massive expansion to its campus in an unincorporated part of Santa Clara County by Palo Alto, surprising some county elected officials who are facing blame from the university for the shift. Stanford and county leaders for more than a year have been hotly discussing...

Carla Collins has been a “lifelong feminist.” From listening to stories of her grandmother — a Mexican migrant worker who single-handedly raised five children — to engaging in the political process with her mother as a child, Collins said she attributes much of her success to her family. Now, after nearly two decades working within...

Santa Clara County service workers, on strike since Oct. 2, are expected to vote overwhelmingly today to reject an offer the Board of Supervisors made last week for a new contract — the county’s latest attempt to end workers’ protests and a six-month stand-off over working conditions, pay and benefits. Workers will reject the deal,...

An empty dirt lot just south of Downtown San Jose will now be one of two new sites for low-income and homeless housing funded by the latest round of revenue from Measure A, a $950 million affordable housing bond overwhelmingly approved by voters in 2016. The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the...

With an ongoing labor strike interrupted by intentional PG&E blackouts across Santa Clara County, members of SEIU Local 521’s bargaining team spent the last two days preparing a contract proposal for the 12,000 county workers it represents, the union announced at a news conference Friday afternoon. Negotiators declined to discuss many of the specific details...

One week after hundreds of Santa Clara County service workers left their jobs for a massive strike, union leaders prepared a new offer for the Board of Supervisors to consider, potentially ending the standoff that began six months ago. That development comes after a week of work stoppages, pickets and other strike actions across county...

The first streak of planned power outages swept across California on Wednesday, prompting local leaders to act fast in declaring a state of emergency as both Santa Clara County and San Jose prepare for the looming blackouts — expected to hit tonight. In a fourth news conference this week, San Jose city officials confirmed that...