Los Altos City Councilwoman Neysa Fligor leads in the race to be the next Santa Clara County Assessor, but looks poised for a runoff with former Saratoga Councilman Rishi Kumar, after the county ...

Santa Clara County voters are on track to approve a 5/8 percent sales tax increase, which proponents say will fund the count’s public hospital system amid federal cuts, in tonight’s special election.

UPDATE 3 p.m. — As police, fire and coroner officials continue to investigate the early morning fire that resulted in the deaths of two people, neighbors and customers have told the Post that two ...

The fire caused an estimated $50,000 in damage, according to the fire department. Firefighters traced the fire’s origin to a closet, where a candle caused a shelf to ignite. They determined that the ...

At 11:37 a.m., the evacuation order for most of downtown Los Altos was lifted. The only exemption is for the building at 199 First St., which firefighters are still ventilating, according to a notice ...

Police in Redwood City have arrested a man they believe set a fire that forced three people out of their apartments. The fire broke out at 7:53 a.m. Saturday (Nov. 1) in an apartment building in the ...

San Mateo County is the first in California to remove a sheriff chosen by voters. Without any precedent to act as a guide, ...

Supervisors Noelia Corzo, Lisa Gauthier and Ray Mueller voted to appoint a sheriff for the remainder of former sheriff ...

Bryan Do, president of a San Jose school board, hopes to make the Santa Clara County Assessor more transparent.

Corpus had to convince San Mateo County Superior Court Judge Nina Shapirshteyn that she should be returned to the office of ...

Los Altos Vice Mayor Neysa Fligor is running to replace longtime Santa Clara County Assessor Larry Stone, who hand-picked her as his successor.

A man’s attempt to rob a Palo Alto home Sunday was foiled when he stopped to drink wine at the kitchen table, police say.