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 and firefighters are investigating a fatal fire that broke out early this morning (Nov. 3) at Avenue Liquor Store at Roosevelt Plaza in Redwood City. Firefighters were called to the shopping ...

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 ...

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

Former Saratoga City Councilman Rishi Kumar is running as the outsider candidate in the race to replace longtime Santa Clara ...

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 ...

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

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

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.

San Mateo County Sheriff’s Capt. Eamonn Allen has been living in the Millbrae police station and commuting to his home in Boise, over 650 miles away, a London newspaper reports. The news comes as ...