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

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

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

About 37 senior nutrition programs serve 16,000 older adults a free or low-priced lunch during the week across Santa Clara County. The programs keep growing every year, as the region’s aging ...

Despite San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan's claim his policy to arrest homeless people for refusing shelter is meant to connect them to treatment, there isn't a plan for how it's supposed to work.

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

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

Executives at Facebook’s parent company in 2022 stopped committing funding to the initiative, slowing progress.

A Mountain View man was arrested earlier this month on suspicion of burglarizing multiple homes, according to police.

Pittsburg made changes to its tobacco, alcohol and cannabis policies to protect the youth and create healthier community.

Former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez has revealed that promotion head Dana White bailed him out to the tune of one ...

The Monterey County District Attorney’s Office is warning the public about an ongoing illegal food operation based in Merced County that is actively operating in Monterey County and nearby areas.