Cindy Chavez

Elected officials from throughout Santa Clara County gathered at Robert Peckham Federal Building in downtown San Jose on Friday morning, hours after the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade, to affirm their support for abortion rights and urge voters to elect officials around the country that will do the same.

Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez spoke to her supporters Tuesday night as she appeared to be headed for the Nov. runoff in the San Jose mayoral race.

In the June 7 primary election, San Jose voters will begin the process of electing the city’s next mayor. Mayor Sam Liccardo has hit his term limit, so it’s an open race with seven candidates on the ballot. The top two vote getters will head to a November runoff election unless one candidate grabs more than 50 percent of the...

Cindy Chavez discusses why she is running for San Jose mayor.

On Monday, as Santa Clara County begins to reopen for business, Board of Supervisors President Cindy Chavez and the Bay Area Air Quality Management District will sign the “Cut the Commute” pledge to maintain the progress of the Bay Area’s air quality.

Santa Clara County policy discourages public contracts going to businesses found to have committed state wage theft rules, but NBC Bay Area uncovered some three dozen companies which continue to receive taxpayer funded contracts. Stephen Stock reports.

Santa Clara County policy discourages public contracts going to businesses found to have committed state wage theft rules, but NBC Bay Area uncovered some three dozen companies which continue to receive taxpayer funded contracts.

Most of Santa Clara County, save for a few cities, can now text 911 in an emergency if they are unable to call.

Under a new enforcement program, Santa Clara County will suspend food facility permits for businesses that have stolen workers’ wages.

Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez pushed the Board of Supervisors to boost funding for rape crisis centers Tuesday.

Local county and city legislators could soon gather a task force to combat and address hate crimes in Santa Clara County following deadly shootings throughout the country, including one at the Gilroy Garlic Festival in July.

It may soon be a lot harder to get any business done with the County of Santa Clara.

The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors could vote Tuesday to approve spending $600,000 to support to operators of rape crisis centers, with one supervisor saying the county needs to offer support the state did not in its latest budget.

Santa Clara County will consider five new sites on county property for affordable housing projects under Measure A, pushing toward its goal of creating 4,800 new homes by 2026.

As Pride Month kicks off nationwide, queer individuals without housing in San Jose can for the first time access a shelter designed specifically for LGBTQ+ needs.

Buying a home in the Bay Area is a daunting, and for many, a seemingly impossible goal, and nowhere is that more apparent than in Santa Clara County, where the median home price is more than $1 million.

More affordable housing is on its way to the South Bay as Santa Clara County supervisors on Tuesday voted unanimously to use Measure A funds for nine different developments targeting low-income tenants.

Santa Clara County is loaning out $25 million to first-time homebuyers through a voter-approved measure designed to help middle class families who can’t afford a down payment get into a home of their own.

Imagine being in your early retirement-age and being the primary caregiver and provider to an adult son or daughter with developmental disabilities. What happens to them when you’re no longer there?

Santa Clara County community college trustees, presidents and students joined Supervisor Cindy Chavez at Mission College Friday to discuss proposed affordable housing that would be placed on community college campuses for students and extremely-low income locals alike.