A new wildfire was reported today at 2:39 p.m. in Santa Clara County. Willow Fire has been burning on private land. At this ...

The Santa Clara County Fire Department in partnership with the Santa Clara County FireSafe Council is hosting a wildfire ...

Note that full containment doesn't mean the fire is completely out. In this case, it means that the whole perimeter of the ...

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

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

As House Republicans consider making deep cuts to Medicaid, Santa Clara County wants to transition to a “single plan” model ...

A massive structural budget deficit is forcing Santa Clara County leaders to get creative in finding ways to avoid hits to ...

The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors approved nearly $29 million in funding for affordable housing projects in San ...

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Santa Clara County Sheriff's Academy recruits host a bone marrow drive to support children like 4-year-old Kenji Lam.

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 ...