In a commentary published in The Mercury News, Mayor Matt Mahan describes a shelter and law enforcement approach to ending targeted homeless encampments within Northern California's largest city.

Democrat-run cities in California are discovering they don't have to put up with rampant homelessness and drug addiction.

Less than a week after Mayor Matt Mahan announced a bold push to arrest homeless people who refuse help, disturbing videos show San Jose police officers beating and verbally taunting an elderly ...

San Jose said no to letting its firefighters participate in a state-funded cancer prevention and research program -- until pressure forced the city to reverse course.

Homeless advocates have called on San Jose to readjust its approach to homelessness, saying its aggressiveness has to more ...

A homeless man is in custody for indecent exposure and allegedly biting officers. Part of the altercation is captured on ...

VTA sues ATU Local 265 to end strike, citing a "no strike" clause breach, while ongoing wage increase negotiations remain ...

San Jose has problems with slumlords and now they have problems with vanlords. City officials are targeting vanlords, ...

American dream | Wealthy agenda | Whose interests? Mercury News reader letters to the editor for March 14, 2025.

San Jose’s financial outlook for the coming fiscal year may not be as dim as initially thought, with the city now forecasted ...

San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan has long said he wants elected officials and city leaders to be accountable for eliminating ...