Yusef Salaam said he was “deeply humbled” to win a seat Tuesday on the New York City Council, a reflection of the approach he’s taken despite spending about seven years …
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There’s a town in the northern United States now considering a most unusual idea: Banning art. Specifically, banning any kind of artwork, in any public space. If this were to …
As San Jose nears one year into Mayor Matt Mahan’s tenure — are his major campaign promises going anywhere? A new trove of data focused specifically on public safety, blight, …
Richard Roundtree, the trailblazing actor who starred as the ultra-smooth private detective in several Shaft films beginning in the early 1970s, has died. He was 81. Roundtree’s longtime manager, Patrick …
SAN JOSE — San Jose’s mayor on Saturday sketched out a grassroots approach for the Bay Area’s largest city to improve safety, address homelessness, create a cleaner community and improve …
A former mayor of a small town in Ohio drunkenly led cops on a high-speed chase — and told them “what you’re doing is wrong” as she tried to flaunt …
What may have become the largest San Jose city employee strike in decades fizzled on Tuesday after councilmembers approved a significant pay bump for about 4,500 of its workers, a …
An unfunded proposal by Anchorage’s mayor to pay for plane tickets to warmer climates for homeless people who would otherwise be forced to winter outside in the bitter cold has …
In just the past 13 months, San Jose’s political machinery has seen two major upheavals: Voters approved changing the year in which the mayor is elected. And two councilmembers were appointed …