A Santa Clara County supervisors plans to introduce an ordinance, on Tuesday, that would ban the use of synthetic or plastic turf at all county-owned parks and facilities. Otto Lee site health risks associated with the plastic turf.

A Santa Clara County supervisor will introduce an ordinance on Tuesday that would ban the use of plastics in the construction of athletic fields at county-owned sites

Silicon Valley is one of the nation's most expensive locales and home to dozens of nonprofit organizations, which need to keep up with costs of living.

ADVOCATES ARE RAISING concerns about whether Santa Clara County is going to undercount the number of homeless residents this year. Every two years, the county participates in a federally mandated point-in-time count to gather information on the number of people living on the streets and in shelters.

Veterans living in a substandard housing facility in East San Jose said it’s getting worse, more than a year after Santa Clara County purchased it and months after a new service provider took over.

Advocates are raising concerns about whether Santa Clara County is going to undercount the number of homeless residents this year.