A nearly yearlong effort to ban artificial turf on Santa Clara County-owned properties has failed after the Board of Supervisors was unable to come to a consensus on the much debated topic.

Santa Clara County supervisors on Tuesday voted to dissolve a special fire protection district which serves the southern portion of the county, and relies on CalFire for service, and the county ...

Currently, residents outside the cities of Gilroy and Morgan Hill are part of the South Santa Clara County Fire Protection District, which contracts with Cal Fire for service. "The significance is ...