It will affect the multiple encampments that stretch along creeks, rivers, and streams in Santa Clara County, including Coyote Creek. "People tend to go to waterways because it's more private," Rico, who has been living next to Coyote Creek for four years ...

The main water provider in Santa Clara County approved an ordinance Tuesday that makes it a crime to live along creeks and rivers that provide water and flood control to the region. Before the 6-1 vote in favor of the ordinance, the Valley Water board of ...

In the South Bay, a big decision was made Tuesday that aims to keep homeless encampments a safe distance from waterways. South Bay waterways have become makeshift homes for many of the unhoused in Santa Clara County.