Silver, who has been Acting Public Defender since December 2024, has served the public at the Santa Clara County Public Defender's Office for nearly three decades.
Following an investigation after the initial arrests of 13 suspects in the September strong-arm jewelry store heist, San Jose detectives obtained arrest warrants for two addtional suspects and search warrants for their residences.
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When detectives located and arrested one adult male and the two 16-year-olds at a San Jose residence, they found a loaded firearm, large quantities of narcotics and two homemade improvised explosive devices.
The “Operation Family Ties” investigation began in June 2025 when a Morgan Hill police officer became suspicious of one of the defendants applying to open a massage parlor under another individual’s name.
Uatesoni Joseph Paasi, 31, was arrested last month in Mexico and was extradited to the U.S. on Dec. 2 and booked into the Santa Clara County Main Jail on a murder charge.
Rep. Sam Liccardo’s office announced this week that fellow California Democrat Ro Khanna and two GOP congress members joined his bipartisan bill to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits.
On Dec. 4, the City of San Jose will unveil a commemorative bronze plaque at City Hall above the footprint of a house which once stood on South Fifth Street where band members played their very first notes as the Grateful Dead.
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