A quiet push to give local prosecutors on-demand access to inmate phone calls has ignited a controversy over checks and balances.

Sources say court officials downplayed the scope of a software bug that charged too much or too little for some traffic violations.

Accused rapist Sharwian Bobian walked away from a psych hold a full month before the Santa Clara County DA filed charges against him.

While state agencies have undergone a reckoning over sexual harassment, local governments have largely escaped scrutiny—until now.

A landmark law designed to protect California’s environment has enabled profiteers to hold up critical projects.

A powerful union leader violated agency policies by failing to report hate speech—and the former undersheriff leapt to his defense.

The Santa Clara Councilman has been the subject of sexual harassment claims since he began teaching high school in the early 2000s.

A scathing new report found that 4Cs child care nonprofit mismanaged state grants and caused undue financial hardship for countless families.

The federal Office of Early Head Start is investigating claims of harassment at the Community Child Care Council of Santa Clara County.

The #MeToo ethos fuels the effort to oust Santa Clara County Judge Aaron Persky from the bench in an unprecedented recall election.