Walter Katz, a former public defender and police oversight attorney from Los Angeles County, has been named San Jose’s next Independent Police Auditor.

A deputy’s confounding decision to turn away a murder suspect placed Santa Clara County’s troubled jails in the national spotlight.

In response to the beating death of a mentally ill inmate, Santa Clara County will make require crisis intervention training for sheriff’s deputies.

As San Jose’s only cat cafe prepares to close, one elected official has proposed creating a city-run replacement to promote shelter adoptions.

San Jose's top cop, Larry Esquivel, won't be out of work for long when he retires in January. He has lined up another job in Tracy.

One of San Jose's longest-running cannabis clubs has been forced to close, but will convert the facility into a campaign headquarters for statewide legalization.

A testy discussion between SCVWD board and staff prompted an audit to delve into allegations of improper payments to one of the district's contractors.

The owner of a local collective claims California's new marijuana regulations violate the state's constitution.

San Jose's retired civilian police auditor, LaDoris Cordell, will lead a task force assigned to investigate Santa Clara County's jails.

To crack down on illegal dumping, San Jose may enact steep fines for people who leave their junk on the streets.

Public health officials say at least 182 people have been sickened by a bacterial infection after eating at a San Jose seafood restaurant.

In her latest project, journalist Kristin Schreier Lyseggen offers a rare glimpse of the trauma inflicted upon trans women behind bars.

A longtime employee claims that owners of the Los Gatos nudist resort effectively reduced dozens of live-in workers to indentured servitude.

The VTA has offered cash payments to businesses hurt by construction delays on a rapid bus line running through San Jose's Alum Rock corridor.

Santa Clara County is trying to hire more psychiatrists after years of leaving the jails understaffed.

San Jose is expected to nix a voluntary spending cap and change several other local election laws to match state requirements.