The Registered Nurses Professional Association said 97% of its members – whose contract expired Oct. 29 – voted to authorize a strike if no agreement is reached on union demands for better working conditions, pay raises and improved benefits.
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Online ‘Romance Scams’ Stole Nearly $6.2M in Santa Clara County in 2023
On the eve of Valentine’s Day, the FBI warned that scammers take advantage of people looking for romantic partners on dating websites, apps, or social media by obtaining access to their financial or personal identifying information.
Santa Clara County Needs to Act on Creative Solutions for Unhoused Residents
Encampments continue to pop up in residential and commercial areas because people have nowhere else to go. The status quo of our county isn't working.
East San Jose Poet Named New Santa Clara County Poet Laureate
Yosimar Reyes was named Santa Clara County's eighth poet laureate, and will serve for two years, through 2025.
Ex Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Deputy Pleads to Reduced Charges for Fake Shooting Report
Sukhdeep Gill had told investigators that he miraculously escaped injury when a bullet fired from a passing car struck his body camera while he was standing near his patrol car.
Santa Clara County Reports Highest Eviction Rate Increase in CA
The number of Californians facing eviction was relatively low for years during a lengthy statewide moratorium. In the year after it ended in June 2022, cases soared and still remain high in large counties.
Santa Clara County Judge Dismisses Garlic Festival Shooting Victims’ Lawsuit against Gilroy and the Festival
Victims' attorney plans to appeal the tentative ruling in the case stemming from the July 28, 2019 mass shooting at the festival that resulted in four deaths, including the shooter, and injuries to 17.
Milpitas Business Owner Admits Soliciting a Bribe in Illegal Santa Clara County Gun Permit Scheme
Prosecutors said Michael Nichols was a key middleman in former sheriff Laurie Smith’s illegal pay-for-play gun permit scheme, introducing executives at AS Solution Inc., a company seeking gun permits, to local lawyers and and the Sheriff's Office.
Santa Clara County Supervisors Decide How to Spend $48M from Opioid Lawsuit Settlement
Santa Clara County is getting a piece of a national, multibillion-dollar opioid settlement against drug manufacturers, distributors and retailers for their role in creating a state and national crisis.
Santa Clara County Law Enforcement Recovers Victims and Arrests Sex Traffickers at Local Hotels
The local enforcement, conducted July 19-30, was part of a national operation led by the FBI known as Operation Cross Country.
Santa Clara County and Bay Area Community College Transfer Rates Among Highest in CA
While the numbers of transfers to four-year colleges are increasing, still fewer than 15% of local community college students take steps towards undergraduate degrees, according to CalMatters.
Santa Clara County and Its Largest Union Reach Tentative Agreement on 3-year Contract
More than 12,000 county workers will get a 5% raise this fiscal year, followed by two years of annual increases of 4%, plus a $1,200 one-time payment.
Santa Clara County to Fight Meth Addiction with Gift Cards
The county plans to join other California counties in a new experimental state program that targets methamphetamine addiction by rewarding patients with gift cards for negative drug tests, up to $599 per year.
Accused Child Molester Found Dead in Santa Clara County Jail
The jail death is the fourth in-custody death in the county in 2023 and the third in-custody death at a Santa Clara County jail since March.
Santa Clara County Employee Unions Warn that Staff Cuts Could Be ‘Dangerous’
Public employee unions said the county should add, not cut, money for frontline workers in its social services, health, sheriff, behavioral health, registrar, assessor and planning departments.
Santa Clara County Will Buy Citizens’ Guns Twice a Year
Gun buybacks allow people to relinquish working firearms to law enforcement, without questions asked, in exchange for cash.
