Supervisor CIndy Chavez requested a special local report following news that San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin had accused San Francisco police of using DNA collected from a sexual assault victim to connect her to another crime.

As part of the settlement, Ulta Beauty will be required to pay $752,000 in fines and implement a compliance program to ensure its stores properly dispose of hazardous materials in the future.

The public defender failed to disclose that he previously argued in support of Stanford student Brock Turner’s “lenient” sentence in June 2016.

District Attorney Jeff Rosen will appear on ballots along with Sajid Khan, a Santa Clara County deputy public defender since 2008.

San Jose resident Nancy Nordland, 66, will be arraigned on the misdemeanor charge on April 27 at 9am.

John Lindner, a Franklin-McKinley School District trustee, has been charged with grand theft, perjury and violating state election law.

An annual review by San Jose’s Independent Police Auditor comes up for discussion at Tuesday’s City Council meeting—the last until August.

Parents of Sierra LaMar, who was murdered by Antolin Garcia Torres, found little comfort in the life sentence he received.

In a country founded on “give me liberty or give me death,” the ultimate punishment is contrary to our own stated belief system.

TheDistrict Attorney’s Office will seek the death penalty for Antolin Garcia Torres, who was found guilty of murdering Sierra LaMar.

The jury found Antolin Garcia Torres guilty of murdering 15-year-old Sierra LaMar. They must now decide whether he should face the death penalty.

The passage of Proposition 64 may seem like the end of prohibition, but it doesn’t mean anything goes.

An event to combat sexual assaults on college campuses featured District Attorney Jeff Rosen, Congresswoman Jackie Speier and actress Sharon Stone.

A former Santa Clara County jail guard was arrested on suspicion of beating an inmate years ago, raising concerns about what took so long.

An interpreter shortage has people giving up their rights, judges acting unethically and court officials saying everything is fine.

Debido a la falta continua de intérpretes, el sistema judicial del condado de Santa Clara ha logrado segregar a los ciudadanos con base a su idioma durante años. Por lo tanto, esta separación ha causado injusticias.