A sexual assault perpetrated by a Stanford University athlete has ignited public outrage after he came away with just a six-month jail sentence.

Santa Clara County is one of just 17 in California that offer campaign finance records in easily analyzed online forms. Here's what they show.

On Monday, authorities reissued a $100,000 reward in connection to the 1994 killing of 26-year-old Army veteran and engineer Matt Flores.

Under pressure from the feds and mounting political outrage over “Sanctuary Cities,” the county may revise its civil detainer policy.

Santa Clara County is accepting applications for a commission that will examine local jails in response to the fatal beating of a mentally ill inmate.

Three correctional officers arrested last week on suspicion of beating to death an inmate have been officially charged with murder.

District Attorney Jeff Rosen declined to file charges against a county sheriff deputy who shot and killed a 61-year-old woman described as "crazy, evil, pissed, possessed" the night of the fatal encounter.

Parents of a mentally unstable teenager shot and killed by a San Jose police officer say a report clearing the officer ignores evidence that the encounter unnecessarily turned deadly.

A veteran San Jose police officer was shot to death Tuesday night by a suicidal man armed with a high-powered rifle.

If George Shirakawa Jr. receives community service instead of jail time as punishment for his felony mail fraud, he can thank a judge with whom he’s shared a political relationship for more than a decade.

In his inaugural speech after being sworn in for his second term today, Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen highlighted the reforms made since taking office in 2011.

San Jose police are planning another gun buyback to take illegal firearms off the streets—no questions asked. Two key organizers have formed an unlikely alliance.

District Attorney Jeff Rosen announced on Monday that his office will not file domestic violence charges against San Francisco 49ers defensive tackle Ray McDonald, citing a lack of evidence.

Deadly encounters between police and citizens have increased in recent years. And while officer-involved shootings are nearly always ruled justified, mistakes are costly—both in lives and in the millions that the public pays to victims and their heirs.

Newly released Grand Jury transcripts show that investigators have gathered mounds of physical evidence linking missing Morgan Hill teen Sierra LaMar and Antolin Garcia Torres—her suspected kidnapper and killer—even though nothing suggests the two knew each other before her disappearance in 2012.

Police and prosecutors have teamed up to offer cash rewards for information that leads to an arrest and conviction in either of two separate homicide cases.