Public defenders are calling on Gov. Gavin Newsom to name the Silicon Valley lawmaker—a former defense attorney—to the AG post.

A blog post published today names a litany of cops whose apparent prejudice calls into question the integrity of their policing.

The decision came after prosecutors reviewed hundreds of cases involving officers whose comments were first reported by SJI.

In a unanimous vote Tuesday, the Board of Supervisors approved a slate of changes aligned with a national #8CantWait campaign.

A proposal granting prosecutors on-demand access to inmate calls became a test of the county’s fidelity to its own oversight standards.

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

Don Morrissey, a twice-demoted deputy who recently resigned as union president, is set to give up his badge this weekend.

BAYMEC, one of the South Bay’s leading LGBT organizations, is trying to recover after losing more than half its board of directors this past year.

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.

Stanford students hope to foster a nuanced dialogue about justice and sexual consent in the wake of Brock Turner's controversial sentencing.

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.

The San Jose Police Department’s duty manual serves as a bible of sorts when it comes to the rules and regulations for officers. In the 756-page tome that lays out procedures and protocol, five pages are dedicated to interviews and interrogations of witnesses and suspects. Nowhere in the duty manual, however, is there any mention of an interrogation technique that is now receiving criticism from the Santa Clara County Public Defender’s office and local defense attorneys: letters of apology.