John Arthur Getreu, 78, admitted to the 1973 murder of Lesley Perlov, 16 months after he was convicted in the 1974 killing of another woman in what proxecutors called The Stanford Murders.

Another weather system is projected to bring additional rain and periods of stronger winds this weekend and next week.

The complaint is the second lawsuit to declare that project in northern San Benito County would harm cultural resources and threaten the environment.

The Asian/Pacific Islander Community Health Worker pilot program will work with local nonprofits and hire health workers to care for seven specific Asian communities in the county. 

Despite some early season rain, the U.S. Drought Monitor classifies 99.48% of California as  being in drought. About 85% of the state, and all of Santa Clara County, are classified as being in a severe, extreme or exceptional drought, with reservoirs well below their historical averages for this time of year.

The list of Election Day front runners in Santa Clara County remained unchanged after Friday's count.

Smith, who announced her retirement on Monday while the jury was deliberating, faced the charges in a civil trial that had been filed by a Santa County Civil Grand Jury in December. Sentencing in such a case could normally result in her removal from office, but the sheriff's surprise resignation two months before the end of her sixth term makes that punishment moot.

Housing officials report that the number of new housing units completed and occupied under Measure A is not quite 25% of the bond's goal of 4,800 new affordable housing units set in 2016.

About 300 small businesses are participating in the Very Small Quantity Generator hazardous waste disposal program, with first dropoff site opening today, Nov. 2.

The Department of Motor Vehicles is required by law to screen motor-voter registrations, and county elections officials say they rely on this information to send out ballots.

Under state law, the Clerk-Recorder’s Office is required to begin removing racially discriminatory language from millions of property documents.

In the spending plan, the county reaffirms its commitment to the safety, health and success of children by unveiling new programs. 

Annual mushroom production in the county in 2021 grew by 5% to $79.5 million followed by bell peppers, at $19.2 million.

A Union City man admitted  to robberies and attempted robberies of gas stations and convenience stores using fake rubber gun.

The enhanced enforcement of the program, which will go into effect Oct. 13, includes sharp increases in fines – from 10 to 25 times greater – plus the permanent revocation of a permit for a third offense.

Opponents of the revised Sargent Ranch plan say it would still disturb wildlife and tribal lands.