December 1, 2020 Santa Clara Co. Court Limits Access to Slow Spread of Covid By Silicon Valley Newsroom Effective immediately, the only ones allowed in local courthouses will be those who have no choice but to appear in person. Read More 4
March 13, 2020 Traffic Court Encourages Payments by Phone Amid Coronavirus Outbreak By Silicon Valley Newsroom The expansion of telephonic payment services aligns with guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control promoting “social distancing.” Read More 1
July 26, 2019 New Judge in Google Lawsuit Has Close Ties with San Jose Mayor By Grace Hase and Jennifer Wadsworth Plaintiffs in a lawsuit over San Jose’s secret negotiations with Google are questioning the impartiality of a new judge assigned to the case. Read More 19
May 8, 2019 Court Draws Scrutiny for Relying on Temps, Commissioners Despite ‘Surplus of Judges’ By Jennifer Wadsworth Court officials say there’s no “surplus,” however, and that the state needs a better way to assess how many judges each county needs. Read More 5
March 20, 2019 Traffic Court’s Ticketing Glitch is Latest in Long Line of Missteps Linked to Tyler Technologies By Jennifer Wadsworth Sources say court officials downplayed the scope of a software bug that charged too much or too little for some traffic violations. Read More 8
December 6, 2017 Court Watchdog Arrested Just Weeks after Violent Encounter with Sheriff Deputy over Video By The Fly Susan Bassi, a local court watchdog who says she got her hand broken by a bailiff last month, had another unfortunate run-in with officials. Read More 82
December 1, 2017 Santa Clara County Courts Put Own Interests over the Public’s with No-Photo Policy for Records By Josh Koehn Obtaining court documents in Santa Clara County requires the public to pay 50 cents per page copied—the reason isn’t just money or privacy. Read More 52
March 29, 2017 County Court Flack Joe Macaluso Out of Job in Mysterious Fashion By The Fly The unusual circumstances surrounding the departure of Santa Clara County Superior Court spokesman Joe Macaluso has aroused suspicions. Read More 8