The texting scandal cost sheriff challenger John Hirokawa an endorsement from the Santa Clara County Democratic Club.

The ex-undersheriff says he neglected to refile a candidate statement out of confusion and because the county misinformed him.

The county will consider setting aside 5 percent of a homeless housing bond for developmentally disabled people who are already housed.

Gov. Jerry Brown would do well to renew his commitment to uphold the values of our state and communities.

Santa Clara County inmates are set to refuse food to protest what they call the arbitrary use of solitary confinement and other jail conditions.

Despite opposition from law enforcement, Gov. Jerry Brown signed a new law last month that protects voting rights for felons in county jails.

Days after the mass shooting at at a gay nightclub in Orlando, anger gave way to action as California lawmakers advanced a raft of gun laws.

A Santa Clara County jail guard has been suspended from work after his arrest Monday on suspicion of molesting a child in 2012.

It wasn’t until December, under mounting public pressure, that the Sheriff's Office disclosed its jail use-of-force and cell extraction policies.

Correctional officers at Santa Clara County's Main Jail are apparently more likely to use force against inmates during the night shift.

A new class action lawsuit brought by two inmates claims Santa Clara County’s use of solitary confinement is inhumane and unconstitutional.

A 51-year-old inmate died Friday after jailors found him passed out in his cell at Elmwood, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

An oversight board tasked with examining Santa Clara County jails decided against disbanding, despite concerns that a parallel probe would undermine its work.

A deputy’s confounding decision to turn away a murder suspect placed Santa Clara County’s troubled jails in the national spotlight.

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.

Following the beating death of a mentally ill inmate, Santa Clara County leaders have called for a top-to-bottom investigation of local jails.