February 12, 2019 Bail Raised for San Martin Rape Suspect Sharwian Bobian By Silicon Valley Newsroom A judge drastically upped the bail Monday for a rape suspect charged with assaulting a woman who brought food to his San Martin shelter. Read More 9
February 8, 2019 BREAKING: San Martin Rape Suspect Arrested in San Jose By Jennifer Wadsworth Sharwian Bobian, an accused rapist who went missing for more than a month, was taken into custody Friday after a days-long manhunt. Read More 13
February 6, 2019 Victim Recounts Rape, DA Files Charges, Suspect Remains Free By Jennifer Wadsworth Accused rapist Sharwian Bobian walked away from a psych hold a full month before the Santa Clara County DA filed charges against him. Read More 22
January 31, 2019 Jury Convicts Former Morgan Hill Teacher of Defrauding Investors By Michael Moore A former high school teacher faces up to 14 years in prison after a jury convicted him of fleecing investors in his entertainment companies. Read More 0
January 24, 2019 Santa Clara County DA: ‘No Matter How Long It Takes, We Will Bend the Arc Toward Justice By Silicon Valley Newsroom A transcript of the speech Jeff Rosen delivered at his Jan. 23, 2019, swearing-in to a third term as district attorney. Read More 25
January 10, 2019 South County Mushroom Grower has Long History of Violations By Michael Moore Recorded incidents of such wastewater flow from the mushroom-growing site date back more than 30 years, authorities say. Read More 8
December 31, 2018 Mushroom Farm Accused of Dumping Toxins Into Creek By Silicon Valley Newsroom Monterey Mushrooms, Inc. faces $67-million lawsuit, according to the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office. Read More 5
December 27, 2018 Records Show 30 Claims of Sexual Misconduct Filed Against Santa Clara County DA Staffers By The Fly Fly unearthed a heavily redacted log of sexual misconduct claims against employees of the Santa Clara County DA’s Office. Read More 6
November 9, 2018 Alleged Pimp Arrested in San Jose for Sex-Trafficking Young Woman He Found on Instagram By Silicon Valley Newsroom A 33-year-old Stockton man has been charged with sex-trafficking a young woman from San Jose to Salt Lake City. Read More 1
October 17, 2018 Man Who Died in San Jose Jail Sunday ID’d as Isai Lopez By Silicon Valley Newsroom Santa Clara County officials have identified a man who died in custody at San Jose’s Main Jail on Sunday as 23-year-old Isai Lopez. Read More 7
September 6, 2018 Retired Cupertino Accountant Arrested on Suspicion of Stealing $800,000 in Taxpayer Funds By Silicon Valley Newsroom A retired accountant for the city of Cupertino was arrested on suspicion of embezzling close to $800,000 from taxpayers. Read More 5
August 30, 2018 South Bay Contractors Accused of Stealing $800K From Clients By Silicon Valley Newsroom A married couple who ran a construction company have been charged with bilking more than $800,000 from 30 local customers. Read More 5
August 14, 2018 Bitcoin Blackmailers Target Silicon Valley Residents with Secrets to Keep, Money to Burn By Jennifer Wadsworth Some Silicon Valley residents have received a letter threatening to expose some secret unless they’re paid a small fortune in Bitcoin. Read More 2
July 10, 2018 Domestic Violence Deaths on the Rise in Santa Clara County By Winona Rajamohan Santa Clara County saw a steep increase in domestic violence-related deaths in 2017, which saw six more fatalities than in 2016. Read More 3
July 5, 2018 South Bay Police Struggle to Enforce Laws Against Stoned Driving in Wake of Legalization By Grace Hase Families who lost loved ones to drugged driving worry that the state’s inability to consistently enforce DUI laws will put other lives at risk. Read More 10
May 29, 2018 Op-Ed: Campaign to Recall Judge Persky Resorts to Inflammatory Rhetoric, Misleading Tactics By Sajid Khan As the June 5 election approaches and the inflammatory, incomplete information continues to proliferate, says public defender Sajid Khan. Read More 36