District Attorney Jeff Rosen objected to the judge’s decision to give Yesenia Ramirez and Jose Portillo less than the maximum prison terms in exchange for their pleas, without a separate sentencing hearing.

Some prosecutors say Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen has been a strong advocate for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.

As anti-Asian hate crimes spread through Silicon Valley, one Los Gatos resident has a plan to fight them that starts in the classroom.

The order stems from an appeal filed by one of several defendants accused of conspiring to exchange bribes for concealed gun permits

Capt. James Jensen, attorneys Harpaul Nahal and Christopher Schumb and gun dealer Michael Nichols go to trial on Nov. 2.

District Attorney Jeff Rosen can continue to prosecute five defendants accused of plotting to exchange bribes for hidden-gun permits.

Attorneys for some of the defendants in the case say District Attorney Jeff Rosen has conflicts that precludes a fair prosecution.

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

George Shirakawa Jr. stole an election with a fraudulent mailer, and Judge Ron Del Pozzo called his sentence of 45 days community service "a win-win-win-win situation." That was far from the consensus.

Metro reported this week that Supervisor George Shirakawa—the top elected official in the county—has been submitting fraudulent expense reports. He has spent thousands of dollars on lavish dinners, alcohol and luxury hotel rooms and rental cars with a county credit card. Amazingly, he avoided detection despite two audits of his county credit card purchases. Many of the people Shirakawa treated to meals were unaware that taxpayers were picking up the tab, and have since sent checks reimbursing the county. This group includes San Jose Police Chief Chris Moore.

They’re calling him “RF Jay” at the district attorney’s office after a newspaper columnist compared him to late Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. And deposed DA Dolores Carr probably wishes she hadn’t demoted the office’s newly named chief assistant, Jay Boyarsky, back in 2007. That move ultimately wound up costing her her job. Oops….