San Jose’s police union pulled its endorsement of retired undersheriff John Hirokawa’s campaign to unseat his former boss, Sheriff Laurie Smith.

Retired Undersheriff John Hirokawa has changed his mind about whether the county should have fired one of his biggest supporters.

A growing number of officers plan to withdraw from the DSA unless the union head resigns for his involvement in an obscene texting scandal.

California’s biggest public safety organization, PORAC, parted ways with twice-demoted deputy and DSA union boss Don Morrissey.

A powerful union leader violated agency policies by failing to report hate speech—and the former undersheriff leapt to his defense.

Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith is heading for a runoff for the first time since her election five terms ago in 1998.

California’s long-awaited primary comes Tuesday, which means it’s down to the wire for a number of hotly contested South Bay races.

Hunger strikes, an in-custody death and the new politics of criminal justice define the race for Santa Clara County sheriff.

Sheriff candidates Laurie Smith and John Hirokawa sat down for no-holds-barred interviews to make their case for the June 5 primary.

Hundreds of Santa Clara County inmates have commenced their 10th day of a hunger strike over jail conditions.

Sheriff Smith making herself inaccessible to reporters comes amid criticism that she’s also disengaged from constituents.

Decades-old claims of sexual harassment and abuse of power have come back to haunt Sheriff Laurie Smith.

The Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office violated state and local sanctuary policies by allowing federal immigration agents to interview inmates.

Laurie Smith won two key union endorsements, making the bid to unseat her that much more of an uphill battle.

NAACP chapter president Rev. Jethroe Moore accused the head of the Santa Clara County sheriff deputies union of sending racist texts.

Residents and local officials gathered at the Mountain View Senior Center on Saturday for the region’s first listening forum on LGBTQ issues.