In Santa Clara County, it seems the vast majority of applicants for the permits, known as CCWs, never got past the first step.

The veteran law enforcement officials was accused of wrongdoing, stripped of her badge and escorted off the job Friday.

A Santa Clara County inmate died in custody early Thursday by what officials are calling an apparent suicide.

Inmates and their advocates call Santa Clara County’s jail grievance system unfair because of an official’s alleged conflict of interest.