March 13, 2020 Traffic Court Encourages Payments by Phone Amid Coronavirus Outbreak By Silicon Valley Newsroom The expansion of telephonic payment services aligns with guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control promoting “social distancing.” Read More 1
December 9, 2019 PragerU Plans to Appeal Judge’s Dismissal of Google Lawsuit By Nicholas Chan The conservative Prager University plans to continue its fight in California’s 6th District Court of Appeals. Read More 7
November 13, 2019 Survivors of Gilroy Garlic Fest Shooting Sue Event Organizers By Silicon Valley Newsroom The lawsuit claims that the festival association, a Gilroy-based non-profit, could have done numerous things to make the event safer. Read More 10
November 12, 2019 New South Bay Center Helps Young Women Caught Up in Criminal Justice System By Nicholas Chan The Young Women’s Freedom Center aims to end incarceration for girls and young adults in Santa Clara County. Read More 7
October 21, 2019 City of Morgan Hill Approves $30M Settlement for Children Injured in 2016 Car Collision By Michael Moore The plaintiffs argued that the city was responsible for unsafe conditions at the intersection where a car struck the kids. Read More 0
September 11, 2019 Lynbrook High School Faces Backlash for Hiring Ex-Judge Aaron Persky as Tennis Coach By Nicholas Chan Fremont Union High School District officials who hired the recalled jurist say the outrage over his new gig took them off guard. Read More 46
September 5, 2019 Former Leland High Student Sues SJUSD for Allegedly Mishandling Her Sexual Assault Claim By Grace Hase The plaintiff accuses district officials of intentionally inflicting of emotional distress after she reported being sexually assaulted by a classmate. Read More 20
August 20, 2019 Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Over City of San Jose’s Google Deal By Grace Hase Judge Patricia Lucas on Friday threw out the case, which accused city officials of unlawful secrecy in their dealings with Google. Read More 8
June 27, 2019 By the Numbers: The VTA’s Burgeoning Budget Boondoggle By Nicholas Chan The Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury dealt a harsh blow to the Valley Transportation Authority in a new report. Read More 14
May 8, 2019 Court Draws Scrutiny for Relying on Temps, Commissioners Despite ‘Surplus of Judges’ By Jennifer Wadsworth Court officials say there’s no “surplus,” however, and that the state needs a better way to assess how many judges each county needs. Read More 5
April 11, 2019 SJ’s First Police Auditor, Teresa Guerrero-Daley, Dies at 67 By Jennifer Wadsworth The retired judge, who served for more than a decade as police auditor and spent a dozen years on the bench, died in her home Sunday. Read More 2
March 20, 2019 Traffic Court’s Ticketing Glitch is Latest in Long Line of Missteps Linked to Tyler Technologies By Jennifer Wadsworth Sources say court officials downplayed the scope of a software bug that charged too much or too little for some traffic violations. Read More 8
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
January 25, 2019 San Jose Police Union Calls for Audit of Court Software System By Jennifer Wadsworth The Police Officers’ Association wants lawmakers to investigate a glitch that improperly deactivated more than 2,500 bench warrants. Read More 5
January 18, 2019 Senate Report: U.S. Approved Thousands of Child Marriages By Jennifer Wadsworth U.S. immigration authorities approved nearly 9,000 petitions to bring in child brides since 2007, most involving an adult male and underage girl. Read More 26
January 8, 2019 Applicants Sought for Santa Clara County’s Civil Grand Jury By Silicon Valley Newsroom The courts are looking for volunteers to serve on the Civil Grand Jury for the coming 2019-through-2020 session. Read More 10