Restorative justice is a controversial process that brings together the student who was harmed, the person who harmed them and the community to seek solutions.

The settlement resolves allegations that ISense and Specific Diagnostics backdated service and cost-sharing agreements and knowingly presented a backdated agreement to the U.S. government. 

Google was accused of losing data critical to the investigation of a $4 billion cryptocurrency money laundering scheme. As part of the settlement, the company said it spent over $90 million to improve its ability to respond to future data requests.

Meanwhile, the latest San Jose Inside Power Poll finds that voters don’t much care about the fate of the former city hall.

The Justice Department said Twitter obtained data from more than 140 million users for security purposes but then used data to target users with ads, the company's primary source of revenue.

Criminal charges were announced against a man and a woman in Santa Cruz County and three other Californians, as well as owners and executives of medical businesses, physicians and manufacturers of fake COVID-19 vaccination record cards with losses greater than $149 million.

Salvatore A. La Rosa, 41, admitted to accessing the online concessions account for Spectra Food Services and Hospitality without permission.

U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein and three of her congressional colleagues face ethics complaints filed by nonpartisan watchdog Common Cause.

SJSU will host an educational forum on cannabis record clearance on Nov. 28 in the Student Union Theater.

For the first time ever, California prosecutors are conducting a multi-jurisdictional probe into clergy abuse cover-ups in the Catholic church.

San Jose’s new cop watchdog, Aaron Zisser, has won praise from activists but criticism from police over his brand of oversight.

Though fewer people have been filing complaints against San Jose cops, a greater share of those cases resulted in officer discipline.

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

South Bay officials are rebuking the U.S. Department of Justice for suing the state over laws that protect undocumented immigrants.

SJPD has seen an increase in sexual assault reports. But they aren’t sure whether rapes are rising, or whether more victims are speaking up.

Silicon Valley’s elected officials applauded the ruling, which U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions promptly vowed to appeal.