Robert “Bob” Jonsen, left, and Kevin Jensen are competing in the Nov. 8, 2022, election to become Santa Clara County’s next ... of his former boss, Sheriff Laurie Smith, told the Weekly ...

Photo by Magali Gauthier. Read our latest story on Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith responding to two county supervisors’ allegations of jail mismanagement. In a stinging rebuke of Santa ...

Ten men died in Santa Clara County jails last year — the most deaths in custody ... Changes with Jonsen Hummer said former Sheriff Laurie Smith treated the custody bureau like the “red-headed ...

Former Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith has been found guilty on all six civil counts of corruption and willful misconduct less than one week after retiring. Laurie Smith was found guilty in a ...

Al Nievas sued the sheriff’s office and claimed a deputy unlawfully pursued a driver who fled and broadsided Nievas’ adult ...

Santa Clara County Sheriff’s deputies received a “thank you” letter from a county jail inmate after two deputies helped save ...

Hundreds of health care workers at Santa Clara County-run hospitals and medical labs launched a three-day strike Monday over ...

Dewan’s lawsuit stemmed from her shock removal in October, which she said was without cause or explanation and violated her contract.

The Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the new service Tuesday, which will open the Animal Services Center in San Martin to county pet owners seeking to snip their critters at lower prices than ...

Nearly 200 clinical lab scientists, microbiologists, medical laboratory technicians and other workers at county hospitals and public health labs are on strike until Thursday. The strike will affect ...

Chappell Roan’s queer anthem “Pink Pony Club” rang out across McEntee Plaza on Monday afternoon as the transgender flag was raised in front of the Santa Clara County Government Center ...