Gov. Gavin Newsom said Santa Clara County needs to step up its game in treating people with severe mental health issues. County leaders disagree.

As reported by The New York Times, the new policy lets Medicaid start paying for certain services up to 90 days before someone leaves jail or prison and continue afterward. The Times notes that Santa ...

Medicaid is now paying for health care in jails and prisons, helping smooth inmates’ return to the community. Corrections and law enforcement officials say they’re all for it.

Santa Clara County leaders are distancing themselves from automated license plate reader company Flock Safety due to growing concerns about the use of its data for immigration enforcement. A split ...

SANTA CLARA COUNTY, Calif. (KGO) -- The Santa Clara County Public Health Department reported a case of measles on Friday and exposure may have reached as far as the Peninsula. Health officials say the ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom has announced his nomination of superior court judges in Contra Costa County, San Francisco County, and Santa Clara County. Carole Bosch, of Alameda County, has been appointed to ...

A 67-year-old convicted attempted murderer was granted parole by the California Board of Parole Hearings (BPH) on March 10, announced the Kern County District ...

Santa Clara County officials were in the throes of a mental health crisis four years ago and took action to expand treatment. That progress is about to be scaled back as the county confronts an ...

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have detained at least 46 people outside Santa Clara County’s main jail since June 2025, exploiting publicly posted release lists to make arrests in a county ...

The victims say they were speaking Hebrew to each other before being attacked - and that the attackers used antisemitic language. DA Rosen's office is currently not pursuing hate crime charges, but ...

Just weeks after Mountain View police revealed that they had allowed hundreds of law enforcement agencies unauthorized access to license plate data, Palo Alto will consider an audit of the city’s own ...