More than a year after Santa Clara County launched a new state-mandated program to treat people with severe mental illness, ...

A 19-year-old male inmate died after suffering a medical emergency over the weekend at the Elmwood Correctional Facility in Milpitas, according to authorities. Related Articles Oakland woman found ...

Omar Torres, the first openly gay Latino elected to the San Jose City Council, was arrested and convicted of child sexual abuse, raising questions about the justice system's handling of victims of ...

More than a year after Santa Clara County launched a new state-mandated program to treat people with severe mental illness, ...

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 ...

A 10-year-old with a knife attacking someone? I can’t even fathom how that could happen,” a community member said of the incident ...

SANTA CLARA COUNTY IS FORECASTING additional stress on its public health care system — the second largest in the state — if the only rural hospital in Santa Clara County officials warn the potential ...

A 10-year-old boy accused of stabbing a 7-year-old girl at a Mountain View elementary school does not attend the school, police said.

The California Department of Public Health is urging everyone who qualifies to get an updated measles vaccine following a a resurgence of cases across the nation and globe.

San Luis Obispo County District Attorney Dan Dow is urging the California Legislature to pass Assembly Bill 46, which he said would address issues […] ...

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.

Farmworkers who have grappled to make ends meet while doing backbreaking labor to feed Bay Area communities will have a ...