SANTA CLARA COUNTY — More than two years after a Blue Ribbon Commission recommended oversight for the Santa Clara County jails following interviews with hundreds of inmates that painted a picture of widespread abuse, there still is no independent entity examining the jails.
SAN BRUNO — A motive for the shooting that left three injured and one suspect dead at YouTube’s headquarters in San Bruno, Calif. is not yet known, police say.
Suspect dead, three injured in YouTube headquarters shooting Read More »
SAN FRANCISCO — Fifty years ago, a murderer caused panic and hysteria in the San Francisco Bay Area. Revisit the sites where confirmed attacks took place.
Beyond Zodiac: A 360 video tour of the Bay Area crime scenes Read More »
SAN JOSE — A clinic aims to provide primary care, psychiatric care, and referral services to the homeless and formerly incarcerated in Santa Clara County.
Santa Clara County program connects the formerly incarcerated with primary healthcare Read More »
Reporter Chisom Oraedu shares the story of a formerly incarcerated man who is changing the course of his life by learning coding skills and launching a new career.
From prisoner to programmer: One man turns 28-year sentence into a learning opportunity Read More »
The U.S. sold more weapons to Saudi Arabia than any other country in the world from 2012 to 2016.
Where do our guns go? Read More »
Data that tracks anti-Muslim hate crimes is spotty, making it difficulty to accurately quantify the full scale of these crimes across California and the nation.
Anti-Muslim hate crimes in California:
What the data doesn’t tell us Read More »
Although favor for capital punishment in the U.S. generally aligns with those on the political right, California has now broken from leftist death penalty propositions twice since the death penalty was reinstated in 1978.
José Cabrera draws upon on his own tumultuous past with the law to lead East Palo Alto youth towards a bright future and help locals recently on parole and probation brighten theirs.
Building up East Palo Alto
with the David Lewis Re-entry Program Read More »
The psychiatric emergency response team — known as PERT — consists of a sheriff and a social worker, working together to help a mentally ill individual, who has come to the attention of law enforcement.
Police, social workers team up for psychiatric emergencies in San Mateo County Read More »
In Santa Clara County, the District Attorney’s Office decided that the new law should apply retroactively to cases that are currently being direct filed.
Santa Clara County is launching a new mental health initiative that will bring together the county’s police officers along with licensed clinicians to handle any cases where people are in mental health crises.
Palo Alto police selected to be the pilot agency for new mental health program Read More »
