Santa Clara County

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Santa Clara County Assessor Larry Stone announced today (June 23) that he is stepping down after 30 years, setting up a special election to […]

The VTA board has approved a new contract that approves pay raises for bus drivers and light rail operators who went on strike for 17 days in March. The board, […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Three more inmates have been charged in a fatal beating of a Mountain View man at a Santa Clara County jail, court records show. […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Ten men died in Santa Clara County jails last year — the most deaths in custody in two decades, according to a report from […]

UPDATE, Thursday, March 27: VTA says bus service will resume tomorrow (Friday) after 1,500 striking bus drivers and light rail operators returned to work following a judge’s ruling against their […]

This story was first published in today’s (Wednesday’s) Daily Post. To get all of the local news first, pick up the Post in the mornings at 1,000 Mid-Peninsula locations. BY […]

Santa Clara County Public Health Officer Dr. Sara Cody, who issued the nation’s first lockdown order during the pandemic five years ago, announced today she is retiring. Cody, a Palo […]

The elected leaders of Valley Water could give themselves pay raises at their meeting tomorrow (Feb. 11) despite freezing new employee hirings to grapple with a massive budget deficit. The […]

A man pleaded guilty Thursday (Jan. 16) to home invasions in Mountain View and Palo Alto where he tied two women up, forced them to drink medication and threatened to […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer CEO Rick Callender has traveled to Ghana, Africa, while on medical leave from his position atop Valley Water, the agency tasked with flood control […]

BY AMELIA BISCARDIDaily Post Staff Writer  Six years before he abducted Denise Huskins in a notorious case that generated the “American Nightmare” documentary series, Matthew Muller allegedly assaulted two women […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer A prosecutor has defeated District Attorney Jeff Rosen’s second-in-command in a rare contest to become a Santa Clara County Superior Court judge. Chief […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Los Altos board member Jessica Speiser had a lead last night in her quest to unseat Grace Mah from the Santa Clara County Board […]

BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Staff Writer The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office prosecutes cases brought by local law enforcement at a higher rate in the North County compared […]

CORRECTION: An earlier version should have said the federal government was investigating a complaint that the Santa Clara County Office of Education’s Head Start program had misappropriated funds. The complaint […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Santa Clara County Board of Education member Grace Mah is receiving financial support from charter schools in her race for re-election against Los […]