Santa Clara County

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 […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer In the first-ever race to represent Palo Alto on the board of the Foothill-DeAnza Community College District, voters will choose between trade school advocate […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Santa Clara County Public Health Officer Dr. Sara Cody, who issued the nation’s first lockdown orders during the pandemic, is writing a memoir. […]

DGDG Automotive, also known as Del Grande Dealer Group, will pay $290,000 in penalties after a judge determined the company unlawfully disposed of waste from car repairs.  The lawsuit, brought […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer “Lockdown,” “over-reach,” and “scary” stood out as terms residents used to describe Santa Clara County’s response to the Covid pandemic, according to a […]