Santa Clara County

This story originally appeared in Monday morning’s (May 22) edition of the Daily Post. If you want to get important local news stories first, pick up the Post in the […]

This story originally appeared in the April 7 print edition of the Daily Post. To stay informed on local news, pick up the Post in the mornings at 1,000 Mid-Peninsula […]

Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes has been rebuffed in her attempt to stay out of federal prison while she appeals her conviction for the fraud she committed while overseeing a […]

A 65-year-old man accused of aggravated sexual assault of a child under 14 has been found dead in his Santa Clara County jail cell, the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office […]

Readers of the print edition of the Daily Post saw this story on Friday morning. Since then, other online outlets have re-written the story and put it on their websites. […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Elizabeth Holmes booked a one-way flight to Mexico that departed shortly after she was convicted of fraud in an attempt to flee the […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Former Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith is appealing a jury’s conviction that she traded gun permits for campaign donations, lied on campaign […]

An arbitrator has ordered Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen to re-hire former deputy DA Daniel Chung, but Chung isn’t being allowed to return to the office and the […]

BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian of Palo Alto said he voted to make County Council James Williams the county CEO without community engagement […]

A jury today has returned a guilty verdict on six civil counts of corruption and willful misconduct against Laurie Smith, who resigned as sheriff Monday. However, she will not be […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Longtime Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith resigned today (Oct. 31) before a jury decides whether to remove her from office for corruption. […]

This story was first published in the print edition of the Daily Post on Oct. 26. If you want to read important local news stories first, pick up the Post […]

Opinion of the Daily Post In the June 7 primary for Santa Clara County, there were four candidates for sheriff. Former Palo Alto Police Chief Robert Jonsen got the most […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer One of the candidates for Santa Clara County Sheriff is backed by labor unions, and the other is getting more support from elected […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Cities in Santa Clara County will decide whether to form a new government organization called a Joint Powers Authority, or JPA, in order […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer The problems facing Valley Water aren’t because of drought, but rather because existing water is being mismanaged by the board and Director Gary […]

October 6, 2022 By Braden Cartwright Daily Post Staff Writer Gary Kremen of Palo Alto has given $272,440 of his own money to his campaign for re-election to the Valley […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer The first witness to take the stand yesterday (Oct. 3) in the trial of Sheriff Laurie Smith was Carlyle Varlack, a criminal defense […]

An East Palo Alto man suspected of stealing $35,000 worth of necklaces from more than a dozen South Asian women in recent months will also face hate crime charges, according […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer A prosecutor for District Attorney Jeff Rosen misled a grand jury in order to get the top sheriff’s deputy indicted for bribery, according […]