Santa Clara County

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Retired sheriff’s Capt. Kevin Jensen said he’s been speaking out about how the sheriff’s office is run well before dysfunction came to light […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Sunnyvale businesswoman Anh Colton said she will “take responsibility to be the supreme keeper of the peace and the people’s protector” if she is […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Sgt. Christine Nagaye says that she would de-encrypt police radios if she is elected as Santa Clara County Sheriff, so the public could once […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Candidate Sajid Khan says his progressive politics align with the voters of Santa Clara County, while his opponent, District Attorney Jeff Rosen, is to […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Candidate Daniel Chung said he wants to speed things up at the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s office. He said incumbent District Attorney Jeff […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith announced today (March 10) that she will not seek re-election after 24 years in office, because she […]

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BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Gary Kremen of Palo Alto has dropped out of the race for county assessor after it was revealed that last year one of […]

The Santa Clara Sheriff’s Office, which has had a number of its jail inmates die or suffer serious injuries in the past few years, has announced that a 45-year-old inmate […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer The case to remove Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith from office for bribery and dishonesty is, in a word, historic. The charges […]

By the Daily Post staff The Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury filed court papers yesterday (Dec. 14) accusing Sheriff Laurie Smith of “willful and corrupt misconduct in office” over […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer A captain who was let go after an up-and-down 30-year career with the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office has reached a settlement in […]

Word Count: 765 BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent People who are eligible for a Covid-19 booster should get the shot as soon as possible to avoid a potential scheduling […]

This story first appeared in Saturday morning’s Daily Post. To get local stories like this first, pick up the Post in the mornings at 1,000 Mid-Peninsula locations. BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Should Santa Clara County completely ban tobacco sales at all stores? That’s one of the questions the county health department is asking in […]

Word Count: 479 BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Charges have been dropped against a lawyer accused in a cash-for-gun permits scheme centered around Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie […]