Prosecutors say Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Deputy Sukhdeep Gill staged a “shocking ambush” to make it seem like he was shot.

The outbreak is the first detected transmission of the virus in the county’s juvenile facilities since the pandemic began in March.

Alan Viarengo is accused of repeatedly threatening Santa Clara County’s chief public health officer over her Covid-19 mandates.

Joseph Houg, a 50-year-old theater and elementary school teacher, is being held at the Santa Clara County Main Jail on $100,000 bail.

Authorities say Joseph Castro was being brought into jail when—despite being handcuffed—he managed to grab a firearm and shoot at officers.

Mayra Rios, a 35-year-old Antioch resident and correctional deputy, is being held in lieu of a $1 million bail at the Main Jail.

Auditors say the Sheriff’s Office refused to cooperate with reviews that unearthed unsettling findings about internal accountability. 

San Mateo police Officer Robert Davies, 40, was booked in jail Thursday on charges of contacting a minor to commit a felony.

Sheriff’s officials will investigate the death with the DA and Medical Examiner-Coroner, which reported no signs of foul play.

A judge drastically upped the bail Monday for a rape suspect charged with assaulting a woman who brought food to his San Martin shelter.

This marks the second consent decree imposed on the county jail system—the fifth largest in California—since last month.

A 33-year-old Stockton man has been charged with sex-trafficking a young woman from San Jose to Salt Lake City.

After three years of negotiations, the county has reached a settlement in a class action lawsuit over unconstitutional jail conditions.

Santa Clara County officials have identified a man who died in custody at San Jose’s Main Jail on Sunday as 23-year-old Isai Lopez.

Santa Clara County has agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by former inmate Rikki Martinez, who says he was brutally beaten by jail guards.

A retired accountant for the city of Cupertino was arrested on suspicion of embezzling close to $800,000 from taxpayers.