Santa Clara County jail deaths reached a 20-year high in 2024.

Ten people died in the custody of the Sheriff’s Office last year across the main jail, Elmwood Correctional Facility and county hospitals where deputies transported incarcerated people for medical ...

Santa Clara County social workers said current staffing levels are dangerously low and putting local families and children at ...

The county’s Department of Family and Children’s Services is so short staffed that 33% of social worker jobs that investigate ...

Santa Clara County's Animal Services Center now features solar panels that provide shade for goats and power for the shelter.

The director of Santa Clara County’s child welfare ... remains “committed to continue working with the County’s Administration and the Department of Family and Children’s Services on ...

Muller admitted he committed two home invasions in 2009--one in Palo Alto and one in Mountain View. During those home ...

The overdose death of 13-week-old Phoenix Castro set off promises for child welfare reforms in Santa Clara County. But more than a year later, social workers say things are even worse.

The Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety’s SWAT ... Both suspects were then booked into the Santa Clara County Jail on murder charges, according to Sunnyvale police Capt. Dzanh Le.

Muller was in prison for the infamous Vallejo kidnapping when he implicated himself in unsolved attacks in Palo Alto and ...