Silicon Valley is known for technological innovation, but some regional jails are running on paper — and it's fueling a ...

After a nearly two-year legal battle that rocked the Santa Clara community, Anthony Becker, the former vice mayor who resigned in December following his perjury conviction, was sentenced to 40 days in ...

The family of a man who died by suicide in 2020 claims he should have gotten closer attention; the county says his risk classification prevented staff from taking stronger measures.

Regal's family focused its lawsuit on the lack of suicide resistant cells, which the jail agreed to build in 2019 to resolve other lawsuits related to its conditions. The county has argued that ...

Instead, the court sentenced Becker to serve ... I think the judge sentenced him to jail and I think that was appropriate," Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen said.

SANTA CLARA ... sentenced to 40 days in jail in addition to two years of probation, Malinsky said. Malinsky serves on the Integrity Unit for the County of Santa Clara and prosecuted the case.

Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Javier Alcala sentenced Becker to two years of probation and 40 days of jail time, but allowed Becker to serve that time through a work service program. The ...