Gov. Gavin Newsom has announced three judicial appointees and the nomination of a fourth affecting Alameda and Santa Clara counties. Charles A. Smiley, an Alameda County Superior Court judge since ...

It’s easy for judges to make mistakes when they’re hearing only one side of the story, and that’s what happened here. The reductions are coming at the insistence of Santa Clara County ...

Santa Clara County has opted into ... elected officials and community leaders urging county supervisors to adopt Laura’s Law, which permits county judges to compel patients to seek outpatient ...

The lawsuit, which was filed in federal court in San Jose on Thursday, comes days after a federal judge in Seattle issued a ...