4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (530+ words) SAN JOSE — Eight years after Santa Clara County agreed to overhaul inadequate medical care in its jails, county officials and prisoner advocates have negotiated firmer benchmarks aimed at accelerating reforms that have repeatedly fallen short. “It did get the attention…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (953+ words) San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan has agreed to pay a $27,500 fine to state regulators for failing to disclose to the state on time more than $2.3 million in donations made to nonprofits at his request, according to a settlement agreement released…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (894+ words) In the early morning hours of New Year’s Day 2009, Cephus Johnson texted his nephew Oscar Grant, who was waiting at BART’s Fruitvale station. Moments later, BART Police Office Johannes Mehserle shot the 22-year-old Black man in the back. “Uncle loves…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (544+ words) Treasure Ortiz started working for the FBI as a confidential informant for a federal corruption investigation a few years before her election to the San Bernardino City Council, court testimony revealed Tuesday. During a special hearing Tuesday to determine whether…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (648+ words) A group of Bay Area voters filed a lawsuit this week over a November regional sales tax measure that would fund struggling transit agencies, asking a judge to strike what they consider to be “misleading” and “biased” language from the…...