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Jeffrey Scott, the husband of Los Gatos’ former mayor and current Councilmember Marico Sayoc, made an appearance in Santa Clara County Superior Court Jan. 4, as he tries to quash a restraining order filed against him by a woman he yelled at outside Council...

The jury is still out, but Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith decided she didn’t want to wait for a verdict that could have forced her removal from office, announcing Oct. 31 she was resigning immediately. “This letter is to notify you of my retirement...

A 45-year-old man accused of menacing Los Gatos Dog & Cat Hospital employees and threatening to commit a school shooting must face a single criminal count—plus an enhancement—Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Leila Sayar ruled on April 19. At the conclusion of Jose Mercado’s...

John Maxey Yeager, the man accused of killing his wife, Yingying “Dawn” Yu, and disposing of her body in the Santa Cruz Mountains, was on the Santa Clara County Superior Court docket for a plea hearing today. Unlike others in the packed Department 34 dock,...

Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen is seeking to transfer the case of the Valley Fair Mall shooter from juvenile court to adult court. The District Attorney’s Office today formally charged a San Jose 17-year-old with attempted murder and assault with a semi-automatic firearm...

Technology startup eBibelot, based in Saratoga, and its CEO, Melody Fallah-Khair, have agreed to pay $630,000 to settle a federal lawsuit that claimed they violated the False Claims Act by improperly certifying compliance with the terms of a National Science Foundation grant that restricted...

The Santa Clara County Superior Court will discharge the 2022 Civil Grand Jury and impanel 19 new Civil Grand Jury members on Dec. 15, Presiding Judge Theodore C. Zayner said today. The Civil Grand Jury, an arm of the Santa Clara County Superior Court, investigates...

On Jan. 1, the Julie A. Emede official became Presiding Judge, while the Eric S. Geffon was named an assistant presiding judge, with the Santa Clara County Superior Court. Emede, who previously served as an assistant presiding judge, succeeds Beth McGowen, whose term as presiding...

This afternoon, Shannon O’Connor—the woman who psychologically abused teenagers and hosted dangerous parties featuring plenty of alcohol for youth during the pandemic (and came to be known as the “Party Mom,” even by the DA’s Office)—was sentenced to a prison term of more than...

A woman who tried to get a permanent restraining order against the husband of a current Los Gatos Council member lost her legal bid April 22. And despite testimony from multiple people claiming they heard Jeffrey Scott, who is married to former mayor Marico Sayoc,...