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The Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara welcomed nearly 100 attendees recently to this year’s Young Women’s Power Lunch, hosting approximately 60 young women ranging from eighth grade through high school to meet with mentors comprised of female judicial officers, attorneys, elected...

Before the Monday hearing on a restraining order against Jeffrey Scott, the husband of Councilmember Marico Sayoc, got underway, “The Voice of San Jose,” Angela Tirado—who just so happened to be in the Santa Clara County Superior Courthouse in connection with another matter—sang the...

Former Santa Clara County Undersheriff Rick Sung pleaded guilty today to two felony bribery charges, the DA's Office said.  Sung, who was second-in-command to former Sheriff Laurie Smith, was charged with participating in a scheme to leverage his Office’s rarely issued gun permits to get...

As Shannon O’Connor, the Los Gatos mom charged with throwing illegal parties for teens and facilitating sexual assault, sat in Department 39 of the Santa Clara County Hall of Justice talking to her lawyer, Monday, it wasn’t for the start of the two-week preliminary...

Town Attorney Gabrielle Whelan said Sept. 5 in her closed session report that the Town Council had met in private to discuss a legal threat from the gun lobby, which asked Los Gatos to delay enforcing its new concealed carry ordinance on public transit,...

The defense for the woman accused of throwing parties for teens in her Los Gatos mansion was dealt a huge blow during a bail hearing Feb. 3, not only because she was denied bail, but also due to the judge tipping his hand about...

-Updated July 26 at 4:45pm with statement from Front Porch After the Los Gatos Meadows senior living project was slammed, in 2022, by Town officials over height concerns and not taking heed of requests to rejig the hill-perched site to allow in more lower-income residents,...

Over the past week in Santa Clara County Superior Court, jurors at the Shannon O’Connor trial listened to closing arguments about the Los Gatos mother who’s accused of hosting parties for local teens and encouraging them to hook up with one another for her...

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 developer behind the 119-unit, 13-story “Capri Fruitstand” proposal for 14288 Capri Dr.—which includes 24 units of affordable housing—has renewed its legal claim that the Town of Los Gatos has been taking illegal steps to block residential development in this corner of Silicon Valley. In...