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Over the past few months, Shannon O’Connor, the woman charged with manipulating teens into attending her drunken parties, came up with a scheme to smuggle drugs into the jail she’s stuck in, as her cases wind their way through Santa Clara County Superior Court,...

A former jail guard was sentenced to jail today for helping a pair of inmates attack another inmate and then covering it up, authorities said. Morgan Hill resident Francisco Izayas Castillo, 42, was convicted of a misdemeanor in March for his role in a jailhouse...

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...

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...

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...

A class action lawsuit filed in San Francisco County Superior Court Feb. 26 takes aim at the static license-plate-reader vendor the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department uses to track vehicles across the community. It cites Los Gatan reporting and an article published in sister...

A popular dog hotel will pay $150,000 to settle a consumer protection lawsuit with Bay Area prosecutors' offices, which accused the company of failing to report dog bites among other health and safety lapses, according to the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office. The prosecutors...

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...

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...