Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office

A hate crime investigation is underway at three different schools in the South Bay. This comes after dark complected dolls were found hanging by a noose at each campus. Stephanie Magallon reports.

All three incidents are being investigated as hate crimes, officials said.

A small-doll with dark-complexion in a noose was found hanging from a tree on the Redwood Middle School campus in Saratoga Tuesday, officials said. Hilda Gutierrez reports.

Santa Clara police and the sheriff’s office late Tuesday continued to investigate a report of a suspicious package. The incident was reported at 11:17 a.m. on the 2400 block of Kifer Road. Upon arrival, the package in question caused enough concern that police requested the assistance of the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office Bomb Squad. The bomb squad arrived...

The race to determine who will be Santa Clara County’s next sheriff remains too close to call Wednesday. Former Palo Alto Chief Bob Jonson has been leading his closest rival, retired Sheriff Kevin Jensen since the start. Robert Handa reports.

Palo Alto Police Chief Robert Jonsen appeared on track Tuesday to be elected the next sheriff of Santa Clara County.

The race for San Jose mayor between Cindy Chavez and Matt Mahan is still too close to call, as is the vote for Santa Clara County sheriff. Kris Sanchez reports.

Former Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith was found guilty on six civil counts of corruption and willful misconduct. Robert Handa reports.

Former Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith has been found guilty in her civil corruption trial.

Embattled Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith announced her immediate retirement Monday, a move that comes as she awaits a verdict in her civil corruption trial. Marianne Favro reports.

Laurie Smith retired Monday from her post as Santa Clara County’s sheriff as her civil corruption trial nears its conclusion.

Another scathing report paints the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office in a bad light once again.

Another scathing report paints the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office in a bad light once again. Damian Trujillo reports.

The first witness in the civil corruption trial against Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith testified Friday.

The first witness in the civil corruption trial against Santa Clara County Sheriff, Laurie Smith, testified Friday. Damian Trujillo reports.

A time for reckoning or redemption has arrived for Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith, whose corruption trial continued Friday with witness testimony after a painstaking week of jury selection. Kris Sanchez reports.

A time for reckoning or redemption has arrived for Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith, whose corruption trial continued Friday with witness testimony after a painstaking week of jury selection.

A time for reckoning or redemption has arrived for Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith. Robert Handa reports.

An appellate court has reversed the murder convictions of the three Northern California deputies convicted in the 2015 jail beating death of a mentally ill inmate after a judge ruled that the primary legal theory prosecutors cited was invalidated by recent changes in state law.

A live grenade found at a home in Campbell Thursday was safely detonated, police said.