Medicaid is now paying for health care in jails and prisons, helping smooth inmates’ return to the community. Corrections and law enforcement officials say they’re all for it.

Jennifer Jackson, 39, was charged with felony counts of groping a 15-year-old girl and vandalism. She also faces misdemeanor charges of battery, resisting police and sexual battery, court records show ...

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An Alameda County Superior Court judge has denied a request to hold the sheriff's office in contempt of court in the case of ...

Leonard Jones, who holds the title of being among the longest held in Santa Rita Jail, is working toward reducing his 59-year prison sentence, while simultaneously fighting with the Alameda County ...

Santa Rita Jail staff saved the lives of over 300 inmates last year who were either suspected of overdosing, had suicidal thoughts, or experienced medical emergencies, according to the Alameda County ...

The staff at Santa Rita Jail saved 336 lives in 2025 – up from 250 the year before and the sheriff announced she's “updated” ...

A San Jose man was arrested Thursday on suspicion of killing the mother and brother of his ex-girlfriend inside the family's Pleasanton home earlier in the week, the Weekly has learned.

A suspect in the fatal shooting of a woman and her adult son in Pleasanton was arrested in San Jose, police said Friday. The shooting happened on Wednesday morning inside a home on Joanne Circle and ...

Police have arrested a man in connection with the killings of a woman and her son, who were found dead inside a Pleasanton home this week.

PLEASANTON — A San Jose man has been arrested in the Wednesday morning fatal shootings of a 67-year-old woman and her 28-year-old son inside their home, police said Friday. Deaf boy was deported from ...

PLEASANTON — A San Jose man has been arrested in the Wednesday morning fatal shootings of a 67-year-old woman and her 28-year-old son inside their home, police said Friday. Authorities said the man, ...