Santa Clara County Local News: Public Safety

San Jose is struggling to divert 911 calls related to mental and emotional distress away from police, despite the county adopting the 988 mental crisis hotline two years ago to handle those situations.

Councilmembers unanimously voted in their March 19 meeting to explore adding another mobile field team, known as TRUST, in the budget to help those in mental health or substance use crisis.

The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors has approved a proposal from supervisors Joe Simitian and Cindy Chavez to formally engage the California Public Utilities Commission about AT&T’s application to withdraw as California’s “Carrier of Last Resort.”

Santa Clara County officials may help finance San Jose’s multimillion-dollar safe parking efforts and set up more sites on unused public property for the region's homeless residents.

Weed is now legal to possess and use, but that use might lead to trouble when it comes to driving.
But unlike with alcohol, there’s no reliable measure of “impairment.”

This year, a multimillion-dollar deficit will force county leaders to reckon with a decade-long overspending crisis in the Sheriff's Office.

CEOs of Instagram, Snapchat tell parents at Senate hearing they’re sorry for deaths of children.

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that could reshape how California tackles the homeless problem.