Sunnyvale police on Tuesday arrested five Google employees for criminal trespassing after they refused to leave a company building to protest the tech giant’s contract with Israel. Roughly 80 employees protested in the afternoon outside Google’s complexes, demanding the company drop Project Nimbus, a $1.2 billion contract that provides computing services to the Israeli Ministry … Read more
Santa Clara County’s child welfare agency is once again mired in a contentious blame game, as social workers say department leaders are scapegoating an attorney for a controversial practice that the county recently abandoned: inviting parents to attend child abuse interviews, even when the parent is the one suspected of abuse. The attorney, Bhavit Madhvani, … Read more
California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced on Friday that charges have been filed against the ringleader of an organized retail crime scheme that spanned 21 California counties, including Santa Clara, involving an estimated $8 million worth of beauty products. Files have also been files against multiple members of the organized retail crime ring. “Organized retail … Read more
SAN JOSE — In a packed and passion-fueled special hearing Tuesday over the fentanyl death of a 3-month-old, Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors President Susan Ellenberg made one thing clear from the start: There is “no doubt that our system failed baby Phoenix.” Over the next four hours, the county’s child welfare leaders and … Read more
