Tough-on-crime proposals and politicians won in California, Arizona, Georgia, and elsewhere across the country.

But the advocates who have spent decades pushing for criminal justice reform caution against viewing the election results as ...

Nine Alameda County sheriff's deputies and a pair of civilian Santa Rita Jail employees are facing charges related to the ...

A YES vote was there to punish the AIDS health and housing people who promote rent control. Another big YES vote was there to punish criminals more than we already do. We saw bucketloads of the same ...

One week after the election, Alameda County officials continue to tabulate the results ... Alameda County District Attorney ...

The Board of Supervisors plans to discuss next steps for appointing a replacement district attorney at its Dec. 10 meeting.

Voters in Oakland, California, have ousted Mayor Sheng Thao just two years after she narrowly won office to lead the liberal ...

The recall last week of two Bay Area officials who both championed ... Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and Alameda County District ...

On Monday, Alameda County Sheriff Yesenia Sanchez criticized Price, who filed the charges just days after facing a recall election that she was losing by a wide margin based on the latest unofficial ...

Maurice Monk died in the Santa Rita Jail after languishing for days without care or direly needed medication, and officials ...

A high-profile real estate deal in Oakland again appears to be hitting a snag because of stalled deliberations between Alameda County supervisors. For the second time in a week, the county Board of ...

Here’s a link to the report written by retired Judge LaDoris Cordell about complaints lodged against San Mateo County Sheriff ...