Five years ago, the Santa Cruz County District Attorney’s Office launched the Neighborhood Justice Program, which allows people to take responsibility for harm they caused outside a traditional court ...

Project ASCEND reflects our collective–and data-driven–belief that every young person deserves the opportunity to grow, heal, and thrive,” said County Superintendent ...

AFTER WOBBLING ON THE IDEA for years, Santa Clara County leaders are struggling with how big the new jail should be when the incarcerated population has ...

The road outside the Santa Fe County Jail fell into the national spotlight earlier this year due to the number of inmates who ...

The Santa Cruz Police Department arrested a suspect who faces accusations of entering a home in the Seabright neighborhood ...

Santa Cruz police have arrested a man who allegedly sexually assaulted a woman inside her home in midtown on Tuesday night.

The 2024-25 Santa Barbara County Grand Jury conducted an investigation into the living conditions for female inmates in local ...