Do Santa Clara County reforms put kids in harm’s way?
SAN JOSE — Matthew Kraft collapsed in tears then fell into the embrace of a fellow social worker. Months of anger and heartbreak and guilt came gushing out over the …
SAN JOSE — Matthew Kraft collapsed in tears then fell into the embrace of a fellow social worker. Months of anger and heartbreak and guilt came gushing out over the …
Here are statements from Santa Clara County and its officials to the Bay Area News Group in response to the news organization’s ongoing investigation into the fentanyl-related death of a …
SAN JOSE — Four years ago, Nikita Garcia was living in a tent off Senter Road so close to the railroad tracks — for so long — that she didn’t …
SAN JOSE — She grew up in a lovely home in the Almaden Valley. She was a cheerleader at West Valley College and a fan of the San Jose Sharks. …
Baby Phoenix Castro, the 3-month-old San Jose girl who died of a fentanyl and methamphetamine overdose in May, should be alive today. Santa Clara County’s child protective services system failed …
SAN JOSE – Looking back, it was hard to miss the signs that foretold the tragedy of Phoenix Castro’s short life. Two months before the baby’s birth, her pregnant mother …
SAN JOSE – Santa Clara County’s top executive acknowledged Saturday that county agencies in charge of protecting children made mistakes in allowing a father with a history of drug abuse …
Baby Phoenix Castro wasn’t breathing when a San Jose Fire dispatcher’s voice crackled over their radio system at 10:11 a.m. on May 13. The message was brisk: “CPR is in progress. …
Less than a week after a father was charged in the fentanyl overdose death of his 3-month old daughter, Santa Clara County officials on Wednesday called for the state to …
WALNUT CREEK — A Concord woman has been charged with spraying a 9-month-old baby boy and his father with bear mace, in a drive-by attack that authorities believe was motivated …