Monterey County Judge Jose Angel Velasquez is a “paradox,” a hard-working judge and role model who has also engaged in a “disturbing pattern” of serious and repeated misconduct while on ...

A state judicial panel Wednesday ordered embattled Judge Jose Angel Velasquez off the Monterey County Superior Court bench for what it said was a wide range of misconduct. Velasquez was ...

The California Supreme Court has denied a request to review Judge Jose Angel Velasquez’s removal from the Monterey County bench. The decision makes final the state Commission on Judicial ...

Superior Court Judge Jose Velasquez "manifested a blatant disregard for the constitutional rights he has sworn to uphold," the Commission on Judicial Performance said in a unanimous decision ...

SALINAS, Calif. (AP) – Saying a judicial panel was too lenient, a Commission of Judicial Performance examiner said Monterey County Superior Court Judge Jose Angel Velasquez should leave to ...

Superior Court Judge Jose Velasquez, elected in 1995, was censured by the Commission on Judicial Performance in 1997 for a variety of misconduct offenses, including accusing lawyers and fellow ...

The Commission on Judicial Performance on Thursday launched formal proceedings against Monterey County Superior Court Judge Jose Velasquez, a controversial, outspoken jurist first elected in 1995.

Celebrity defense attorney Mark Geragos criticized the decision to keep Velasquez in jail as the man accused of molesting child relative is free on supervised release.

Cain Velasquez is a free man – for now. A Santa Clara County (Calif.) judge granted the former UFC heavyweight champion bail Tuesday after a pre-trial hearing that stretched nearly 13 hours over ...

The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office swore in Santi, a K-9 unit dog. The dog is a Belgian Malinois and is about 3 years old.

The Commission on Judicial Performance on Thursday launched formal proceedings against Monterey County Superior Court Judge Jose Velasquez, a controversial, outspoken jurist first elected in 1995.