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Lawsuit alleges supervisor appointment was illegal ‘inside job’
Alameda County Supervisor Dave Brown may have been appointed illegally, an attorney for a county taxpayer group said this week. Brown was appointed to the Alameda County Board of...Read More
California AG: Walmart illegally dumped tons of hazardous waste from stores
A new lawsuit alleges Walmart has disposed of items like aerosol cans, alkaline and lithium batteries, insect killer sprays.Read More
Lawsuit alleges Sheriff’s Office violates law by sharing license plate reader data
A lawsuit filed Thursday accuses the Marin County Sheriff’s Office of endangering immigrant communities by sharing license plate and location data with federal and other outside agencies in violation...Read More
Sheriff’s Office releases traffic stop footage that led to excessive force lawsuit
Nearly a week after a woman filed an excessive force lawsuit against two Solano County sheriff’s deputies in federal court, the Sheriff’s Office on Monday released body-camera and in-car...Read More
Advocacy group takes park district to court for killing, relocating cats
A cat advocacy group filed a lawsuit this week against the East Bay Regional Park District for a controversial policy allowing feral and abandoned cats to be killed or...Read More
Employees file lawsuit alleging UPS altered timecards, withheld pay
Four Walnut Creek-based UPS employees have sued the company, accusing it of tampering with timecards, not paying workers for work-related activity such as undergoing Covid-19 checks, and not adhering...Read More
PG&E agrees to pay $31 million in joint settlement for 2019 Kincade Fire damages
Sonoma County, the town of Windsor and the cities of Healdsburg, Cloverdale and Santa Rosa announced Wednesday that they have reached a joint $31 million settlement with PG&E over...Read More
Lawsuit argues Salvation Army should pay recovering addicts for required ‘work therapy’
A lawsuit filed Friday in San Francisco Superior Court touched off a potentially far-reaching battle against the Salvation Army, challenging the nonprofit’s failure to pay for the work it...Read More
Family files lawsuit for Danville police killing of Tyrell Wilson
The family of Tyrell Wilson, the homeless man shot and killed by Danville police officer Andrew Hall last month, has filed a lawsuit against Hall, the town of Danville...Read More
USDA settles lawsuit: Million state residents to get emergency food benefits
Roughly 1 million state residents will have access to emergency food benefits following a settlement reached this week in a lawsuit filed last year against the U.S. Department of...Read More
Lawsuit alleges school district, other commissioners twisted racial ‘seasoned social metaphors’
San Francisco Board of Education Commissioner Alison Collins on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against the San Francisco Unified School District and five of her fellow commissioners who voted last...Read More
Ahead of injunction decision, SFUSD updates reopening timeline
San Francisco Unified School District has released an update to its plan to resume in-person classes next month, two days after a judge said he would decide soon whether...Read More
SF school board faces lawsuit over school renaming process
A lawsuit filed in San Francisco Superior Court on Thursday says the San Francisco Board of Education flunked its assignment on renaming schools. At issue is the process the...Read More
Malik Washington: Activists rally for SF news editor release, end to for-profit prison corporations
When Keith “Malik” Washington in January exposed a Covid-19 outbreak at a federal “transitional housing” facility in the Tenderloin, he was met with a disciplinary report for “Unauthorized Contact...Read More
Grocers association sues San Leandro over hazard pay ordinance
A day after the San Leandro City Council voted on Tuesday to give grocery workers hazard pay, the California Grocers Association filed suit against the city. Like Oakland, San...Read More
SF to expand vaccine eligibility, officials double down in school district lawsuit
San Francisco will expand its vaccine eligibility in two weeks, San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced Tuesday at a press conference. Breed said The City will move into the...Read More
SF school district, unions resume negotiations over school reopening plans
Unions representing San Francisco Unified School District employees said on Friday they’re resuming negotiations with the district over returning to in-person learning, but demands to increase safety measures stand....Read More