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Judge rules board violated Brown Act in Lowell High admission change
A San Francisco Superior Court judge has ruled that the San Francisco Board of Education violated the state’s Brown Act for government transparency earlier this year as it sought...Read More
Self-defense argument sways jury to acquit man in 2020 fatal shooting
A San Francisco Superior Court jury on Tuesday found a man accused of fatally shooting another man last year in the city’s Tenderloin neighborhood not guilty after his attorney...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
City launches new tool for drivers grappling with traffic court debt
San Francisco drivers struggling financially and unable to pay traffic tickets can now ask the court to reduce payments by using the new MyCitations online tool, city officials announced...Read More
DA takes aim at DoorDash after Uber, Lyft ordered to classify workers as employees
San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin announced Wednesday that he has asked San Francisco Superior Court to order food delivery app DoorDash to immediately classify its workers as employees...Read More
San Francisco alleges illegal, deceptive fees in suit against online travel sites
San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera on Thursday sued companies operating two online travel sites for alleged illegal and deceptive practices including hidden fees. The two sites are JustFly...Read More
Lawsuit says Lyft is liable for alleged rape, sexual assault of 14 women
Fourteen women from eight states who say they were raped or assaulted by Lyft drivers in 2018 and 2019 sued the ride-booking company in San Francisco Superior Court Wednesday....Read More
Public defender says attack suspect in ‘complete compliance’
The San Francisco Public Defender’s Office said Sunday that Austin James Vincent, arrested Aug. 12 for attacking a woman as she entered her Beale Street condo, has been in...Read More
Judge voids, unseals warrant for journalist in stolen Adachi report investigation
A San Francisco Superior Court Judge ruled Thursday to void a search warrant used to monitor the phone of a freelance journalist as the San Francisco Police Department investigated...Read More
Attorney in ‘Rideshare Rapist’ case seeks to suppress DNA evidence
The attorney for a man accused of posing as a rideshare driver in order to sexually assault women in San Francisco is claiming officers unlawfully obtained his DNA —...Read More
Police allege journalist conspired to steal leaked Jeff Adachi report
San Francisco Police Chief William Scott on Tuesday said a freelance journalist who was handcuffed for six hours while police raided his home and office is being considered by...Read More
Deputy’s assault conviction of SF General patient overturned
A state appeals court overturned a San Francisco sheriff's deputy's conviction for assaulting a patient he was asked to remove from a waiting room.Read More
Anti-abortion activists charged with spying claim prejudice, unfair treatment
A preliminary hearing that was scheduled to begin Monday in San Francisco Superior Court for two anti-abortion activists accused of illegal spying was halted late Friday by the California...Read More
Jury finds man guilty for 2012 Twin Peaks murder
A San Francisco Superior Court jury on Monday found a man guilty of murder for the 2012 death of a hairdresser who was found gagged and bound in his...Read More
SF judge redacts names of abortion rights workers in Planned Parenthood case
A San Francisco Superior Court judge on Monday said he would allow the names of 14 abortion rights workers who were allegedly secretly recorded in 2015 by two anti-abortion...Read More
Judge slashes Monsanto cancer damages to $39 million
A judge upheld pesticide manufacturer Monsanto's liability in a lawsuit alleging exposure to the company's Roundup product played a substantial role in causing a man's cancer.Read More
SF Superior Court Bench elects incoming presiding judge
The San Francisco Superior Court Bench has elected Assistant Presiding Judge Garrett Wong to serve as incoming presiding judge of the court, effective Jan. 1, court officials announced Friday....Read More
Monsanto seeks dismissal of $289 million Roundup verdict
A San Francisco Superior Court judge will hear arguments Oct. 10 on a bid by Monsanto Co. for dismissal of a $289 million jury verdict for a cancer-stricken gardener.Read More
SF supes to grill Hunters Point cleanup firm
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors will grill executives from Tetra Tech, the firm accused of falsifying results from the $1 billion radiation cleanup at Hunters Point Naval Shipyard,...Read More
SF sued for alleged discrimination against trans woman
A state agency has sued the city of San Francisco for allegedly discriminating against a transgender woman by preventing her from using a women's restroom in a city building.Read More