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SF school district pushes back on city officials for ‘petty’ lawsuit
San Francisco is suing its own school district and school board for failing to come up with a comprehensive plan to reopen schools, but school officials rebuke that claim....Read More
PG&E to pay up to $190 million for pollution cleanup at Marina Small Craft Harbor
San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera announced Friday PG&E has agreed to pay the city up to $190 million to settle a legal battle that has lasted two decades...Read More
Undocumented students rush to apply to as DACA window opens for first time in three years
With the door to apply for DACA open for the first time in more than three years, hundreds of high school and college students in California are rushing to...Read More
Judge issues temporary restraining order church challenging Covid-19 indoor worship limits
A Santa Clara County judge issued a temporary restraining order Monday against Calvary Chapel San Jose preventing the church from conducting indoor services in excess of a hundred people...Read More
Judge shuts down Vallejo police union challenge to reforms under emergency declaration
Vallejo’s declaration of a public safety emergency – which opened the door to a slate of intended policing reforms – survived a legal battle Wednesday and will stay in...Read More
Supreme Court rules census count can be halted immediately
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday granted a request by the Trump administration to stay a lower court injunction that prevented the U.S. Census Bureau from ending its field...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
Judge allows lawsuit against college district for pulling out of development deal
A prominent San Jose developer’s lawsuit against the San Jose-Evergreen Community College District will move forward after the court ruled last week that the district can be held legally...Read More
Liccardo joins legal fight against Census exclusion of undocumented residents
San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo announced Friday that he would be named a plaintiff and join a lawsuit with San Jose and other jurisdictions to prevent President Donald Trump...Read More
Wozniak files lawsuit claiming YouTube botched response to cryptocurrency scam
For months before a scam co-opting the accounts of several famous people on Twitter was revealed and quickly quashed last week, a similar scheme was being perpetrated on YouTube...Read More
California joins six-state lawsuit claiming Betsy DeVos withheld CARES Act funding marked for public schools
"Ultimately, it's a shakedown of low-income schools across the country." Read More
Trump lashes out after 5-4 Supreme Court ruling blocks attempt to end DACA program
The U.S. Supreme Court by a 5-4 vote on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program protecting undocumented young immigrants from...Read More
SF agrees to remove 300 tents from Tenderloin in lawsuit settlement
Mayor London Breed announced Friday the city has settled a lawsuit filed by Tenderloin merchants and the University of California at Hastings, among others, demanding the city clean up...Read More
Judge allows continuance of 18-state lawsuit over changes to U.S. Endangered Species Act
A U.S. judge in Oakland on Monday refused to dismiss a lawsuit in which California and 18 other states claim two federal agencies’ revised regulations to implement the U.S....Read More
Lawsuit claims Zoom failed to prevent porn ‘Zoombombing’ during Bible study
A San Francisco church sued Zoom Video Communications Inc. in federal court in San Jose on Wednesday over a so-called “Zoombombing” incident in which an online invader disrupted a...Read More
Burris says family may sue Hayward facility for Covid-19 death of 87-year-old man
Civil rights attorney John Burris said Monday that he’s considering filing a lawsuit against a Hayward facility where an 87-year-old man recently died of the Covid-19 coronavirus even though...Read More
Lawsuit aims to halt environmental review fast-tracking at proposed A’s stadium site
A coalition of shipping, trucking and steel companies has filed a lawsuit aimed at stopping the fast-tracking of an environmental review of the Oakland A’s plan to build a...Read More
Oakland parents, teachers sue district for police use of force against protesters
Eight parents and teachers filed a federal lawsuit against the Oakland Unified School District on Thursday alleging that police officers used excessive force against them in a confrontation at...Read More