Courts and Justice

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (500+ words) An engineer at OpenAI has been charged with secretly installing a recording device inside a conference room in what officials said Tuesday was an effort to capture sensitive conversations about the company's technology. The employee, identified as a 35-year-old Saudi…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (208+ words) David Xu completed his two-year probation term in March and is asking a judge to dismiss his felony conviction, the New York Post reported. California Penal Code § 1203.4 allows qualifying defendants, after probation, to seek withdrawal of a guilty or no-contest…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (156+ words) A three-year civil harassment restraining order now bars Tamalpais Union High School District trustee Kevin Saavedra from contacting parent Ina Gotlieb or her child by electronic, written, oral or physical means. The order, issued October 8 by Marin County Superior Court…...

5+ day, 47+ min ago   (211+ words) Sequoia Union High School District did not respond to The Almanac's repeated requests for comment. Calonje also did not respond to inquiries from the Palo Alto Daily Post. The district was served with the lawsuit in mid-June, and The Almanac…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (203+ words) Despite severing ties with the joint venture, the Hunts have continued to sell propane and other petroleum products in Napa and Sonoma counties, the lawsuit alleges. Teaderman and Kaiser reportedly spent most of a year negotiating with Phillips 66 in an…...

1+ week, 22+ hour ago   (441+ words) Sierra Club sues San Francisco's water agency, alleging inflated demand data justifies holding back Tuolumne River flows and raising rates....

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (171+ words) The case was dismissed under Penal Code Section 1385 on January 17, 2025. That statute gives trial judges broad authority to dismiss charges or strike enhancements in furtherance of justice on their own motion, though defense attorneys cannot formally file such motions and…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (182+ words) Lindsay was attacked and strangled inside her Union City home in July 1980, per the same East Bay Times account. Douglas was found dead off a freeway in Vallejo in 1996. Gary was linked by DNA to both homicide scenes, investigators say,…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (228+ words) A federal bankruptcy judge has rejected a plan from the Diocese of Oakland that would resolve nearly 350 sexual abuse claims and chart a path out of Chapter 11. Plaintiffs’ attorneys celebrated the decision after nearly every survivor with a pending claim…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (132+ words) The scheme relied on fear and the appearance of official authority. Callers told victims they faced criminal charges and instructed them to hand over cash for safekeeping. Liu himself served as a money launderer for other conspirators, prosecutors say, collecting…...