SACRAMENTO — The city of Sacramento will pay $2.4 million to the two sons of an unarmed black man who was fatally shot by police last year, according to court documents. A quarter of the money, plus nearly $14,000 in expenses, will go to attorneys, and the rest into a...
Dyer 'Concerned' About Officer's Use of Force on Juvenile
Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer said a January incident in which a gang-enforcement officer appeared to strike a 17-year old male repeatedly in the head "raises concerns." "It raises questions for me as a police chief," Dyer said at a news conference Wednesday afternoon. "What was seen in this video...
Fresno Mom to Get $5.7M in Electrocution Death of Her Son
A lawsuit filed by the mother of a 12-year-old boy electrocuted at a Fresno apartment complex has been settled for $5.7 million, attorney Warren Paboojian says. Adrian Antunez was playing with other children at Villa Margaritas, 1235 N. Recreation Ave., when he went to retrieve a football. He was electrocuted...
Should Fresno Try Sacramento's Tactic With 'Nuisance' Vagrants?
SACRAMENTO — The city of Sacramento has filed an unusual lawsuit to ban seven men considered to be a "public nuisance" from a popular business corridor. The lawsuit alleges the men are "drug users, trespassers, thieves ... and violent criminals" who have illegal weapons and ammunition and have forced police...
Lawsuit Challenges California's Assault Weapons Ban
SAN DIEGO — A gun-rights group sued Thursday to block California from enforcing its assault weapons ban, contending it violates the Second Amendment right to bear arms. The lawsuit was the latest among gun advocacy and lobbying groups to challenge California's firearms laws, which are among the strictest in the...
Epstein Accuser Sues as Questions Swirl About His Death
NEW YORK — Jail guards on duty the night Jeffrey Epstein apparently killed himself are suspected of falsifying log entries to show they were checking on inmates every half-hour as required, according to a person familiar with the investigation into the financier's death. Surveillance video shows guards never made some of the...
Judges to Hear Appeal in Lawsuit Over John Steinbeck Works
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Another chapter is set to play out this week in a decades-old family dispute over control of the classic works by author John Steinbeck. A three-judge panel of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will be in Alaska's largest city on Tuesday to hear arguments in...
Valley Truck Parts Company Rips Off Customers, Lawsuit Says
A Bakersfield company that sells after-market parts for trucks, off-road vehicles and SUVs asks customers to pay up front on orders often worth several hundred dollars, then fails to deliver the product or provide a refund, according to a lawsuit filed by the Kern County district attorney. The civil suit...
US Women's Soccer Pay Gap More Complicated Than You Think
Americans should all stand and cheer for our U.S. Women’s Soccer Team, now four-time World Cup champions. After their latest championship victory, the crowd even broke out into chants of “Equal pay!” in support of the team’s wage-discrimination lawsuit against their employer, the U.S. Soccer Federation, and for their broader...
Gun Groups Sue California, Say 18 is Old Enough to Buy a Firearm
SACRAMENTO — Gun owners' rights groups are asking a federal judge to overturn a California law raising the age to purchase a rifle or shotgun from 18 to 21. The Calguns Foundation, Firearms Policy Coalition, Firearms Policy Foundation, and Second Amendment Foundation sued Monday in federal court in San Diego,...