LOS ANGELES — State election officials and the conservative legal group Judicial Watch have reached a settlement over how California handles records of inactive voters. At issue was how election officials were handling records of voters who hadn't voted in repeated elections and were not part of active voter rolls...
No Pension Plan Where You Work? CalSavers to the Rescue.
For years, employees at many businesses didn't have pensions or 401(k) retirement plans. California's solution is CalSavers. "CalSavers will help facilitate the most ambitious expansion of our retirement savings system since the creation of Social Security in 1935," says state Treasurer John Chiang. Chiang, the chair of the CalSavers board...
Lawsuit Filed Over Proposed NW Fresno Animal Shelter
Neighbors of a controversial new animal shelter are taking to the courts in an attempt to stop the project. Shortly after the Fresno County Board of Supervisors voted Oct. 23 to set in motion a new animal shelter near a northwest Fresno neighborhood, attorney John Kinsey said legal action was...
Does Nunes Deserve the Medal of Honor? Trump Says He Does.
President Donald Trump lavished high praise on Rep. Devin Nunes during an interview Thursday morning on "Fox & Friends." "If this turns out as everyone thinks it will, Devin Nunes should get the Medal of Honor," Trump said. Later on, the president suggested that the Tulare Republican should receive the...
New Trial Ordered in 'Stairway to Heaven' Copyright Lawsuit
SAN FRANCISCO — A U.S. appeals court on Friday ordered a new trial in a lawsuit accusing Led Zeppelin of copying an obscure 1960s instrumental for the intro to its classic 1971 rock anthem "Stairway to Heaven." A federal court jury in Los Angeles two years ago found Led Zeppelin...
Rapper Nelly Settles With Woman Over Sexual Assault Lawsuit
SEATTLE — The rapper Nelly has agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by a woman who alleges that he raped her on his tour bus in suburban Seattle then defamed her when he claimed she made up the accusation. Settlement terms between Monique Greene and Nelly, whose real name is...
Breaking Up is Hard to Do: Fired Heng Campaign Consultant Sues
A breakup between a Fresno congressional candidate and her former campaign management team is leading to bad blood and a pending court date. Elizabeth Heng’s former campaign consultant filed suit against her after she fired the firm in June. Heng’s attorney, Roger Bonakdar, said that the legal action is politically motivated....
Jury Awards $289M to Man Who Blames Roundup for Cancer
SAN FRANCISCO — A jury's $289 million award to a former school groundskeeper who said Monsanto's Roundup left him dying of cancer will bolster thousands of pending cases and open the door for countless people who blame their suffering on the weed killer, the man's lawyers said. "I'm glad to...
California’s Educational Crisis Framed by Two Events: Walters
In case you missed it, a Superior Court Judge in Los Angeles is allowing an education lawsuit to proceed against the state. The lawsuit contends that California’s public schools have failed to adequately teach reading to some black and Latino students. California Achievement Gap Persists And, notes Dan Walters, in...
Say What? MGM Sues Las Vegas Mass Shooting Victims
LAS VEGAS — MGM Resorts International has sued hundreds of victims of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history in a bid to avoid liability for the gunfire that rained down from its Mandalay Bay casino-resort in Las Vegas. The company argues in lawsuits filed Friday in Nevada and...