Lawsuits Prompt Bay Area Sheriffs To Issue Concealed Weapons Permits
The Bay Area has traditionally been a tough place to legally carry a concealed loaded gun. But that may be changing.
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The Bay Area has traditionally been a tough place to legally carry a concealed loaded gun. But that may be changing.
A Santa Clara jury that found three schoolgirls and their parents liable for defaming a Catholic school teacher they branded as a "perv," is about to decide how much one of the students should pay in punitive damages.
A couple who say their children have been barred by their homeowner's association from playing or trick-or-treating in their own neighborhood filed a federal lawsuit against the HOA this week.
This comes after the utility's president on Wednesday called for full review of how management handled another flawed pipeline in San Carlos.
The shooting of 13-year-old Andy Lopez in Santa Rosa two weeks ago has galvanized his family, friends, and the Latino community in Sonoma County. After nearly having seen daily demonstrations the family has now filed a federal lawsuit.
A Bay Area family, devastated by the stillborn birth of their daughter, are now suing over a stunning mistake by the hospital following the infant death.
Fifteen veteran San Francisco firefighters will share $3.7 million awarded by a jury in their age discrimination suit against the city's fire department.
Family members of the victims of a fatal limousine fire on the San Mateo bridge are filing wrongful death lawsuits.
More than a dozen residents of a Concord apartment complex are suing their landlord over an array of issues, including a bed bug infestation.
The wife and two sons of a man who was killed outside his home in the Berkeley Hills last year have reached a resolution of their wrongful death lawsuit against the city of Berkeley.
Unpleasant verbal exchanges and altercations marked the previous year's Cinco de Mayo celebrations at Live Oak High School. So when students told administrators that trouble was a possibility because of the American flag attire, the students were ordered to turn their shirts inside out or go home.
A San Francisco Superior Court judge ordered a janitorial company on Wednesday to pay $1.34 million to 275 workers who didn't receive health benefits required by city law.
A lawyer for San Jose said the city plans to request sworn statements from Major League Baseball's Commissioner and owners of 30 teams after a federal judge on Friday allowed the city to proceed with a lawsuit claiming MLB disrupted a contract by the Oakland A's to buy land to move to San Jose.
Apple is fighting a legal order requiring the company to modify its digital book contracts and submit to oversight by a court-appointed antitrust monitor.
Lawyers for the city of San Jose and Major League Baseball squared off Friday in federal court as MLB asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit by the city that accuses the league of unlawfully preventing the Oakland A's from moving to San Jose.
The shutdown of the federal government could slow San Jose's ongoing efforts to bring the Oakland A's downtown. The city's lawsuit against Major League Baseball may be delayed due to court closures.
Video game-maker Electronic Arts and the Collegiate Licensing Company have settled all lawsuits brought against the companies by former and current college athletes over the unauthorized use of the players' images and likenesses in video games and other merchandise.
A civil rights lawsuit filed by the family of a homeless man fatally shot by a BART police officer at a San Francisco station two years ago has been dismissed by a federal magistrate in Oakland.
A PG&E shareholder filed a lawsuit on Monday against the utility company's management stating that the executives, not the people who own the utility's common stock, should bear the cost of the San Bruno pipeline disaster.
State and local teachers' unions have filed suit in San Francisco Superior Court, in the latest attempt to save City College of San Francisco from closing next summer.
Trendy clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch has agreed to make religious accommodations to its policy governing employees' appearance as part of a settlement of discrimination lawsuits filed in California.
A San Francisco strip club is suing Oracle after one of its employees ran up a massive bill on a company credit card - and Oracle refused to pay the bill.
Attorneys for San Francisco 49ers linebacker Aldon Smith and former Niners tight end Delanie Walker have filed a response to a civil lawsuit filed by a Northern California man who says he was shot during a party at Smith's house.
Contra Costa County supervisors unanimously approved an agreement with Chevron Tuesday that will put an end to property tax lawsuits against the county and should save the county millions of dollars and boost strained relations between the county and the oil giant.
A San Jose man this week became the second person to sue San Francisco 49ers linebacker Aldon Smith and former 49er Delanie Walker, alleging that he was shot in the thigh during a gun battle at a raucous party at Smith's home near San Jose last year.
