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23, May 2012 - Mill Valley, CA San Francisco: Court rejects disabled citizens' bid to obtain medical marijuana - Marin Indepe
A panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals by a 2-1 vote rejected an effort by the plaintiffs to invoke the anti-discrimination provisions of the federal Americans with Disabilities ... under California's law. Matthew Pappas, a lawyer ...
23, May 2012 - Los Angeles, CA Death penalty sought for Iraq war vet in California killings
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California prosecutors will seek the death penalty against an Iraq war veteran charged with six murders, including the serial "thrill" killings of four homeless men in Orange County, a top prosecutor said on Monday. Itzcoatl Ocampo, a 24-year-old former U.S. Marine, is scheduled to stand trial in September on six counts of first degree murder with special circumstances ...
23, May 2012 - Novato, CA Tribal lawyer charged in kickback scheme - Marin Independent Journal
LOS ANGELES—A tribal lawyer and three others have been indicted for a kickback scheme involving construction projects at a Southern California desert Indian ... liability company to purchase real estate. Kovall then convinced the tribe to ...
23, May 2012 - Chula Vista, CA Property records show suspects in Marine wife's death are linked through home in California -
Sheriff's records do not indicate whether a suspect has an attorney. Tanya Sierra, a spokeswoman for the San Diego County district ... three days after she filed for divorce from Lance Cpl. Cory Killgore, who was serving in Afghanistan at ...
23, May 2012 - Marin, CA High-Speed Chase From Novato Ends With Arrest in Concord - Patch
A Novato man was taken into custody in Concord Wednesday night after a pursuit of Novato police and California Highway Patrol officers ... He was booked into Marin County Jail at 1:35 a.m. Thursday. The pursuit began in Novato at about 7:20 p.m ...
23, May 2012 - Mill Valley, CA Crowded field in North Coast congressional race - Petaluma 360
John Dowd, a combative ex-Marine who cursed ... litigation in California, with a particular focus on pricing issues, business regulation matters, and unfair competition disputes. Hogan Lovells has more than 2,300 lawyers operating out of more ...
23, May 2012 - San Rafael, CA George Lucas strikes back - The Age
SAN RAFAEL, California: In 1978, a year after Star Wars was ... saying that Lucasfilm was just the kind of company Marin needed. Tanenbaum, a lawyer, challenged the legitimacy of the homeowners' association, arguing that they did not follow bylaws in ...
22, May 2012 - Fullerton, CA Dark days for California's courts - Marin Independent Journal
These are dark days for California's budget-battered courts. And darkened courtrooms could be one of the next steps the state's judicial leaders may ... room," said council member Alan Carlson, an Orange County court executive.
22, May 2012 - Orange, CA DA to seek death penalty in California serial murders of 4 homeless men, 2 others - Washington Post
SANTA ANA, Calif. — Southern California prosecutors will seek the death penalty against a former Marine accused of murdering four homeless men and a woman and her son. The Orange County district attorney’s office announced its decision ...
22, May 2012 - Lakeport, CA 3rd person charged in Marine wife's death in Calif - The Guardian
nearly a month after the body of 22-year-old Brittany Killgore was discovered in brush near Southern California's Lake Skinner. Her bail was set at $3 million. Patrick Espinoza, a San Diego County deputy district attorney, identified Maraglino as a ...
22, May 2012 - Santa Ana, CA DA to seek death penalty in 6 California murders - News 8 KFMB
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - Southern California prosecutors will seek the death penalty against a former Marine accused of murdering four homeless men and a woman and her son. The Orange County district ... for solar eclipse A law enforcement officer fatally ...
22, May 2012 - Monterey, CA DA to seek death penalty in 6 California murders - Monterey County Herald
Prosecutors will seek the death penalty against a former Marine accused of murdering four homeless men and a woman and her son in California ... The district attorney's office has described the homeless slayings as a serial thrill-kill spree.
22, May 2012 - Hanford, CA DA to seek death penalty in 6 California murders - Hanford Sentinel
Prosecutors will seek the death penalty against a former Marine accused of murdering four homeless men and a woman and her son in California ... The district attorney's office has described the homeless slayings as a serial thrill-kill spree.
22, May 2012 - Marina, CA Marina Coast Water District asks PUC to reject Cal Am's new proposal
California American Water's newly proposed water supply project could be waylaid by a court decision invalidating the regional desalination project's environmental review, even if the Marina Coast Water District is no longer involved.
22, May 2012 - Santa Ana, CA DA to seek death penalty in 6 California murders - San Jose Mercury News
SANTA ANA, Calif.—Southern California prosecutors will seek the death penalty against a former Marine accused of murdering four homeless men and a woman and her son. The Orange County district attorney's office announced its decision Monday in ...
22, May 2012 - Kentfield, CA San Carlos to consider being ruled by local charter instead of state law - Marin Independent Journa
According to a memo by City Attorney Greg ... prevailing wage for workers as long as a public project does not include state or federal funds. A lawsuit filed by labor unions challenging that provision has gone to the California Supreme Court ...
22, May 2012 - Marin, CA Jerry Brown On Lethal Injections: Governor Urges Officials To Make Changes
SAN FRANCISCO -- In the state's latest effort to restart long-stalled executions in California, Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday ordered prison officials to explore using a single drug for lethal injections instead of three.
21, May 2012 - Marin, CA McDonald's Loses to Franchisees on Appeal - Blue MauMau
Lagarias recently testified at California’s Business Committee hearing addressing the need for new legislation (Level Playing Field for Small Businesses Act (AB2305 ... for preliminary injunction, the Marin Superior Court judge found there was sufficient ...
21, May 2012 - Marin, CA Sonoma County pilot sentenced for flying while intoxicated - Marin Independent Journal
Michael Ferrero, 62, did not appear before Sonoma County Superior Court Judge Bradford DeMeo ... but those charges were dismissed as part of the plea agreement. The California Highway Patrol's air operations unit was on routine patrol along ...
21, May 2012 - Santa Barbara, CA Marbel A. Para Gets Jail, Fine and More for Poaching Lobster from Protected Waters - Orange County
In the first prosecution since federal Marine Life Protected Areas were established off the California coast ... even before the 350 square miles of protected marine areas from Santa Barbara County to the Mexico border went into effect Jan. 1.
21, May 2012 - Santa Clara painter gets prison for bogus tax returns - Marin Independent Journal
The owner of a Santa Clara painting business ... $28,451 in taxes from the federal government. Kim, a 57-year-old Cupertino resident who owns Melody Painting, was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court of Northern California on one count ...
21, May 2012 - Hayward, CA National study tracks number of people falsely convicted of crime - Marin Independent Journal
David Angel, director of the conviction integrity unit of the Santa Clara County District ... Clara County than in Alameda County and the rest of the Bay Area for two main reasons: the presence of the Northern California Innocence Project ...
21, May 2012 - Marin, CA Debtors seethe, sue over collectors' tactics - Bellingham Herald
In the last seven years, the number of lawsuits in California accusing collectors ... but rather the ingenuity of a small band of lawyers, who have crafted a cottage industry to cash in on these claims. Jack Gordon, a former debt collector ...
21, May 2012 - Glendale, CA Welfare children no longer facing parents' debts - Marin Independent Journal
LOS ANGELES—California counties are no longer seeking refunds ... "These debts do not belong to these children," Patti Prunhuber, a Public Interest Law Project attorney involved in the case, told the Times. "They are not responsible for ...
20, May 2012 - Sebastopol, CA GOP congressional candidate Halliwell mounts fourth campaign, despite skeptics in his party - Marin
Halliwell said his wife lives much of the time in Southern California so she can manage a charity. Last month, a Sonoma County judge banned Halliwell, who has served as his own attorney in ... has come in the small business sector, where ...
20, May 2012 - Riverside, CA Fisherman Sentenced to Jail for Lobster Poaching in Laguna - KTLA.com
(KTLA) -- A fisherman from Riverside County, who had been caught poaching lobsters in Laguna Beach, has been sentenced to jail. Marbel A ... of the Marine Protection areas off the Southern California coast went into effect January 1.
20, May 2012 - Sebastopol, CA Seven candidates vying for Jared Huffman's Assembly seat - Marin Independent Journal
The seven candidates vying for Jared Huffman's Assembly seat largely agree that California must reform ... Napa County and portions of Sonoma and Solano counties but will shift in November. Sebastopol attorney Peter Mancus is the race's only ...
20, May 2012 - Former marine sentenced for fatally shooting fellow marine - KSWT.com
YUMA, AZ - A former camp Pendleton-based marine has been sentenced to 15 years in prison in connection to the shooting death of a fellow marine in an incident over drug money. A judge in Orange County, California sentenced 24-year-old Alvin Reed Lovely for ...
20, May 2012 - Watsonville, CA Grower loses bid to avoid re-hiring fired worker - Marin Independent Journal
WATSONVILLE, Calif.—A California raspberry grower has lost a court bid to avoid re-hiring a farm worker fired for union activity. The Santa Cruz Sentinel ( http://bit.ly/J3va3D) says the Watsonville Dutra Farms case is considered a test of a ...
20, May 2012 - Solano, CA Novato man Tasered, bitten by police dogs after leading police on chase to East Bay - Marin Indepen
Robert Bruce Adair was arrested and booked at Marin County Jail on suspicion of carrying ... on Highway 101 to eastbound Highway 37, as Solano and Marin CHP officers began assisting in the chase, California Highway Patrol Officer John Fransen ...
20, May 2012 - 3rd person charged in Marine wife's death in Calif - News-Democrat
nearly a month after the body of 22-year-old Brittany Killgore was discovered in brush near Southern California's Lake Skinner. Her bail was set at $3 million. Patrick Espinoza, a San Diego County deputy district attorney, identified Maraglino ...
20, May 2012 - Watsonville, CA Grower fined for refusing to re-hire fired worker - Marin Independent Journal
A California raspberry grower has been found in contempt for disobeying a court order to re-hire a farm worker fired for union activity. The Santa Cruz Sentinel (http://bit.ly/JyeXEh) says Watsonville's Dutra Farms was fined $1,500 on Wednesday.
19, May 2012 - San Rafael, CA Rivals for House blast tech exec Lawson's claims - San Francisco Gate
But on Tuesday, the wealthy tech executive running for an open U.S. House seat on California's North Coast ... state Assemblyman Jared Huffman, D-San Rafael. Congressional District 2 runs from Marin County to the Oregon border.
19, May 2012 - Novato, CA Former Yahoo boss and husband agree $71m divorce after infidelity and drug use claims - Independent
A TITANIC five-year divorce battle between Susan Decker ... at the 11th hour as the case was finally due to go to trial in California's Marin County. Mauna Berkov, one of Mr Dovey's lawyers, described the agreement to the judge as "the Treaty of Versailles."
19, May 2012 - San Rafael, CA Honda wins appeal of small-claims loss on hybrid's gas mileage claims - Marin Independent Jour
Peters was ordered to pay Honda $75 in court fees. The court decision is final as California small-claims court rules do not allow for further appeals. In a statement, Honda said it was "pleased with the court's decision which affirms that Honda ...
19, May 2012 - San Rafael, CA Navy treads fine line when defending U.S., protecting marine mammals - 12newsnow.com
The National Marine Fisheries Service ... blue waters off Hawaii and California, environmentalists are keeping a wary eye on the Navy. "I am not saying they are not well-intentioned," said Zak Smith, staff attorney with the Natural Resources Defense ...
19, May 2012 - Seller of suicide kits sentenced on tax charges - Marin Independent Journal
SAN DIEGO—A 92-year-old Southern California ... pleaded guilty to the tax charge, but under an agreement with prosecutors she will not be charged in state court with involvement in six suicides. Assistant U.S. Attorney Peter J.
19, May 2012 - Novato, CA The story of "London England": a true domestic violence account - Examiner
This is the way it’s been every May 11th – her beloved son’s birthday – and while she lives in “wine country” California ... up by the Sherriff and delivered to the District Attorney of Marin County in May 1995). In that same year (1995 ...
19, May 2012 - Ross, CA Ex Yahoo boss Susan Decker and husband agree on $71m divorce - Smash Hits.com
London, Apr 25 (ANI): The ongoing divorce battle between Susan Decker ... concluded at the 11th hour as the case was finally due to go to trial in California's Marin County. (ANI)
19, May 2012 - San Diego, CA Third suspect in slaying of U.S. Marine's wife pleads not guilty - msnbc.com
California, on Tuesday, after which prosecutors outlined for reporters new details about how detectives believe the victim met her killers. San Diego Superior Court Judge Tamila Ipema ordered Maraglino, who stood holding her rounded belly during ...
19, May 2012 - San Diego, CA Jodi Adkins Birdinground Pleads Guilty in U.S. Federal Court - FBI Press Room (press release)
The United States Attorney’s Office announced that during a federal court session in Billings ... a Money Gram wire transfer of $300 from Billings, Montana to J.S. in San Diego, California. J.S. was a Ccorporal with the U.S. Marine Corps, stationed ...
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