From San Jose Mercury News and KQED Radio:Santa Cruz, California, police say they were misled by the Department of Homeland Security into helping make immigration arrests during a raid on suspected gang members.Police Chief Kevin Vogel and Assistant Chief Dan
If A Tree Falls In The (Urban) Forest … Does CEQA Apply? Sixth District Holds City Of Santa Cruz’s Amendment Of Tree Protection Ordinance Not Categorically Exempt
When California local governments stretch their resources too far to regulate private conduct and property rights in the name of environmental protection, CEQA can make it quite onerous to undo what has been done. And one can rest assured that
SIXTH APPELLATE DISTRICT FINDS THAT CITY OF SANTA CRUZ FAILED TO DEMONSTRATE SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE SUPPORTING THE APPLICATION OF CLASS 7 AND CLASS 8 CATEGORICAL EXEMPTIONS
In Save Our Big Trees v. City of Santa Cruz, 2015 Cal. App. LEXIS 942, the Sixth Appellate District held that the City of Santa Cruz (City) failed to carry its burden of demonstrating with substantial evidence that the amendment
The Sixth District Court of Appeal Upholds $750/hour Fee in Unpublished Decision
In Habitat and Watershed Caretakers v. City of Santa Cruz (H040762, Oct. 6, 2015), the petitioner successfully challenged the trial court’s application of a negative multiplier to its fees on the merits and a “downward adjustment” to its fees for
College Apologizes for Serving Mexican Food During Sci-Fi Event | PUNDIT PRESS
Stevenson College, part of the University of California, Santa Cruz, is apologizing to its students for serving Mexican food during Intergalactic night.In a letter sent out to students, the college apologized for having a Mexican food buffet, while also featuring
Caramel Apple Listeria Lawsuit – Safeway, Happy Happy and Bidart Bros.
On December 22, 2014, we filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Safeway Inc, in the Superior Court of Santa Cruz on behalf of James Raymond Frey, 87, and the estate of his deceased wife, Shirlee Jean Frey, 81, who
Immigrants of the Year: Cesar and Edgar Garcia Lopez, Ivy League College Students
Photo Courtesy of the Santa Cruz SentinelHere is a “feel good” story for the New Year. The Ivy League is a long way from Michoacan, Mexico, but brothers Edgar and Cesar Garcia Lopez, our Immigrants of the Day, charted
Listeria Lawsuit Prompts Safeway Happy Apple Recall in US and Canada
Illnesses in Arizona (4), California (1), Minnesota (4), Missouri (5), New Mexico (5), North Carolina (1), Texas (4), Utah (1), Washington (1), Wisconsin (3) and in Ontario (1) and Manitoba (1), Canada.
Attorney Bill Marler of Seattle’s Marler Clark,
First Lawsuit in Caramel Apple Listeria Outbreak
81-year-old California Woman’s Death Linked to Multi-State Listeria Outbreak that has Sickened 29 and Killed Five
Attorney Bill Marler of Seattle’s Marler Clark, the nation’s only law firm dedicated to representing victims of foodborne illness, has filed a wrongful death
Lawsuit Filed in E. coli Outbreak Linked to Glass Onion and Trader Joe’s
Melanie Dunstan became the third California resident to file a lawsuit against Glass Onion Catering this week. The lawsuit alleges that the plaintiff fell ill with an E. coli O157:H7 infection after eating a salad made by Glass Onion Catering
