Tag: lawsuit
Santa Clara County, Attorney General file lawsuit to block ICE facility...
California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Santa Clara County Counsel Tony LoPresti filed a lawsuit seeking to halt construction of a proposed Immigration and...
Letter: Lawsuit Abuse Awareness Week is Oct. 5-11Â
California’s love affair with unmerited lawsuits targeted at small and minority small business owners is alive and well. So much so that the California...
Who decided to cut back on police on festival’s last day?
In 2018, the city of Gilroy paid its police officers $248,000 in extra duty pay to provide security at the Gilroy Garlic Festival. The...
Garlic Festival’s executive director resigns
The Gilroy Garlic Festival Association announced that Brian Bowe, who has served as Executive Director for the festival for 14 years, has officially resigned....
Lawsuit: Garlic Fest should use DHS safety guide
Organizers of the Gilroy Garlic Festival did not follow a lengthy list of recommendations from U.S. authorities on how to properly secure large outdoor public gatherings, according to a lawsuit filed by five victims of the July 28 mass shooting at Christmas Hill Park.
City settles lawsuit, pays $25K
Both the plaintiff and defendants hailed the settlement as a success.
City moves to dismiss sex scandal lawsuit
The City of Gilroy said this month that accusations by a former public safety employee that she was harassed and fired for refusing to...
Tree plan takes root
In a year where the handling of Gilroy's trees has been seen by many as anything but tremendous, Gerardo Orduno and Heriberto Denec with...
Suit against councilman alleges unpaid overtime
GILROY—Two former employees of a towing company owned and operated by Gilroy Councilman Dion Bracco have lawyered up and are suing him for nearly $700,000 in overtime they allege they were never paid. Rafael Torres and Angel Fletes, who worked for Bracco’s Towing and Transport for six and seven years, respectively, as tow truck drivers, also allege other labor law violations in the lawsuit filed Tuesday in Santa Clara County Superior Court.
‘Scam’ victims demand justice
GILROY—Crecencio Roque gave $10,000 to Gilroy businesswoman Leticia Sandoval to wire to his family in Mexico. Not one dollar arrived.
