CVS settles with state over Medi-Cal fraud claims
CVS Pharmacy will pay the state of California more than $18 million in a settlement of a lawsuit that accused the national chain of submitting fraudulent claims to the Medi-Cal public health insurance system, Attorney General Rob Bonta announced this week.
The state and the...
Data center set for construction in east Gilroy
Construction is set to begin on a giant data center that will house and operate more than 438,000 square feet of information and energy storage facilities on a 56-acre property in northeast Gilroy.
The facility, owned and operated by Amazon Data Services, will be located...
Football player starts Gilroy’s first restaurant delivery biz
When NFL dreams ended for Gilroy entrepreneur Benjamin Pope, 32, a new one began. He would help Gilroyans get food without leaving their homes or desks.
“I was sitting on the couch rehabbing from an ACL injury last December and that’s when I came up...
Greenstreak Landscaping wins awards
Greenstreak Landscaping of Gilroy, lead by owner Pete Gluhaich, received two regional awards and one state award from the California Landscape Contractors Association. The company has won total of 58 CLCA Awards. State Awards were announced at the annual convention held Nov. 18, 2011 in Maui, Hawaii. Greenstreak won for Outstanding Achievement in Medium Residential Installation for the Ellis Residence. Local awards for the Central Coast were handed out June 22, 2012 in Santa Cruz. Greenstreak awards included First Place, Beautification Awards for Large Residential Installation and First Place Beautification Award Small Residential Maintenance again for the Ellis Residence.
Family charged with running brothels in Santa Clara County
Authorities charged members of a San Jose family with running a satellite of brothels—including locations in South Santa Clara County—that were trafficking dozens of women and bringing in about $1 million a year.
Multiple co-defendants face felonies related to their operation of a network of...
Ways to maximize your minimum required distribution
If you are age 701/2 or over and own either a traditional IRA, 401(k) plan or other employment-based savings plan, you are usually required to withdraw a certain amount of money each year. These withdrawals are minimum required distributions (MRD), or what can also be referred to as required minimum distributions (RMD). For consistency purposes, I will refer to them as minimum required distribution (MRD). MRD is usually taxable income, so if you made after-tax contributions to these accounts, part of your minimum required distribution may be nontaxable.
















