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Transgender SoCal Golfer Suing LPGA Over Gender Rule
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) – A transgender woman is suing the LPGA over a requirement which states all competitors must be “female at birth.” Lana Lawless, a 57-year-old from Palm Springs, underwent gender...
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Military Recruiters Told To Accept Gay Applicants After SoCal Ruling
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The military is accepting openly gay recruits for the first time in the nation’s history, even as it tries in the courts to slow the movement to abolish its “don’t ask, don’t tell”...
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Federal Judge Upholds California Affirmative Action Ban
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit challenging California’s voter-approved ban on affirmative action in public university admissions. U.S. District Judge Samuel Conti...
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Jaycee Dugard Sues Feds Over Handling Of Abductor
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – Attorneys for Jaycee Dugard filed a complaint Thursday against the United States government for what she alleges was negligent supervision of then-parolee Phillip Garrido, her...
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California Democratic Campaign Treasurer Pleads Guilty To Looting $7 Million
SACRAMENTO (CBS/AP) – A former California campaign treasurer has pleaded guilty to looting the accounts of dozens of Democratic candidates and political committees. Kinde Durkee entered the plea to...
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Napa Becomes Latest CA County To End Jail Immigration Holds Without Probable...
NAPA COUNTY (CBS SF) — The Napa County Department of Corrections is the latest California county to decide against detaining inmates past their release date for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement...
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Walnut Creek Man Faces Prison After Rare Economic Espionage Conviction For...
OAKLAND (CBS/AP) — A Walnut Creek chemical engineer is facing more than 20 years in prison for a rare economic-espionage conviction for selling to China the technology that creates a white pigment. A...
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Hayward Man Sentenced To Federal Prison For Student Loan Fraud Scheme
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — A federal judge in Oakland sentenced a 29-year-old man to 37 months in prison Friday for defrauding the government out of more than $500,000 in student loans, according to the U.S....
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Lawsuit: Sonoma Co. Jail Staff ‘Sadistically Attacked’ Inmates, Videotaped...
SONOMA COUNTY (CBS SF) — A federal lawsuit has been filed against the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office for the alleged beatings by correctional deputies of more than 20 Sonoma County Jail inmates over...
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Sonoma Co. Official Denies Claims Deputies ‘Sadistically’ Attacked, Beat Inmates
SONOMA COUNTY (CBS SF) — A sergeant with the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office has enthusiastically denied the claims contained in a federal lawsuit alleging that correctional deputies beat more than 20...
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Judge Approves $1.2 Billion Wells Fargo Settlement In Mortgage Case
NEW YORK (CBS/AP) — A judge in New York has given final approval to a deal calling for Wells Fargo Bank to pay $1.2 billion to the government to settle claims against it for improper mortgage lending...
View ArticleOakland Judge Blocks Trump Admin.’s Birth Control Rules
OAKLAND (CBS SF/AP) — An Oakland judge blocked Trump administration rules that would have allowed employers to opt out of providing birth control coverage for women workers on Sunday. U.S. District...
View ArticleFederal Judges Refuse To Order Release Of CA Prison Inmates During COVID-19...
SACRAMENTO (AP) — Federal judges on Saturday refused on procedural grounds to order California to free thousands of prisoners to ease crowded conditions that attorneys representing inmates likened to a...
View ArticleFederal Judge Blocks Trump’s Attempt To Roll Back Health Care Protections For...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge blocked the Trump administration on Monday from enforcing a new regulation that would roll back health care protections for transgender people. Finalized days after...
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Elizabeth Holmes May Claim ‘Mental Disease’ in Theranos Criminal Case
SAN FRANCISCO (CNN) — Elizabeth Holmes, the founder and former CEO of Theranos, may seek a “mental disease” defense in her criminal fraud trial, according to a new court document. Holmes, whose failed...
View ArticleFederal Trials Suspended In Northern District of California Because of COVID...
SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) — All federal criminal and civil trials have been suspended until Jan. 26 in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California because of the recent rapid spread of the...
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