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Crescenta Valley Water District win settlements
The Crescenta Valley Water District has bagged two more multimillion-dollar settlements from oil companies that officials claim leaked a contaminant into the local groundwater supply. So far, the district has penned three settlement agreements totaling...Tags: Valero LP, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Judges, Justice System, BP Plc
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A dozen restaurants in tri-city area face legal action addressed in Gatto bill
A bill introduced this week by Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D-Silver Lake) to protect against what he called “shakedown lawsuits” comes as 12 businesses in his district face similar legal action for not posting simple signage — violations...
Tags: Business, Los Angeles Times, Google+, Justice System, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Gatto introduces bill to protect businesses from 'shakedown' lawsuits
Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D-Silver Lake) introduced a bill Monday to protect businesses from “shakedown” lawsuits that are filed with the intent of extracting settlements to make the litigation go away. Business owners told Gatto at his...
Tags: Google+, Business, Mike Gatto, Small Businesses, Trials
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Ron Kaye: A few people can change a lot in a community
The radical community organizer Saul Alinsky, whose insights are used today as much by those on the right as on the left, once wrote: “If people don't think they have the power to solve their problems, they won't even think about how to solve...Tags: Elections, Kim Kardashian, Voting, College Football, Media Industry
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Parents of CV High student who jumped to death on campus sue Glendale Unified
The parents of a 15-year-old Crescenta Valley High School student who jumped to his death on campus last year have filed a lawsuit alleging district officials turned a “blind eye” to the bullying that they allege prompted their son to take his...
Tags: Suicide, Teaching and Learning, Laws, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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In 2013, much awaits Glendale
The year 2013 is already shaping up to be a busy year, with several issues rooted in the past expected to come to fruition. While the year ahead will no doubt unleash its own bounty of surprises, here are some issues we can all count on happening in the...
Tags: Nordstrom, Elections, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Job Layoffs, Teaching and Learning
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Barking dog leads to Glendale suit
A 58-year-old woman is suing two Glendale police officers who she claims falsified police reports about her arrest and used excess force when they detained her, causing her tailbone to break. The woman, Annie Kwak, claims the false police reports...
Tags: Google+, Justice System, Laws, Police Arrests, Crime, Law and Justice
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Glendale sued over claims that it underpaid for mudslide repair work
The insurer of a construction company hired to repair Glendale slopes after the 2005 mudslide has filed a breach of contract lawsuit against the city, claiming the contractor was underpaid for excavation work that turned out to be much more intensive than...
Tags: Google+, Work Rules Contract Issues, Breach of Contract, Justice System, Collective Contract
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Attorneys to settle mudslide lawsuit
The Pasadena law firm that defended Glendale in lawsuits stemming from a 2005 mudslide that cost the city nearly $15.4 million has agreed to pay $98,500 to settle a malpractice lawsuit, according to a City Council announcement this week. Glendale sued...Tags: Google+, Technology, Judges, Justice System, American International Group
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'Perversion files' shows abuse of Boy Scouts in tri-city area
Of the roughly 5,000 men and women who were ousted from the Boy Scouts of America on suspicion of sexual abuse, several were tied to cases in the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena region, according to an L.A. Times database of “perversion files”...Tags: Los Angeles Times, Boy Scouts of America, Youth Organizations, Clubs and Associations, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Neon museum could get switched off amid redevelopment wind-down
The wind-down of local redevelopment threatens to undo an agreement to bring the Museum of Neon Art from downtown Los Angeles to Glendale, which could leave the venerable curator of all things neon without a home. MONA had shut down its Los Angeles space...
Tags: Google Inc., MONA (music group), Breach of Contract, Plan B (drug), Museums
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Bell sues, says ousted Police Chief Randy Adams must pay back entire salary
When he was the top cop in Bell, Randy Adams was one of the highest-paid police chiefs in the nation. Now the city wants it all back. After years of scandal that has left the city on the brink of insolvency, officials filed suit Tuesday, saying Adams,...
Tags: Los Angeles Times, Bankruptcy, Jeff Gottlieb, Trials
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