OAKLAND, Calif. — A $110,000 settlement for the family of a teen shot and killed by an Oakland police officer more than two years ago was approved by the Oakland City Council Tuesday night, the family’s attorney confirmed today. Alan

The City of Oakland lost a big whistleblower lawsuit yesterday in federal district court. The case, brought by Daryelle Lawana Preston, Oakland’s former director of employee relations, included allegations that a top Oakland official pressured her to falsify reports to

A Sacramento woman fired from the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing after disclosing a three-year backlog in teacher misconduct complaints has won a $3.1 million jury verdict in a lawsuit against the agency and two of its executives. Whistleblower Kathleen

Critic of campus’ ties with biotech lost initial bid A widely watched tenure battle at UC Berkeley has ended in victory for assistant professor Ignacio Chapela, an outspoken critic of campus ties to the biotech industry. The university has reversed

Jury says CSUF discriminated against Stacy Johnson-Klein. A jury Thursday awarded $19.1 million to former Fresno State women’s basketball coach Stacy Johnson-Klein in a verdict that was stunning as much for its speed as its size. After eight weeks of

A former high school student who administrators neglected to separate from her alleged sexual abuser and classmate has reached a settlement with the San Francisco Unified School District, according to court records. The Galileo High School graduate filed a federal civil rights lawsuit

A $3.35 million settlement has been reached in a gender-discrimination lawsuit by a woman who was forced out of the Fresno's Fire Department's training academy, the woman's attorney said. Attorney Dan Siegel, representing Michelle Maher, said he and a representative of the city of Fresno's insurance carrier reached the out-of-court settlement over a recent dinner in San Francisco. "I'm pleased with it. I think we reached a fair settlement," Siegel said. Maher sued the Fire Department in 2008, saying fire training academy supervisors asked her personal questions, set her up to fail certain tasks and unfairly graded an exam. In November 2009, a U.S. District Court jury ruled in Maher's favor. As part of the settlement, the city will dismiss its appeal, Siegel said. The Fresno city attorney's office could not be reached for comment.