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Los Gatos’ elementary school district to pay $5.1 million in child sex abuse case
Updated: 11:58 am, Oct. 21, 2022
Los Gatos' public elementary school system has agreed to pay a total of $5.1 million to two men who were sexually abused as children by Blossom Hill Elementary School teacher Joseph Brian Houg, the lawyers for the victims said...
405 Alberto Way developer sued for fraud
Prominent tech investor Gideon Marks has accused Randy Lamb, the developer of a luxury housing project in Los Gatos, known as 405 Alberto Way, of defrauding him of nearly $800,000.
Marks—a mentor at business incubators such as Google for Startups and Plug and Play, who...
Attempt to quash restraining order by husband of Los Gatos councilmember denied
Before the Monday hearing on a restraining order against Jeffrey Scott, the husband of Councilmember Marico Sayoc, got underway, “The Voice of San Jose,” Angela Tirado—who just so happened to be in the Santa Clara County Superior Courthouse in connection with another matter—sang the...
Court of Appeal considers whether to free ‘party mom’ again
California’s 6th District Court of Appeal heard arguments Oct. 13 about whether a Los Gatos woman charged with throwing alcohol-fuelled parties for teens should be released from jail.
A Superior Court judge denied bail for Shannon O’Connor earlier this year, but the State Supreme Court...
Los Gatos woman’s lawsuit against Gilroy Garlic Festival dismissed
A Santa Clara County Superior Court judge ruled Nov. 14 that a lawsuit brought forth by a Los Gatos woman who was injured during the 2019 Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting did not have enough evidence to go to trial.
Judge Frederick S. Chung granted the...
Town pursues ex-staffer in court over computer stolen from Westin Ka’anapali hotel room in Maui
The Town of Los Gatos’ former top engineer WooJae Kim is appealing an order to repay money for a town-issued laptop he reported stolen while in Hawaii.
Kim left his post in Los Gatos in December 2022 and became Public Works Director/City Engineer in Los...
Mercado held to answer for ‘terrorist threats’
A 45-year-old man accused of menacing Los Gatos Dog & Cat Hospital employees and threatening to commit a school shooting must face a single criminal count—plus an enhancement—Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Leila Sayar ruled on April 19.
At the conclusion of Jose Mercado’s...
BLAZING BATTERIES: Recycler fined $25k for Campbell garbage truck fires
A San Jose recycling company has been ordered by a Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge to pay $25,000 in civil penalties for causing dangerous fires to start in the back of garbage trucks in Campbell.
The company, iDiskk, LLC, its principal Yue Zou,...
Trial Update: Witness says she thinks Shannon O’Connor may have sexually assaulted her
On Thursday morning, the People called Jane Doe 8 in the ongoing trial of Shannon O’Connor, the Los Gatos mom accused of being reckless with the lives of youth by giving them alcohol and encouraging them to have sex while at her house, and...
Saratoga tech startup to pay $630K to feds
Technology startup eBibelot, based in Saratoga, and its CEO, Melody Fallah-Khair, have agreed to pay $630,000 to settle a federal lawsuit that claimed they violated the False Claims Act by improperly certifying compliance with the terms of a National Science Foundation grant that restricted...
