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Woman who threw parties for teens faces defamation action
Shannon O’Connor, the wife of tech executive Robert Amaral, who threw parties for teens at their Arroyo Del Rancho Road mansion, spent Christmas behind bars, after being called a threat to public safety and a high flight risk by prosecutors.
She’s been charged with 39...
Gilroy woman jailed for a year but avoids prison, after stealing $100,000+ from winery
A Gilroy woman has been sentenced to serve a year in jail for committing elder fraud—embezzling more than $100,000 from her employer, a century-old family-owned winery, authorities said Thursday.
Stacey Greenlee, 62, worked as an administrative assistant for Guglielmo Winery’s elderly owner from October 2022...
O’Connor considering pleading to all charges
As Shannon O’Connor, the Los Gatos mom charged with throwing illegal parties for teens and facilitating sexual assault, sat in Department 39 of the Santa Clara County Hall of Justice talking to her lawyer, Monday, it wasn’t for the start of the two-week preliminary...
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...
Locals launch supplement business; Civil Grand Jury seeks volunteers; theater major makes Montclair State Dean’s List (Local Scene)
This week's "Local Scene" features a pair of Los Gatans aiming to make it big in the supplement game, the civil grand jury putting a call-out for new members and a thespian making the grade...
Los Gatos residents launch supplement products
Fuel 4 Ever, a family-owned...
Wag Hotels to pay $150,000 to settle dog bites lawsuit
A popular dog hotel will pay $150,000 to settle a consumer protection lawsuit with Bay Area prosecutors' offices, which accused the company of failing to report dog bites among other health and safety lapses, according to the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office.
The prosecutors...
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...
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...
