A San Luis Obispo County Superior Court judge on Wednesday denied a request by Paul Flores to issue an order barring the civil attorney for Kristin Smart’s family from discussing the case publicly. Read More …
A pair of women are suing the city of Pismo Beach, as well as architectural and construction companies, over spinal injuries they allegedly suffered last year from using allegedly poorly built and designed slides. Read More …
The state of California has settled a lawsuit with Christian organizations over coronavirus restrictions placed on houses of worship, ending Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ability to close churches or limit their occupancy. Read More …
Friends of the Oceano Dunes accuses the California Coastal Commission of violating environmental laws and claiming to be a lead agency when it is not, in a lawsuit filed Monday challenging the commission’s authority to ban off-road vehicle riding at the Oceano Dunes over the next three years. Read More …
Ventura County is in the process of filing lawsuits against 18 businesses — 14 gyms and four restaurants — for operating indoors in violation of Coronavirus-related public health orders. Read More …
The nonprofit Center for Biological Diversity sued California State Parks, seeking to stop Friday’s reopening of the Oceano Dunes to vehicle traffic on the grounds that off-roading at the park kills endangered snowy plovers. Even so, cars were lined up to get in at 5:30 a.m. Read More …
The UC Santa Barbara chief of police grabbed the buttocks of a 19-year-old college student, slid his hand up her back and whispered in her ear, according to a lawsuit filed this summer in Santa Barbara County Superior Court. Read More …
The Southern California chapter of the American Civili Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed class action lawsuits against the Lompoc Federal Correctional Complex and a federal prison in Los Angeles over their handling of the coronavirus outbreak. Read More …
Members of country singer Josh Turner’s road crew have filed a lawsuit in San Luis Obispo Superior Court over the crash last year in which a tour bus plunged off an approximately 50-foot cliff near Shandon, killing a sound engineer and injuring seven others. Read More …
A pair of prominent local developers have become entangled in a legal battle, as one has filed a lawsuit accusing the other of misappropriating more than $3 million and the defendant is vowing to file a countersuit. Read More …