Panel rules that lawyer for jailed ex-Antioch cop made ‘serious error in judgment’ but did not lie during sentencing

PALO ALTO – A judicial panel found that the attorney for a former Antioch police officer did not lie to a judge when she filed for a mistrial during his criminal trial, but noted her “serious error in judgment” and apparent ignorance of the way federal court works, concluding an investigation that began when she […]

Lawsuit: Veteran who showed up to granddaughter’s San Jose State graduation ‘effectively boiled alive’ in hotel shower

Terril Johnson, a 77-year-old U.S. Marine Corps veteran, drove six hours from Los Angeles this spring to see his gymnastics granddaughter graduate from San Jose State University, but a lawsuit by his family claims he died in a San Jose hotel, “effectively boiled alive” in a hot shower. “He died the night before the graduation […]