4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (584+ words) A former coach and administrator at a now-closed North Fair Oaks charter school was sentenced on Sept. 8 to two years and eight months in prison — the maximum allowed under his plea agreement — for sexually abusing two students at the school,…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (457+ words) Woodside resident Alan Russell, 84, was sentenced to 60 years to life in prison on Sept. 1 after being convicted of 12 felonies for molesting four young boys repeatedly over 15 years. Russell, a former attorney, sexually abused the boys beginning in 1996, when they were…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (387+ words) Ronald Galatolo, the former chancellor of the San Mateo County Community College District now serving eight months in jail, is challenging his conviction on eight felony counts connected to his time leading the leading district. He filed a notice of…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (299+ words) Menlo Park-based social media giant Meta Inc. is fighting in federal court to prove it doesn’t harm young people’s mental health, collect their data in violation of federal law, and that its executives haven’t made misleading statements about prioritizing profits…...