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Sex crimes unit being investigated for sex crime

Last updated Thursday, November 17, 2011 - 10:46am

MARTINEZ, Calif. -- The sex crimes prosecutor was on his way to work when a police officer handcuffed him and told him he was under arrest -- on suspicion of rape.

A junior prosecutor told police that Contra Costa County Deputy District Attorney Michael Gressett, 54, had raped her during their lunch hour while he was awaiting a jury verdict in a molestation case he had tried.

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Calif. attorney general urges appeals court to permit same-sex marriage

Los Angeles Times, Maura Dolan

Last updated Tuesday, March 1, 2011 - 4:09pm

SAN FRANCISCO -- California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris urged a federal appeals court Tuesday to permit same-sex couples to marry during an appeal of last year's ruling that overturned Proposition 8, the 2008 ballot measure that banned gay marriage.

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Prop 8 opponents urge federal court to lift order preventing gays from marrying

Los Angeles Times, Maura Dolan

Last updated Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 7:00pm

SAN FRANCISCO -- Lawyers challenging Proposition 8 urged a federal appeals court Wednesday to lift an order preventing gays from marrying and called on the California Supreme Court to speed up its review of a key issue in the case.

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Bankrupt city proposes not repaying all its debts

Los Angeles Times, Maura Dolan

Last updated Thursday, January 20, 2011 - 10:51am

SAN FRANCISCO -- The San Francisco Bay Area city of Vallejo, which filed for bankruptcy in 2008, has proposed paying its unsecured creditors, who are mostly current and former employees, as little as 5 percent to 20 percent of the amount they say they are owed in a bid to return the economically shaky community to fiscal health.

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In-state tuition for illegal immigrants is preserved with Calif. court ruling

Los Angeles Times, Maura Dolan

Last updated Monday, November 15, 2010 - 3:56pm

SAN FRANCISCO -- The California Supreme Court decided unanimously Monday that illegal immigrants may continue to be eligible for in-state tuition rates at the state's colleges and universities rather than pay the higher rates charged to those who live out of state.

In a ruling written by Justice Ming W. Chin, one of the panel's more conservative members, the state high court said a California law that guarantees the lower tuition for students who attend California high schools for at least three years and graduate does not conflict with a federal prohibition on giving illegal immigrants educational benefits based on residency.

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