April 16, 2012
By Rory Wicks
California employers should take immediate steps to update Employee Handbooks to reflect the Supreme Court’s recent opinion on their employees’ right to meal breaks in Brinker Restaurant Corp. v. Superior Court (2012 Cal. LEXIS 3149).
Managing Partner Marco Gonzalez, in addition to his work with Coast Law Group LLP, recently launched an action sports creative, design, and business consulting service.
LEUCADIA, Calif. — A growing number of environmentalists are fighting beachfront homeowners who want to build seawalls to prevent their property from washing out to sea.
Marco Gonzalez, with the Coastal Environmental Rights Foundation, and others believe seawalls, retaining walls and other manmade barriers built to stop the natural process of land erosion are actually harmful.
CARLSBAD —- Keep A Breast Foundation said it has reached a $250,000 settlement with a company it accused of selling products that infringed on the foundation’s “I Love Boobies” slogan.
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Lawsuit Challenges San Diego Governments’ Flawed Transportation Plan
Sprawl-oriented Plan Would Increase Pollution, Worsen Climate Change, Ignore Need for Public Transit
San Diego, Calif. – The Cleveland National Forest Foundation and the Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit today in the San Diego Superior Court against the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG).
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I have to admit, I was pretty bummed when I received the text at 3 a.m. indicating the San Diego Police and County Sheriffs had thought it a good idea to put on the riot gear and beat up a bunch of sleeping Occupy SD activists at the Civic Center Plaza. Having seen the Third World-esque images of the Occupy Oakland raids earlier this week, I feared the worst. I also wondered if the same “public safety and hygiene” excuse used to justify tear gas and baton beatings in Oakland would be employed by our so-called public servants in America’s Finest City. At the same time, I hoped the strong-arm tactics in response to peaceful demonstration would ultimately backfire and spur earlier supporters back into the mix.
Hawaii Supreme Court ruling requires new EIS for Turtle Bay
The open spaces, lush greenery, and blue waters of the northernmost point of Oahu’s North Shore masks the cultural, environmental, and legal controversy that has surrounded the lone resort complex that has existed there for nearly 40 years.
Built and opened in 1972 (as the Kuilima Resort & Country Club), the present day Turtle Bay Resort currently occupies a nearly 900-acre parcel of prime and picturesque oceanfront land in Kahuku. The resort features two golf courses, tennis courts, swimming pools, and over a thousand hotel rooms, luxury suites, private bungalows, and condominiums combined. Oh and yes, there are a couple of pretty decent surf spots right out front as well.
SUNSET CLIFFS — It would be difficult to find a more romantic setting to get married.
Ocean waves crash against the rocks directly below a white, picket fence. A concrete back patio overlooks the water. There is a panoramic view that goes on for miles on a clear day.
It is all part of the wedding package at the Inn at Sunset Cliffs, a tiny hotel on the San Diego coast. There’s just one problem, according to an environmental group. The terrace, they say, was illegally built on a sea wall that is public property.
Now, the issue is going to court.
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The dress code at three California high schools prohibits t-shirts like these.
Temecula, Calif.-based freestyle motocross team Metal Mulisha intends to file legal action against California’s Murrieta Valley Unified School District due to a ban the district has placed on Metal Mulisha apparel.
The dress code for Vista Murrieta High School, one of the three schools in the district that forbid the brand’s clothing, states that it prohibits apparel with “violence or weapons, SRH, Metal Mulisha, Iron Cross or Nazi/neo-Nazi symbols.”
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Describing seaside fireworks displays as wholesome and patriotic, an Orange County legislator wants to prevent the California Coastal Commission from snuffing them out.
State Assemblywoman Diane Harkey (R-Dana Point) introduced a bill last month that would exempt municipal fireworks displays from regulation under the state Coastal Act by declaring they do not constitute “development.”
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