The Record By Michael Fitzgerald Over the years, I have watched the various local initiatives of A.G. Spanos Cos., Stockton’s biggest development company, with a mixture of admiration and concern. Admiration because billionaire Alex Spanos and his family have an ingredient sorely lacking in San Joaquin Valley culture, the ambition to reach above the status...Read More

Jeanne Zolezzi, a partner at the Herum Crabtree Brown law firm, was reappointed to the Association of California Water Agencies’ Legal Affairs Committee. With about 40 lawyer members statewide, the committee makes recommendations to the association board of directors on legal matters and water rights. Zolezzi represents Region 4, which includes San Joaquin, Solano, Yolo,...Read More

The Transscript By Tom Blakey Cleveland County District Judge Tom Lucas has granted final approval to a $640 million consolidated class action lawsuit settlement concerning computers with defective parts sold by the Compaq Computer Corporation and Hewlett-Packard Company. The settlement agreement, signed by the judge May 9, follows an April 29 hearing in Cleveland County...Read More