News-Sentinel By Ross Farrow In an effort to show state authorities that water districts mean business and plan to actually use the water allocated to them, several water purveyors are negotiating an agreement they hope will salvage 16,000 acre-feet of Mokelumne River water for local use. The State Water Resources Control Board’s staff has threatened...Read More
News Sentinel By Jeff Hood January 11, 2006 LODI – The city, not Wal-Mart or shopping center developer Darryl Browman, will decide how to respond to last month’s court ruling that halted plans for a Supercenter at Lower Sacramento Road and Kettleman Lane. City Attorney Steve Schwabauer said he would advise the City Council of...Read More
[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] Fresno Bee By Brian Joseph December 22, 2005 Wal-Mart Withdraws its Application for Elk Grove Supercenter. Bowing to public pressure, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and developer Angelo G. Tsakopoulos announced Wednesday afternoon they are withdrawing their application with the city of Elk Grove to build a supercenter at Sheldon...Read More
Lodi News Sentinel January 29, 2005 Steven Herum is a study in contrasts. The Stockton attorney represents a Lodi citizens group in which no Lodi citizens seem to be members. He’s a staunch Democrat firmly entrenched in the heavily Republican San Joaquin Valley. Steven Herum He fights Wal-Mart Supercenters up and down the state, yet...Read More
Greater Stockton Chamber of Commerce November 2004 It is with great pleasure that the Greater Stockton Chamber of Commerce announces the selection of Jeanne Zolezzi as our 2004 ATHENA Award recipient. Since 1997, she has been a Founding Shareholder and Attorney with Herum Crabtree Brown. Jeanne is being recognized for her professional accomplishments, community service...Read More
The Fresno Bee By Marc Benjamin Lawyers for a group trying to block construction of a Wal-Mart Supercenter in Clovis told a judge Friday that the city has failed to fully consider the project’s effects on water supply, other businesses and air quality. During a 5 1/2-hour hearing in Fresno County Superior Court on the...Read More
News-Sentinel With an unanimous vote, the Lodi City Council decided Wednesday not to appeal a San Joaquin County Superior Court judge’s ruling that invalidated the city’s environmental review of the proposed Wal-Mart Supercenter project. Council members made their decision during a closed session prior to regular meeting Wednesday evening. Judge Elizabeth Humprehy’s ruled in December...Read More
RIPON -The City is celebrating two major accomplishments for its water supply. Thursday morning, officials dedicated a new, 1.55-million gallon water tower along Highway 99. The city filled it at the start of October. Secondly, the city is about to receive nearly $1 million from Nestlé Inc. in a court case over groundwater contamination at...Read More
The Record By Reed Fujii Deal over Behr wood sealant largest ever in S.J., attorney says… The maker of Behr Paints agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit over wood sealants for $107.5 million, which the plaintiff’s attorney said is the largest settlement in San Joaquin County history. “I believe it’s a terrific result for the...Read More
The Record By Audrey Cooper September 3, 2004 Two San Joaquin County water agencies can move forward with their $500 million lawsuit against a federal agency blamed for promising water supplies that were never delivered, a federal judge ruled Thursday. Court of Federal Claims Judge Christine Odell Cook Miller denied a request by government attorneys...Read More
