Charges filed in San Francisco Unified slush fund scandal, Caltrans dances without many clear answers about Bay Bridge, Moraga school district settles one of its sex abuse cover-up lawsuits, more.
- Six current and former San Francisco Unified School District employees were charged with a total of 205 felonies for an alleged years-long effort to use a slush fund to misappropriate $15 million in public funds. Chronicle
- Top Caltrans officials sought to spread the blame while providing few clear answers about the Bay Bridge fiasco during a Senate Transportation Committee hearing in Sacramento. Contra Costa Times
- America’s Cup officials made no changes to the summer’s racing after a closed door meeting Tuesday to talk about the accident that claimed the life of sailor Andrew “Bart” Simpson. Chronicle
- Gov. Jerry Brown warned Democratic legislators that he won’t sign a budget that ramps up spending while submitting a revised budget that proposes $1.3 billion less than his January spending blueprint. Mercury News
- Police said an 88-year-old woman survived the entire weekend trapped in her car after she crashed in a ravine near Santa Rosa. Chronicle
- The Mercury News’ Gary Richards writes about the only place in the state where two freeways cross without connecting.
- Gap Inc., one of several big corporations under pressure to tighten up on its suppliers in Bangladesh, said it’s close to signing a fire and building safety plan for companies that make its garments there. SF Business Times
- The Moraga School District announced it reached a $2.85 million settlement with former student Kristen Cunnane in her civil suit against the district and three former administrators in a sex abuse cover-up, leaving at least three such lawsuits by others remaining. Contra Costa Times
- A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments Tuesday in Drakes Bay Oyster Co.’s efforts to fight eviction from Point Reyes National Seashore. Marin IJ
