Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price Announces Million Dollar Settlement with Balance of Nature

Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price Announces Settlement with Balance of Nature Oakland July 26, 2023- Today, Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price, alongside the District Attorney offices of Napa, Marin, Monterey, Orange, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Shasta, Solano, and Sonoma counties, working together as the California Food, Drug, and Medical Device Task Force announced a significant consumer protection settlement with Evig, LLC, operating under the name Balance of Nature. The case was filed in Napa Superior Court and focuses on the company's dietary supplements that claim to contain freeze-dried and powdered fruits and vegetables in capsule form. Balance of Nature heavily advertised its products to Alameda County residents through various media platforms including radio, television, and the internet. The complaint alleged Balance of Nature made misrepresentations regarding the effectiveness and attributes of its products, which lacked competent and reliable scientific evidence. Among the unsupported…

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Senior Living And Hotel Owners Pay $1.575 Million For Failing To Comply With Asbestos Laws

Oakland CA – Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price announced today that the office's Environmental Protection Unit, along with nine other prosecutor's offices in Northern California, has reached a settlement with San Diego-based Pacifica Hosts, Inc. and Pacifica Senior Living LLC (registered to do business in California as Pacifica Senior Living Management LLC) (collectively, "Pacifica") for violations of asbestos-related laws and regulations that occurred at Pacifica's senior living and hotel properties in California. The case was brought by the District Attorneys of Alameda, Monterey, Kern, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Sonoma, and Ventura Counties, as well as the City Attorney of Los Angeles. The investigation was initiated when the local Air Resources District received a complaint about unpermitted work being conducted at a Pacifica-owned senior living facility. It was discovered that contractors had conducted renovation and demolition activities without following the required…

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Alameda County District Attorney’s Office Files Complaint Against Former Prosecutor

Alameda County District Attorney’s Office Files Complaint Against Former Prosecutor In September 2020, Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O’Malley charged Defendant San Leandro Police Officer Jason Fletcher with voluntary manslaughter for the unlawful killing of Steven Taylor. Mr. Taylor’s death in the San Leandro Walmart was a traumatic and tragic event for our entire community. Yesterday, the Steven Taylor case took another significant turn when the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office filed a misdemeanor complaint against former Alameda County District Attorney prosecutor, Amilcar “Butch” Ford, based on his unlawful and unethical interference with the case. On or about April 26, 2023, former ADA Ford provided confidential work product information to Defendant Fletcher’s attorney and authored a declaration of support of Defendant on a case he worked on while he was still an employee of the DA’s office. Ford’s unprecedented behavior violated Business and Professions Code…

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Delonzo Logwood Sentenced to 12 years In State Prison For One Count Of Voluntary Manslaughter

Delonzo Logwood Sentenced to 12 years In State Prison For One Count Of Voluntary Manslaughter Plea deal comes after Judge initially rejected plea bargain which would have resulted in a longer sentence for the only case that was provable OAKLAND, CA – On July 13, 2023 Judge Mark McCannon accepted a plea bargain approved by the District Attorney’s office, the Alameda County Probation Department and Delonzo Logwood’s attorneys, sentencing him to 12 years in state prison for the murder of Eric Ford. On June 15, Mr. Logwood entered his no contest plea to an agreed upon deal-voluntary manslaughter (PC192(a)) and a firearm enhancement (PC12022 (a)(1)) which added an additional year for the use of a firearm. The charges against Mr. Logwood for the murders of Richard Carter and Zaire Washington were previously dismissed for insufficient evidence. “This plea bargain is supported by the facts, the…

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July 11, 2023 The Alameda County District Attorney’s Office Is Issuing This Statement In Support Of Our Esteemed Chief Assistant District Attorney, Otis Bruce

The Alameda County District Attorney's Office is issuing this statement in support of our esteemed Chief Assistant District Attorney, Otis Bruce Otis Bruce is an exemplary member of our Executive team who consistently demonstrates professionalism, integrity, and dedication in his role. The timing of this attempt to discredit Bruce is telling. In March, Bruce filed a 12-million-dollar claim against Marin County for retaliation after he advocated for racial justice in his office. Yesterday, Marin County attempted to impeach his character and publicly humiliate this dedicated public servant with the release of a report that is false. "I am quite familiar with the Oppenheimer firm that issued this report condemning Chief Bruce and people should not rush to judgment," said DA Pamela Price.  "In an unrelated case, before I became DA, I represented two women attorneys who sued East Bay MUD for retaliation.  The Oppenheimer firm and…

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