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August 2021 public health order that required up-to-date vaccinations for workers in high-risk settings like hosSanta Clara County is headed for a pitals. trial against three government workers The county offered religious and who were put on unpaid leave for refus- uncomfortable because vaccines were ples of the Holy Spirit and that they tested on fetal cells from abortions, and cannot place a pharmaceutical sub- medical exemptions, but employees ing to take the Covid vaccine. stance into their temples,” the lawsuit had to apply for completely different The class-action lawsuit was filed they believe abortion is murder. “Some (county employees) also have said. positions that were often demotions, by nurses Maria Ramirez and ElizaRamirez, Baluyut and Davis said the suit said. The county should’ve beth Baluyut and air conditioning me- sincerely held religious beliefs, rooted [See VAX, page 18] chanic Tom Davis. They said they were in Scripture, that their bodies are tem- they didn’t follow Dr. Sara Cody’s Daily Post Staff Writer
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Judge pulls Kars4Kids ads Most of the money wasn’t helping kids
A judge has ruled that Kars4Kids’ long-running advertising jingle violates the state’s false advertising law, saying they were deceptive. The decision targets the charity’s widely known commercials — including the familiar “1-877-Kars4Kids” refrain — which have been the subject of pop-culture jokes for years. But the ruling stems from a lawsuit filed by an Orange County man who said he donated a car believing the proceeds would help needy children across the country. The organization’s ads misled donors by implying that funds supported needy children broadly, when the vast STOP THE MUSIC — A judge has ordered Kars4Kids to stop broadcast- majority of money raised by Kars4Kids ing TV and radio ads featuring children. [See KARS4KIDS, page 18]
Walmart groper gets work sentence BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer
A man who groped a coworker as they stocked Walmart’s shelves in DRONE HITS NEAR NUKE: A Mountain View will do outdoor labor drone strike sparked a fire on the for 55 Saturdays, court records show. perimeter of the United Arab Emirates’ Walter Santana, 41, of Mountain [See THE UPDATE, page 4] View, admitted to false imprisonment, 1017 Oregon Ave PALO ALTO
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