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Taxpayers will foot the bill for 13 years of former sheriff Christina Corpus’s health insurance — worth an estimated $500,000 — after she was fired by the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors for hiring her alleged lover and retaliating against her critics. That’s according to documents Corpus filed in a lawsuit against supervisors to challenge her firing, which led
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Detailed in court documents to her early retirement. Corpus, 55, of San Bruno, said she only retired so she could keep health insurance for herself and her children, aged 16 and 14. “My 14-year-old is severely autistic and requires special medical and educational services,” she said in a court declaration. Corpus is also receiving a monthly
pension from the San Mateo County Employees’ Retirement Association, but the amount hasn’t been disclosed. Her pension is based on her years of employment, her final salary and the retirement plan she selected. Corpus worked her way up the ranks in the sheriff’s office for over 20 years and made $384,246 in total pay plus
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SUNNYVALE FIRE: Two-dozen people were displaced yesterday in Sunnyvale after a fire ripped through an apartment complex, the Department of Public Safety said. Fire crews were called to an eight-unit building at 1642 Kirkland Drive at 10:43 a.m., it took about an hour for the fire to be extinguished. The cause of the fire remains under investigation. LIFE WITHOUT BUTLER: Steve Kerr and the Golden State Warriors are still coming to terms with how dramatically their season changes now given Jimmy Butler’s season-ending right knee injury and how they must depend on their depth going forward without the do-everything guard. WALZ SUBPOENAED: Federal prosecutors have served six grand jury subpoenas to Minnesota officials, including Gov. Tim Walz, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and Attorney General Keith Ellison, as part of an investigation into whether they obstructed or impeded federal law enforcement during a sweeping immigration operation in Minneapolis. TANKER SEIZED: U.S. forces have [See THE UPDATE, page 4]
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Galatolo was found guilty of eight counts of tax evasion, facing A jury yesterday found former a maximum of 10 years in prison, San Mateo County Community District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe College Chancellor Ron Galatolo said. He was also found innocent guilty of tax evasion, but is unde- of one count of perjury. Jurors will continue to delibcided whether he took any bribes erate the remaining 18 charges or misappropriated district money. BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZ Daily Post Staff Writer
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$253,871 in benefits in 2024, according to records from Transparent California. Investigators found that Corpus promoted realtor Victor Aenlle to the top of the sheriff’s office without disclosing their close personal relationship, and that she had the deputy’s union president arrested for criticizing her operation. Leading up to her firing, Corpus said she reached out to County Counsel [See SCRAMBLE, page 22]
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