Matthew Philbin News Today

An emergency measure to temporarily cap rent increases at 5 percent stalls after public hearing during City Council meeting Tuesday night

Mayor Carlo DeMaria’s attorneys filed suit in October 2021, claiming that the Everett Leader Herald and senior staff members issued “malicious and outrageous publications of defamatory falsehoods concerning the plaintiff," falsely accusing him of various crimes.

A judge has ruled Everett Mayor Carlo DeMaria Jr. is entitled to real estate attachments up to $850,000 on defendants' real estate assets to cover the damages the mayor “has demonstrated a likelihood that he will recover judgment” in his defamation action against the Leader Herald and its owners.

Everetts oldest newspaper spent years reporting that the city’s highest-elected official was corrupt. But what if it was fake news?

Following Team 10’s story about residents in the East County under a boil water order since May, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) and his staff members stepped in to provide temporary relief.

People who live in the small East County community of Butterfield Ranch have been fighting for clean water for months.

Lemon Grove City Council unanimously voted May 15 to deny a zoning change that would have allowed developer Matthew Philbin to fix up three, run-down buildings to provide housing to the homeless, veterans and seniors.