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Yet another chapter unfolded Thursday in San Jose's months-long technology scandal involving Cisco Systems. The woman at the center of the controversy -- the city's former chief information officer, Wandzia Grycz -- filed a wrongful termination claim against San Jose alleging City Manager Del Borgsdorf and his deputies made Grycz the scapegoat in the botched deal. The controversy has called into question the leadership of the city's highest-ranking officials and threatened the planned June opening of the new City Hall. Grycz resigned her $174,000-a-year post under pressure in August after a city audit found she and others had flouted city...

Saying they remain deeply troubled, San Jose City Council members nonetheless voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to end one of the broadest probes in city government history. Council members said they were unsure they'd ever find absolute proof top administrators were culpable in the city's bungled $8 million technology deal involving Cisco Systems. The 9-1 vote -- Councilman Dave Cortese dissented -- orders the city's independent investigator to cease reviewing the Cisco deal and all but ensures City Manager Del Borgsdorf and City Attorney Rick Doyle will survive the worst scandal to rock San Jose government in 20 years. A criminal investigation...