CALIFORNIA IN BRIEF : SUNNYVALE : Mayor Enters Plea in Molestation Case

Mayor Brian O’Toole has pleaded no contest to one count of felony child molestation and resigned from the Sunnyvale City Council. The mayor had been named in a complaint by the Santa Clara County district’s attorney’s office alleging that he had a relationship with a boy for five years. Sentencing for O’Toole, who made a brief appearance before Municipal Court Judge Peter Stone to enter his no contest plea, will be in December, a court spokesman said. After his court appearance, Stone announced his resignation as mayor, effective immediately. A date for a special election to fill O’Toole’s seat will be set at the Sept. 11 meeting of the council, city spokesman David Vossbrink said.