A day after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed the controversial anti-sanctuary law, El Paso County Commissioners Court met in closed session to discuss possibly challenging the law in court. County Judge Veronica Escobar declined to provide details on the discussion, but did not rule out a possible lawsuit challenging the law that allows local police officers and sheriff deputies to question people on their immigration status. The law …
Protesters rallied outside police headquarters Saturday, calling on the El Cajon Police Department to fire the officer who shot and killed Alfred Olango back in September of 2016. In Olango’s case, attorneys argued that Officer Richard Gonsalves “aggressively confronted Olango and cornered him.” They allege the officer’s demeanor provoked Olango to take a shooting stance, …
Even though a police officer might ultimately be justified in shooting a person during a confrontation, can the officer still be held liable if he was found to have recklessly or intentionally provoked the violent encounter in the first place? It’s a question the U.S. Supreme Court is considering in a Los Angeles-area case, and one that lawyers for El Cajon police say may have bearing on the …
Flip or Flop ’s Tarek El Moussa and Christina El Moussa aren’t the only house-flipping reality TV stars making headlines. In Touch has learned another wealthy TV real estate personality with a similar business model — former A&E Flip This House star Armando Montelongo — is being sued in Texas by nearly 200 plaintiffs who allege his company’s $1,500 seminars were simply ruses to sell more …
A former server at the El Gaucho steakhouse in downtown Tacoma has sued the company, accusing management of not properly paying its employees. Managers have withheld tips from employees, failed to pay them time and a half for overtime work and required servers to work while not being clocked in, the class action alleges. It also contends management has paid workers with credit to use only at …