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The City of El Cajon is sounding the alarm after several people using San Diego County’s motel voucher program were found to have extensive criminal histories.
Print An appellate court last week ruled in favor of Tiffany Tabares, the mother of a 27-year-old who was shot and killed by a Huntington Beach Police Department officer outside of a local 7-Eleven in 2017. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Feb. 17 that a jury could find Officer Eric Esparza acted unreasonably when he shot Dillan Tabares seven times on Sept. 22, 2017, across the street from Marina High School. Additionally, the judges ruled that a reasonable jury could conclude that Esparza should have suspected that Tabares had mental health issues, and...
As the COVID-19 pandemic ravaged communities, public health experts worried about the deadly consequences for homeless people sleeping on the streets. It’s a group rife with other health problems that could make it especially susceptible to the easily transmissible coronavirus. In the spring, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cautioned against disruptions such as clearing encampments, which could increase the potential for spreading the disease. On Monday, a coalition of lawyers and advocates for homeless people complained that the city of Los Angeles was ignoring that advice b...
Attorneys decry 'cleanups' of homeless encampments during pandemic Benjamin Oreskes © (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times) Sanitation workers Jesus Sanchez, left, and Javier Villareal check a homeless encampment for hazardous materials in 2019. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times) As the COVID-19 pandemic ravaged communities, public health experts worried about the deadly consequences for homeless people sleeping on the streets. It's a group rife with other health problems that could make it especially susceptible to the easily transmissible coronavirus. In the spring, the Centers for Di...