Ruben Vives
Staff Writer and Reporter at Los Angeles Times
Reporter for the Los Angeles Times. In search of good stories in Los Angeles County and beyond. On Signal. 🇬🇹
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latimes.com | Ruben Vives
In February, the Huntington Park City Council met behind closed doors to discuss a seemingly routine item on their agenda — potential litigation the city was anticipating. Everyone on the council was allowed to attend the meeting but one — then-Councilmember Esmerelda Castillo. Barred from the closed-door discussion, the 22-year-old was later seen on camera picking up her things from the dais and making a quiet exit.
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latimes.com | Ruben Vives
Eight years ago, Daniel Ridge launched a legal battle against his former employer for dismissing him from his job at a county morgue while at the same time fighting his own mental health demons. The 49-year-old won a stunning victory last month when an Alameda County Superior Court jury awarded him $2.4 million in a wrongful termination lawsuit against his former employer, Alameda Health System. But Ridge was not in court when the verdict came in.
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latimes.com | Ruben Vives
The parents of a 9-month-old were arrested Tuesday after the infant tested positive for cocaine at a hospital in Tulare County, police said. The Tulare County Sheriff’s Office received a call shortly before 5 a.m. from a hospital reporting that a child tested positive for cocaine. The couple had initially brought the baby into the emergency room for a high fever. But after several tests, hospital staff determined the baby tested positive for the narcotic, authorities said in a news release.
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miamiherald.com | Ruben Vives
The green apron worn by Starbucks employees is so iconic that it has its own coffee blend named after it. Now, the company is streamlining its dress code for employees so that the green apron can "shine and create a sense of familiarity" for customers, no matter which store they visit.
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yahoo.com | Ruben Vives
The parents of a 9-month-old were arrested Tuesday after the infant tested positive for cocaine at a hospital in Tulare County, police said. The Tulare County Sheriff's Office received a call shortly before 5 a.m. from a hospital reporting that a child tested positive for cocaine. The couple had initially brought the baby into the emergency room for a high fever. But after several tests, hospital staff determined the baby tested positive for the narcotic, authorities said in a news release.
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