SF’s Bi-Rite snarled in class action lawsuit for unpaid overtime wages

File — A class action lawsuit filed against the San Francisco grocery chain claims that some employees regularly worked overtime and did not receive overtime wages.  Alyssa Pereira / SFGate A former Bi-Rite employee has filed a class action lawsuit against the San Francisco grocery chain with a series of allegations that include unpaid overtime, … Read more

Danbury officer rehired after berating motorist up for promotion

Christopher Belair, right, with his father, Stephen, talks to the press at the conclusion of his trial in 2015 at state Superior Court in Danbury. After being fired for berating a motorist during a March 2013 traffic stop, Belair was rehired as a Danbury police officer and is now in line for a promotion to … Read more

One-way traffic control in effect on a main route in and out of Tahoe

One-way traffic control was in place on Highway 50 just east of Echo Summit on Friday morning while work crews continued to remove loose boulders to prevent future rock slides, officials said. The partial closure of a main route in and out of the Tahoe Basin comes during the busy holiday travel season. Highway 50 at Echo … Read more

Prosecutors can’t use evidence from Michelle Troconis’ seized phone in Jennifer Dulos trial, judge rules

Now Troconis’s attorney is arguing that other evidence prosecutors might want to present should also be off limits. Troconis, the former girlfriend of Fotis Dulos, is accused of helping Dulos cover up the murder of Jennifer Dulos, Fotis’ estranged wife who disappeared in 2019. She has pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit … Read more

Danbury couple sentenced to prison time for illegal firearms purchase, feds say

The Richard C. Lee United States Courthouse, Church Street in New Haven, Connecticut. The U.S. attorney’s office said Darnell Macon Sr. and Kharisma Brooks, a former Danbury couple, were sentenced to prison for firearms offenses. Ed Stannard / Hearst Connecticut Media In a release, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut said Darnell Macon Sr., … Read more