Calif. seafood company benefitted from human trafficking, lawsuit alleges
California-headquartered tuna brand Bumble Bee Foods has knowingly profited from forced labor on its suppliers’ fishing ...
San Diego hit with $533 million pension payment, an unprecedented sum in a painful budget year
The half-billion-dollar payment, which comes with the city facing a large budget deficit of roughly $250 million, is $44 ...
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California hotel chains can’t duck sex trafficking complicity claims
A woman claims hotel employees looked the other way as she displayed obvious signs of being sex trafficked and abused in ...
Indonesian fishermen sue Bumble Bee and say the canned tuna giant knew of abuse in its supply chain
Lawyers representing four Indonesian fishermen say they were beaten and trapped on vessels that were part of the global ...
Indonesian Fishermen Sue U.S. Canned Tuna Giant Over Claims of Forced Labor
In a lawsuit filed in California, the plaintiffs said that Bumble Bee Foods was aware of and benefited from abuse by ...
Assembly Bill 379 proposes to boost trafficking survivor support
"Survivor Support and Demand Reduction Act" looks to crack down on sex trafficking and help support survivors.
San Diego tribes receive $2M initiative to find missing Indigenous people
To try to stop violence, a coalition of four San Diego County tribes and the San Diego Harbor Police Foundation have just received a $2 million, three-year grant, awarded by the California Board of ...
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First-of-its-kind lawsuit alleges human trafficking by California’s Bumble Bee Seafoods
according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday in San Diego federal court that’s believed to be the first ever to allege human trafficking against a U.S. seafood company. The plaintiffs, four men from ...
San Diego County moves closer to a crackdown on camp fires and homeless encampments
San Diego County has taken another step toward a more sweeping ban against homeless encampments after the nation’s top court ...