#Rio Valdez

[colaghost]

Me everytime Rio and Agatha interacted

[incorrect-riordanverse-quotes]

Nyssa: Harley, you know the rules. No pyrotechnics without supervision. Harley: I asked Leo. Nyssa: That’s even worse.

[love-too-believe]

All three women have connections to Brujas del Mar, all three respond with an attitude when called out for lying, all three just so happen to call Tenoch fans bots?

Yeah this whole thing was 100% a setup since the cape incident.

@observers-journal @soledadmiranda I know you both mentioned the cape incident and now looking back I wonder if this was what helped ER decide to fully falsely accuse him. Cause of Luz's live about it on Insta and she just piggy backed off that.

[via-rant]

OKAY!!! You can't tell me Rio Morales does NOT look like Esperanza in the slightest!!! LOOK AT HER!!!

LEO WOULD SOB WATCHING THE ONE SCENE IN ATSV WHERE SHE'S TELLING MILES HOW MUCH HE'S LOVED CAUSE THAT IS SOMETHING ESPERANZA WOULD 100% TELL HIM!!!!

[onigirio]

i think nico and leo absentmindedly switch into their native languages when they talk abt things they love

[alexa4devilsxo]

Ruby: From now on I'll respond only to superficial bitch, ty.

@camilowylders @hernando-valdez @rio-romero

[mugenloopdalove]

Miles' F/Ovember pinned!!

(original pinned for the masses)

My f/os are taking over my blog for the month!! You can ask them questions or chat or whatever else!! Also if your participating let me know

(please note that my health's been pretty bad lately and I have some appointments upcoming to figure it out so I'm not 100% sure how much I can do bshdj I'm taking things day to day)

The main stars of the show will be pretty much any BG3 character because I ship with them in some way!! My self insert is of course Theil!! I suggest just checking my f/o list bc it's COMPLICATED.

Other participating f/os and their associated self inserts and kins under the cut!!

I'm also rlly trying to work on info pages for my s/is but I'm Ded

Romos

💣 Pinstirpe Potoroo - Crash Bandicoot (any pronouns) - Self insert: Summer Squirrel (any pronouns)

♠️ Jackson "Blackjack" Chamberlain - Steel Vengeance at Cedar Point (he/him) - Self insert: Tess Bart (she/they)

🧇 Kevin - Saints Row (2022) (any pronouns) - Self insert: B (they/them)

🪩 Disco Kid - Punch Out!! (he/him) - Self insert: Mel (he/him)

🎹 Kaori Sakuramori - Idolm@ster Million Live (she/her) - Self insert: Mimi (they/them)

🍺 Kaede Takagaki - Idolm@ster Cinderella Girls (she/her) - Self insert: Mimi (they/them) (different s/i w the same name sorry hjksk)

👻🍸 Klaus Hargreeves - The Umbrella Academy (show) (he/they/she) - Self insert: Zero (they/them)

🐈 Matt Engarde - Ace Attorney (he/him) - Self insert: Kitty (they/them)

😈 Arataki Itto - Genshin Impact (he/him) - Self insert: Milo (he/they)

🧪 Jiro Yamashita - Idolm@ster SideM (he/him) - Self insert: Mimimi/Miles (they/it)

⭐ Rosalina - Super Mario (she/they/it) - Self Insert: Princess Gloop (they/she/it/goo)

🎶 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Fate/Grand Order (he/him) - Self Insert: Miles (they/them)

🛹 Lucas Lee - Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (he/him) and 👓 Gideon Graves - Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (any) - Self insert: Mi (they/them)

🤠 Cole Cassidy - Overwatch (he/him) and 🐉 Genji Shimada - Overwatch (he/him) - Self insert: Elliot/"MisterE" (they/he)

👨‍👧 Ryotaro Dojima - Persona 4 (he/him) and 🥬 Tohru Adachi - Persona 4 (he/they) - Self insert: Eli (they/them)

👻 Buffy Engarde - Ace Attorney OC (sister) (she/her) - Self insert: Kitty (they/them) (same as Matt!)

🏠 Nanako Dojima - Persona 4 (daughter) (she/her) - Self insert: Eli (they/them) (same as Dojima and Adachi!)

🩷 Miria Akagi - Idolm@ster Cinderella Girls (daughter) (she/her) and 📖 Arisu Tachibana - Idolm@ster Cinderella Girls (daughter) (she/they) - Self insert: Mimi (they/them)(same as Kaede!)

📱 Rio Momose - Idolm@ster Million Live (she/her) - Self insert: Mimi (they/them) (same as Kaori!)

🦝 Roary Racoon - Crash Bandicoot OC (they/them) - Self insert: Summer Squirrel (any pronouns) (same as Pinstripe!)

🦌 Eve Santaclaus - Idolm@ster Cinderella Girls (she/they) - Self insert: Mimi (they/them) (same as my other Imas CG f/os!)

Kin f/os

Kin: Gerard Lacroix-Overwatch

😡 Jack Morrison/Soldier:76 (romantic)(he/him)

💀 Gabriel Reyes/Reaper (romantic)(he/they)

🦁 Reinhardt Wilhelm (romantic)(he/him)

💤 Ana Amari (platonic)(she/they)

Talon AU Specific

🔘 Siebren de Kuiper/Sigma (platonic)(he/it)

🕷️ Widowmaker/Widow-Trans masc (romantic) (He/they)

📵 Olivia Colomar/Sombra (platonic)(any)

Kin: Agent Stone-Sonic the Hedgehog (Movie)

🥚 Dr. Robotnik (romantic)(he/they/it)

🖤 Shadow the Hedgehog (kid)(he/they)

❤️‍🩹 Sage (kid)(she/they/it)

Kin: Indrid Cold (The Adventure Zone: Amnesty)

♥️v♥️ Duck Newton (Romantic)(he/him)

🐇🔥 Aubrey Little (Platonic)(she/they/it)

Kin: Yoosung Kim (Mystic Messenger)

🚀 707/Saeyoung Choi (Romantic)(any pronouns)

🌸 Protagonist (Romantic) (she/her)

Kin: Galo Thymos (Promare)

🔥🐲 Lio Fotia (Romantic)(he/they)

Kin: Johnny Gat (Saints Row)

🎧 Aisha (Romantic)(she/her)

⚜️ Boss - Zuri Valdez (platonic)(she/her)

💎 Shaundi (Platonic)(she/her)

🤖 Matt Miller (Brother)(he/they)

[backscale-pivot-queen]

Cynthia Valdez, Mexico 🇲🇽

Pan American games 2007 Rio

[nikodimopoulos]

where: the basement of uppercut boxing who: @hernando-valdez & nikolaos dimopoulos

He'd just blown off some steam sparring with one of the regulars when he decided to go downstairs to the basement, which served as the point place for Los Santos. He didn't consider himself much of a boxer -- no, his specialty was more in weaponry, but he figured freshening up in his hand-to-hand combat skills was necessary given his position and the potential disadvantage in his lower extremities. Thankfully, his prosthetic didn't offer him much trouble these days (thanks to the power of money and routine fittings), and he figured keeping himself moving could only help.

The smell of coffee immediately permeated his nostrils upon entering. "You just make this?" Niko asked, catching Nando's eye as he stepped further into the basement. Water probably would have been a better option considering how much he was sweating, but the male couldn't resist a fresh pot of coffee. Grabbing a mug from a nearby cabinet, he wasted no time in pouring himself a cup. "I just got word that I've gotta take Abril out with me to Webster Village tonight," he couldn't help but frown, not exactly looking forward to the inevitable bickering they'd get up to. Abril was newer to the position, and while Niko was confident that she'd grow into her role as capo well, that didn't mean he particularly enjoyed being paired up with her. "One of our low-level fuckups bagged himself an eight ball during a delivery, and Rio wants us both to question him." Niko rolled his eyes. "You know how much I hate babysitting."

[devilsgatewayhq]

previously on tonopahvalleyhq...

For decades, tensions between Los Santos and the Sons of Silence have flared in Tonopah Valley, but in August of 2022, they finally reached a fever pitch when a third player stealthily slipped into the fray, determined to drive them both out for good.

Using the two groups' contempt for one another as fuel for the fire, this newest player, The Enterprise, launched their takeover bid at the first annual Fire & Ice Charity Gala. Under the guise of celebration and fellowship, The Enterprise captured and murdered Enrique Alvarez, a member of Los Santos, in covert fashion and had him strung up for all in attendance to see. Strapping a sign that read "This is Our Town," around his neck, it was all too easy for most to lean into the idea that the Sons of Silence had been behind this gruesome attack– an assumption that played right into The Enterprise's hands. A month later, The Enterprise struck again, this time at the Sons of Silence MC. During the 42nd annual Fall Bike Festival, a homemade bomb was strapped to one of the motorcycles in line for the yearly parade. Before the tradition could fully commence, that bomb was detonated, killing two founding members of the Sons of Silence (Dean MacNally & Serkan Tezel), a prospect (Kahil "Kyle" Sakarya), and wounding several others. At first glance, it appeared to be Los Santos' retaliation for Enrique's murder just a month prior, but it spanned much deeper than that – Los Santos and the Sons just weren't fully aware of that yet, though members of each faction soon began suspecting a third player on the board, even though they had no idea how to find them. Over the next couple months, Tonopah Valley remained in a state of shock and desperation as gang members and citizens alike rallied, determined to protect their own and stay safe. During that time, Los Santos and the Sons of Silence, under the leadership of Rio Romero and Cole Monroe, respectively, reached an agreement for a tentative ceasefire under the mutual belief that there was a third player aiming to pit them against one another. Meanwhile, The Enterprise stayed quiet, though there was plenty unfolding behind the scenes. All of that would come to a head on New Year’s Eve when Dante Parker, the Assistant District Attorney and a board member of The Enterprise, chose to strike. In doing so, he murdered an innocent woman (Kate McNulty) and nearly murdered the acting police chief at the time, Shepherd Decker, in fear that the man was getting a little too close to uncovering ugly truths. Naturally, this sent the Valley into an uproar once more, with Shepherd's sister, Sawyer, and their newfound half-brother, Cole Monroe (President of the Sons of Silence), eager for retribution.

Together, Cole and Sawyer hunted Dante Parker down and disposed of him – an act that would lead to the sort of widespread psychological attack that no one had seen coming. At the second annual Fire & Ice Charity Gala in October of 2023, pandemonium broke out after a mostly stable spring and summer. Blank shots were fired at the gala and a chilling message suddenly appeared to all who were in attendance – a message demanding the immediate return of Dante Parker. Of course, that demand couldn’t be met (a fact that is only known to the Sons of Silence and a select few others), and as a result, more and more of these anonymous messages began appearing week after week. Each message targeted a different individual and aimed to out their deepest secrets.  One especially notable secret detailed a heinous betrayal at the hands of Los Santos' general, Alejandra Eguia, that saw to the death of Capo Hernando Valdez's father. That reveal ignited quite the reaction, one that led to the carefully concocted murder of Alejandra by Valdez and his associate, Chase McCoy, and the inevitable collapse of Los Santos' presence in Tonopah. Rio Romero, the second in the command, quickly rushed to the group's headquarters in Mexico in a desperate bid to smooth over the ramifications of Alejandra's death and preserve the business flow that so many relied on. Operations were shifted into Las Vegas for those who wanted to continue on. Back in Tonopah though, things only went from bad to worse for Los Santos once The Enterprise was finally unveiled in a tell-all article in the Tonopah Tribune written by local journalist, Mikayla Beaumont. Giovanni Ricci, the head of The Enterprise, now exposed and emboldened, declared open season on what was left of Los Santos, a move that inevitably struck like a final nail in the coffin to the gang's presence in Tonopah.

[nepofm]

this place looks so hot ! could i please have some fc ideas for muse l, muse t, muse w, muse 2i, and muse 2j ? tysm angels !

love to hear it , you're so hot ! i'll list a few suggestions below but let us know if you'd like to hear more or you can head off to @nepomw where we've got a great amount of suggestions as well !

muse l : thomas doherty , jordan fisher , dua lipa , gracie abrams , austin butler , vinnie hacker , cindy kimberly , aron piper , chance perdomo , savannah smith .

muse t : meg donnelly ( !!! ) , maia reficco , emily alyn lind , lorenzo zurzolo , manu rios , madelaine petsch , madison bailey , jonathan daviss , austin abrams , austin north , halle bailey , vinnie hacker .

muse w : drew starkey , cindy kimberly , olivia holt , kennedy walsch , daniella perkins , keke palmer , coco jones , josefine frida pettersen , bill skarsgard , jordan gonzalez ( trans male ) , jordan fisher , tyler james williams , jack gilinsky , michelle domingos .

muse 2i : aaron liebregts , taehyung , felix mallard , alex fitzalan , percy hynes white , charles gillespie , keith powers , kedar-williams stirling , maia mitchell , madison bailey , lalisa manoban , nessa barrett .

muse 2j : emily alyn lind , mishti rahman , lisa onuoha , ange jose , naressa valdez , madelaine petsch , leah halton , nessa barrett , laura harrier , linabmn , cindy kimberly , alexa demie , jamilla strand .

[undecided4747]

Introduction

This blog is mostly so I can keep track of fanfics and fanarts that I like. If you've stumbled upon here and are curious (for some reason) I'll put everything down semi cohesively.

There will be canon ships, popular ships, unpopular ships and crackships. If you're a fandom purist please leave me alone.

Fandoms (and pairings)

more will be added in the future (probs)

Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation (MDZS)

Wei Wuxian x Lan Wangji

Lan Xichen x Jiang Cheng

Wen Qing x Jiang Yanli

Wen Qing x Luo Qingyang (mianmian)

Lan Xichen x Nie Mingjue

Jiang Cheng x Nie Huaisang

various x reader

the Scum Villains Self Saving System

Shen Qingqiu x Luo Binghe

og! Shen Yuan x og! Luo Binghe

Shen Qingqiu x Liu Qingge

Liu Mingyan x Sha Hualing

Mobei jun x Shang Qinghua

the Percy Jackson verse

Annabeth Chase x Piper McLean

Leo Valdez x Nico di Angelo

Leo Valdez x Jason Grace

Alabaster Torrington x Nico di Angelo

Silena Beauregard x Clarisse La Rue

Nico di Angelo x various

Arcane

Viktor x Jayce Talis

Ekko x Jinx

various x reader

DC verse

Dick Grayson x Rachel Roth

Garfield Logan x Rachel Roth

Koriand'r x Victor Stone

Jason Todd x Rachel Roth

various x reader

MCU

Agatha Harkness x Rio Vidal

James "bucky" Barnes x Sam Wilson

various x reader

Danny Phantom

Danny Fenton x Dash Baxter

[via-rant]

ADDING TO THE I/ATSV THING!!! CREATED AN AU!!! Leo and Miles are cousins!! Rio and Esperanza are sisters!! When Esperanza dies, Rio and Jeff gladly take him in and make sure Rosa never lays a finger on him! So they grow up together!! And they're, of course, like siblings! Leo goes with them to spray paint! Of course, they made a mural of Esperanza, and Leo paints a bunch of stuff he dreams of inventing! Miles finds him using fire and connects the dots and Leo sort of freaks out cause 'hey now the people I love are gonna get rid of me.' But they just end up having a civil conversation about it. They agree not to tell their parents.

I don't know how Leo gets to Camp but when he does is when Miles becomes Spider-Man! They have their own adventures that happens in canon! Except Leo doesn't get back for years! Jeff is doing everything he can to look for him! Then some random kids come knocking at their door and tell them they're sorry while crying. So Miles, obviously, becomes more depressed and creates another mural. Three different people, in one family. He wondered everyday who was next. But When Leo knocks on the door is when ATSV and ToA ended. Both. I need to like finish ToA first but like Leo is definitely going with Gwen. She tries to refuse but he just lost his best friend and found out his uncle is dead, there's no way in hell he's losing someone else. Like I just like the idea okay?

[trastornadosrevista]

LA MÁGICA ¡LLEGA A MIAMI LA FIESTA DE CUMBIA MÁS GRANDE DE ARGENTINA!

La mejor fiesta de cumbia de Argentina no tiene fronteras y desembarca en Miami dentro del marco de la Copa América, el día jueves 27 de junio a las 22hs, para celebrarla de una forma grandiosa: en el mítico Club M2 Miami (2 días antes del partido de Argentina contra Perú en la misma ciudad)

Con casi 15 años de vigencia la fiesta se posiciona como una de las líderes del género. A lo largo de su trayectoría “La Mágica” contó con la presencia de artistas referentes como: Damas Gratis, Mala Fama, Karina “La Princesita”, Los Palmeras, Onda Sabanera, Amar Azul, Nestor en Bloque, Jambao, Tambo Tambo, La Delio Valdez, El Polaco, Mario Luis, entre otros y los mejores dj’s de cumbia del país.

La fiesta recorrió todos los rincones de Buenos Aires e interior de Argentina llegando en enero de este 2024 a las playas de Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, donde encantó a los presentes con el poder sobrenatural de la música tropical.Ahora, se prepara para el desembarco más grandioso en lo que va de su trayectoria: LLEGA A MIAMI EL 27 DE JUNIO.

Una experiencia única donde el público disfrutará de una noche inolvidable para celebrar la cumbia y bailar hasta que salga el sol alentando a la scaloneta.

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Shakur Stevenson vs. Edwin De Los Santos Fight Preview

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Published: November 15, 2003

Shakur Stevenson vs. Edwin De Los Santos Fight Preview

Aged 26, Shakur Stevenson (20-0, 10 KOs) is already a two-weight division champion and one of the major rising stars in boxing, tipped by many for greatness. Stevenson has been unable to lure undisputed lightweight champion Devin Haney into the ring thus far but is now on the cusp of winning one of Haney's old titles.

Stevenson will be fighting for the vacant WBC lightweight title against Edwin De Los Santos (16-1, 14 KOs) at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Thursday, November 16, and the fight will air on ESPN and ESPN+ in the US, and Sky Sports in the UK.

Stevenson will be looking to become a three-weight division champion against the Dominican puncher.

Haney will become "champion in recess" while he moves up to super lightweight to face Regis Prograis for the WBC title at 140 lbs on December 9.

A silver medalist in the 2016 Rio Olympics, Stevenson became the WBO featherweight champion at the expense of Joet Gonzalez in October 2019. Two years later, Stevenson dethroned Jamel Herring via 10th-round TKO to become WBO super featherweight champion. In April 2022, Stevenson beat Oscar Valdez via wide unanimous decision for the WBC and Ring Magazine super featherweight titles before he was stripped of his titles after he failed to make weight for his September 2022 defense against Robson Conceicao, another wide unanimous decision victory for Stevenson.

After that, Stevenson made his lightweight debut in his most recent outing, stopping Shuichiro Yoshino in the sixth round. Shakur has aspirations of facing and conquering a division that features Gervonta Davis, Vasiliy Lomachenko, Frank Martin, Isaac Cruz, and William Zepeda, and until very recently, also the likes of Haney and Ryan Garcia.

Stevenson is not looking to overlook De Los Santos while confident in his own abilities as the best and getting the win.

On the Bootleg Kev podcast, Stevenson said: "You don't want to sleep on nobody, and sleeping on that dude would be the wrong move for me to make. This dude is a great boxer-puncher, and you can tell that he's hungry and he's going to come to win, so for sure, I respect him as a fighter, but he's just going against the best."

Stevenson is the most skilled young boxer in the sport. In a lightweight division packed with numerous skilled, talented boxers, Stevenson is the purest of them all. He may not be a lights-out puncher in the mold of Gervonta "Tank" Davis or possess the dazzling, pleasing-on-the-eye footwork, combinations, angles, and movement of Vasiliy Lomachenko, but Stevenson is impenetrable. Comparisons with Floyd Mayweather Jr may be premature, but who else has controlled fights more confidently than Stevenson since Mayweather? With every performance, Stevenson builds a stronger case that he is the best pure boxer since Mayweather reigned supreme.

Stevenson's style is not one you would assume is of interest to the casual fans, yet the manner in which he was mobbed by scores of fans like he was Michael Jordan in the '90s as he left Las Vegas' T-Mobile Arena in July after the Errol Spence Jr vs Terence Crawford weigh-in was a sign that Stevenson has real star potential.

The open workout for this fight in Vegas did not attract a particularly big crowd to witness Stevenson, but glimpses of Stevenson's potential star power have been seen.

If Stevenson dominates here en route to victory while looking exciting and really good in the process and even makes a statement against De Los Santos, the world will be at his feet. This will be the case even more so should Stevenson start getting some big-name scalps on his resume and dispatch his rivals. Looking at what Stevenson has shown us in the professional ranks, he undoubtedly has the ability to do so.

De Los Santos turned professional in 2018. His unbeaten run came to a close, and he suffered his sole professional loss in January 2022, with an eight-round split decision loss to William Foster III on his US debut. The Dominican southpaw has since won three consecutive fights, taking two unbeaten records in the process. De Los Santos rendered Luis Acosta unconscious with a left hand early in the second round. He rose from the canvas in the second round against Jose Valenzuela to score two knockdowns and force the referee's stoppage in the third round of their bout. In his most recent outing, De Los Santos scored a unanimous decision win over 10 rounds against Joseph Adorno in July.

De Los Santos is an offensive fighter who is quick, throws sharp combinations, and carries power in his left hand.

The Dominican southpaw is fully aware of the task at hand against Stevenson and is looking to create history.

"This is the most difficult and important challenge of my career. Winning this fight will change my life forever. I know Shakur is a great champion, and I understand I will need my entire arsenal to defeat him. It is a huge challenge, but not impossible," De Los Santos said.

"I am extremely focused on being crowned world champion and giving a world title to the Dominican Republic. A victory over Shakur would go down as one of the greatest in the history of Dominican boxing. That motivates me much more."

Perhaps the biggest threat for Stevenson is the element of unknown that De Los Santos presents. On paper, when you look at Stevenson's recent fights against Jamel Herring, Oscar Valdez, and Robson Conceicao, De Los Santos appears to be a step-down.

Stevenson is seeking his third world title in a third weight class, but in 2023, not every world title fight in boxing means a contest is of world championship quality.

De Los Santos' best win is that third-round stoppage of a then 12-0 Valenzuela when he found himself dropped in round two. De Los Santos' next fight against Adorno was a 10-round decision over a man who had lost his previous fight against Elvis Rodriguez and had won only three of his past seven. De Los Santos has never been in with anyone of Stevenson's caliber as he pursues his first taste of championship Gold.

With 14 stoppages in 16 wins, it is no surprise that the Dominican will be sold as a big puncher. The reality is this should be a routine victory for Stevenson. This is not a landmark fight in the career of Stevenson. Rather, it should act as a springboard to showcase his phenomenal talents in a thrilling display to take a gifted pugilist to that next level of popularity.

Fights like this will do little for Stevenson's legacy, but the manner in which he ends them will live long in the memory and sway those who may still be undecided on investing in the gifted southpaw's rise. Stevenson is smart, and he will surely be aware of this.

De Los Santos may be too one-dimensional for Stevenson, and his aggression may eventually be to his detriment as Stevenson steps on the gas from the middle rounds and starts turning this into a boxing clinic.

For De Los Santos, a win here would be a huge upset and about as difficult a task as one could find in boxing today. There is no outboxing Stevenson, and attempting to be aggressive with Stevenson, as shown in Stevenson's last fight, often spells the beginning of the end, too. Yoshino spent the first two rounds being aggressive and landing the occasional body shots, then Stevenson countered an incoming Yoshino, dropped him, and kick-started a gradual beating.

Whether it be a showcase performance for a potential future pound-for-pound king or a huge upset and a history-making moment for the underdog, it looks like a rare Thursday night of boxing not to be missed.

(Featured Photo: Mikey Williams/Top Rank via Getty Images)

[mystlnewsonline]

Los Balones Sports Bar & Restaurant to Pay $68K

Federal Investigation Recovers $68,000 in Owed Wages, Damages for Four Dallas Restaurant Cooks Denied Overtime by Los Balones Sports Bar & Restaurant Los Balones Sports Bar & Restaurant employees worked up to 60 hours a week (STL.News) The U.S. Department of Labor released the following information: Employer name: Rio Bravo Restaurant Inc., operating as Los Balones Sports Bar & Restaurant Investigation site: 2905 West Chapel Extension, Dallas, Texas 75220 Investigation findings: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found Rio Bravo Restaurant Inc., operating as Los Balones Sports Bar & Restaurant, violated federal law by failing to pay four cooks time and one-half the regular rate of pay for hours over 40 per workweek.  The division discovered the employer paid straight time for all hours worked to four cooks who worked from 50 to 60 hours per workweek. Back wages recovered: $34,135 in owed wages and $34,135 in liquidated damages to four workers. Quote: “The department’s investigation disclosed violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act’s overtime provisions,” said Wage and Hour District Director Jesus A. Valdez in Dallas.  “The cooks at Los Balones Sports Bar & Restaurant worked 50 to 60 hours in a single workweek without overtime.   Employers are encouraged to contact us should they have questions or concerns about overtime regulations.” SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor Read the full article