Seal Beach shooting: Widow sues insurance company By LARRY WELBORN AND VIK JOLLY / THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER SEAL BEACH – Hairstylist Sandi Fannin was in the back of the Seal Beach salon she co-owned with her husband mixing hair … Continue reading
Feds target 71 medical marijuana dispensaries in L.A. County Federal authorities on Tuesday took legal action against 71 medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles County, part of an ongoing campaign to crack down on the establishments. “Over the past several … Continue reading
Did the casino magnate threaten to kill the soft-core porn purveyor? That’s the question jurors are sorting through this week in a strange trial involving an only-in-Los Angeles cast of characters: Steve Wynn, Joe Francis and Quincy Jones. Wynn has … Continue reading
By Jeff Gottlieb, Los Angeles Times August 4, 2012 A Bell police sergeant who said he was forced into retirement in retaliation for reporting corruption in the city has received $400,000 and been reinstated to the force. The size of … Continue reading
States, eager to save money and adopt alternatives to incarceration, release inmates in record numbers. Is society ready for the surge? By Sean J. Miller, Correspondent, Photos by Tony Avelar / May 20, 2012. Christian Science Monitor Jason Corralez donned a … Continue reading
By Joel Rubin and Lisa Girion, Los Angeles TimesMay 19, 2012 Shell casings and signals from one of the victim’s cellphones led police to arrest two men in the slayings of two USC graduate students from China — a botched … Continue reading
The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to shield Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca from being sued for racial gang violence in the jails he supervises. The justices without comment turned down an appeal from the county’s lawyers, who argued … Continue reading
A group of minor party candidates and conspiracy theorists have sued California Secretary of State Debra Bowen to demand that she verify the eligibility of all presidential candidates seeking to be on the November ballot. The so-called Birthers filed the … Continue reading