A Northern California man was convicted of fraud for duping investors out of $7 million with false promises of big returns in alternative energy technology, prosecutors said Tuesday. Richard Rossignol of Shingle Springs, Calif., was accused of defrauding more than … Continue reading
Despite state law, cars parked at broken L.A. meters still ticketed L.A. officials said a state law limiting the practice of issuing tickets to drivers who park at broken meters would cost the city a sizable chunk of ticket and … Continue reading
By Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles TimesAugust 21, 2012, 6:46 p.m. Earlier this summer, thieves in Pico Rivera made off with a 200-pound brass bell from a Catholic church. Burglars around California have torn up train tracks, carted off bleachers, nabbed … Continue reading
More details are emerging in the case of a Silicon Valley software executive accused of using fake bar codes to buy massive amounts of Lego sets. Police allege Thomas Langenbach, a 47-year-old vice president of global software giant SAP, brought … Continue reading
By Kate Mather, Los Angeles Times May 23, 2012 Investigators don’t know where 15-year-old Sierra LaMar is, but they are almost certain she is dead. For more than two months, the high school cheerleader’s family has been holding out hope. … Continue reading
The death toll rose to seven in a mass shooting Monday at a small religious college in Oakland. Oakland police said a suspect was in custody, and a school official said the alleged gunman had been a nursing student at … Continue reading
Federal agents descended early Monday on Oaksterdam University — California’s first cannabis industry training school — securing the downtown Oakland facility as they served search warrants. A spokeswoman with the Internal Revenue Service said the raid is part of a … Continue reading