A federal judge ordered a Newport Beach lawyer to pay $2.3 million in restitution and fines stemming from an alleged real estate and visa fraud case on the very day that his business partner got charged with the same crimes, court documents show. Both men are accused of scamming more than 100 Chinese investors out of…
People joke about their love of the wine and food, but book clubs are essentially a great experience because we get to discuss one of our favorite things with some of our favorite people. I’ve participated in book clubs with both my friends and my students, but having a family book club with my adult…
Tesla and its CEO Elon Musk have agreed to pay a total of $40 million and make a series of concessions to settle a government lawsuit alleging Musk duped investors with misleading statements about a proposed buyout of the company. The settlement allows Musk to remain CEO of the electric car company but requires him…
The students in Brandon Cabezas’ Advanced Placement government and U.S. history classes have been studying the Supreme Court. They’ve learned about checks and balances, looked at Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s judicial record and talked about the high court’s shifting ideological lines. …
Santa Anita Autumn meet at Santa Anita Park on Friday, September 27, 2018 in Arcadia, California. Jockey Ruben Fuentes (4) riding Grey Admiral wins the first race of the day, but is then disqualified and Jockey Giovanni Franco (1) riding Iron Alex moves into first place from second and wins the race during the Autumn…
It was emblematic of the turbulent path San Francisco’s Jefferson Airplane navigated in the 1960s and ‘70s that when the group showed up to play a 1969 festival that was supposed to be the West Coast version of Woodstock, founding member Marty Balin got knocked out cold. The event was the Altamont…
In an escalation in the fight against climate change and the Trump administration, California regulators approved new measures to defend the state’s vehicle emissions standards and bolster rules to cut carbon pollution from transportation. The state Air Resources Board voted Friday to require automakers…
Can we talk about beer for a sec? Specifically, Brett Kavanaugh’s professed affection for it? Like a lot of people who have lived with or been friends with people who love beer a little too much, I experienced some familiar, unpleasant emotions as I watched the Supreme Court nominee’s behavior…
Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill into law Friday that would allow the state to take over a Compton water district that for years delivered brown, smelly water to its customers. The governor’s action marks the first time that the State Water Resources Control Board would take over a water district….
Despite an Orange County judge’s ruling this week that California’s so-called sanctuary protections for immigrants who are in the country illegally are unconstitutional as they apply to charter cities, state Atty. Gen. Xavier Becerra said Friday that the state would continue to uphold its laws. …
