A major Silicon Valley venture capital firm broke ties with its founder after he informed partners that the mastermind of the sweeping college admissions scandal helped get his son into college. Chris Schaepe was removed from his post as a founding partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners, a firm…
A former top private equity executive charged in the college admissions scandal denies he paid any bribe to get his son into USC using a “side door” and says the boy has a legitimate learning disability that warranted special testing provisions. Bill McGlashan, the former managing partner of San…
The U.S. Department of Education has launched an investigation into several of the universities involved in the far-reaching college admissions scandal. Yale said the “preliminary investigation” involved it and seven other universities “whose employees or applicants were named in the federal bribery…
Even by the standards of a man who has been at the center of media firestorms involving Michael Jackson and Colin Kaepernick, it had been a whirlwind 24 hours. On Monday afternoon, Mark Geragos’ name surfaced in connection with a sprawling federal criminal complaint that accused another camera-friendly…
California’s charter law – passed in 1992 – allowed for charter schools to be authorized and overseen by hundreds of school districts. It also allowed for multiple appeals if schools were denied. Clark and Jeanette Parker were charter operators who used all the choices to make millions.
According to the National Phenology Network, which monitors changes of the seasons, spring is one to two weeks early in parts of the Southeast and California and two to three weeks late in parts of Washington and Oregon and the southern Great Plains. Many bird and insect migrations are based on seasonal change. The millions…
One person was killed early Wednesday, March 27, in a multi-vehicle crash that also caused the closure of lanes of the northbound 405 freeway in Costa Mesa. Shortly after 4:45 a.m. officers were called to the lanes just south of Harbor Boulevard. They found a white sedan that had possibly been involved in a crash…
The former cop raced home when his surveillance system signaled that an unidentified man was lingering on his front porch. But before you jump to conclusions about what you would do in the same situation, make sure you digest this entire story. Stan LeMelle, 65, was at the gym around 8:30 a.m. on Monday, March…
Some law enforcement agencies in California are directly violating the state’s immigrant sanctuary law, and others are skirting the law by following out-of-date policies or exploiting loopholes, according to a new report scheduled to be released Wednesday. Of 169 local law enforcement agencies reviewed, 68 were not complying with California SB-54, the state law that limits…
By Bruce Horovitz Contributing writer, Kaiser Health News It takes moxie to flip an unhealthy lifestyle to a healthy one — particularly for folks over 60. Most baby boomers approach retirement age unwilling to follow basic healthy lifestyle goals established by the American Heart Association, said Dr. Dana King, professor and chairman of the department…
