Why I Started Mind’s Edge Publishing Someone once asked me why I didn’t publish my novels under a publishing company’s name. My question was simple. Why would I put someone else’s stamp…
The Rivera Girls – A Comedy Novel: “Lose the Attitude. Now” on Sale at Amazon
BY RAUL HERNANDEZ I started writing my novel The Rivera Girls in 2018, a few months after Pixar’s Coco hit theaters in November 2017. Coco went on to win Academy Awards for…
CRUSHER’S FUNERAL He’s Dead. The City Isn’t Done With Him. Now on Audiobook
“We’re not happy to be here. You see, we work homicide. Crime scenes and dead people. Not some goddamn blackmail scavenger hunt,” Grant said. “I’ve got cases backed up. Murders that…
For Sale: Books, Art and Other Stuff — Free Poetry
Notes, Thoughts, Art, Books and Poetry: STEPPING ON THE DEVIL’S TAIL — A CRIME NOVEL ************ ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Raul Hernandez is a former newspaper reporter who spent more than…
Man Gets 70 Months for Nearly $5 Million Loan Fraud to COVID-19 Relief
LOS ANGELES — A North Hollywood man was sentenced Friday to 70 months in federal prison for fraud schemes that caused nearly $5 million in losses to federal COVID-19 relief and small-business…
California man charged with arson in 1,048-acre Bouquet Fire
LOS ANGELES — A Santa Clarita man was charged Oct. 9 with federal arson for allegedly setting the Bouquet Fire, which burned about 1,048 acres of federally owned land in the Angeles…
The Irish Reporter, aka “The Deacon,” Who Said Rosaries for Dead People and Covered the Border Beat Died
When I posted the column below more than 10 years ago, it hit home. I learned so much from that Irishman — a newspaper reporter who spoke fluent Spanish, loved his tequila…
23 Arrested in Skid Row Drug Trafficking Crackdown
Authorities arrested 23 defendants in a Skid Row drug trafficking investigation targeting alleged fentanyl and meth sales, seizing guns and luxury cars.
Ex-CIA official pleads guilty in $193.6 million scheme that netted gold bars, Rolexes
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A former senior federal intelligence official who prosecutors say lied about his education and military service to reach a top-secret post has pleaded guilty to $193.6 million scheme that…
Self-Styled ‘Godfather’ Gets 6½ Years for Fraud, Using Deputies Against Rivals
LOS ANGELES — A self-styled “Godfather” who used corrupt Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies to threaten and harass his adversaries was sentenced Monday to 6½ years in federal prison for civil rights…
California Woman Arrested at LAX, Accused of Spying for China
LOS ANGELES — An Irvine woman was arrested Sunday at Los Angeles International Airport on a federal complaint accusing her of working as an unregistered agent of China and surveilling relatives of…
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NYT: “Breaking Bad” was voted the greatest show of the 21st century by our panel. We interviewed the creator Vince Gilligan and the actors Bryan Cranston and Giancarlo Esposito about the…
Human Smuggling Leader Gets Nearly 22 Years for Holding Migrants Hostage
LOS ANGELES — A Guatemalan man who led a human smuggling ring that moved about 20,000 migrants into the United States and held some hostage was sentenced Friday to nearly 22 years…
San Gabriel Man Charged With Smuggling $300 Million in Computer Servers to China
LOS ANGELES — A San Gabriel technology company owner was arrested Oct. 1 on federal charges alleging he smuggled more than $300 million in export-controlled computer servers to China. Greg Lui, 38,…
Two Alleged White Supremacists Charged in Attacks on Marines; Third Man Pleads Guilty
SAN DIEGO — Two alleged white supremacists face federal hate crime and obstruction charges in connection with racially motivated attacks on two U.S. Marines and another man near the Oceanside Pier, prosecutors…
17 Charged in $1.3 Million Social Security Fraud Enforcement Surge
Federal prosecutors allege schemes targeted Social Security programs and involved more than $1.3 million in intended losses Between Aug. 21 and Sept. 18, the Justice Department’s National Fraud Enforcement Division and U.S….