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
Finished it, finally! My characters are out there. I turned them all loose. If you bump into them, send them home. I loved writing this novel. I hope you enjoy reading it———Raul…
For Sale: Books, Art and Other Stuff — Free Poetry
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California Medical Practice and Doctor to Pay Over $6.7 Million to Settle Medicare Fraud Allegations
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MacArthur Park Drug Sweep: 18 Arrested in Federal Crackdown on Fentanyl, Meth Trafficking in L.A.
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Ex-Beverly Hills Business Manager Charged in Alleged $2 Million Celebrity Embezzlement Scheme
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California Tax Preparer Pleads Guilty to Tax and COVID-19 Loan Fraud Scheme
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California Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Embezzling $1.8 Million from Elderly Victim
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California Medical Scan Company to Pay $8.3M Over Alleged Kickback Scheme
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JUST SAYING: Maybe Forrest Gump’s Mama Can Explain the Middle East War
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U.S. Seizes $2M From Pasadena Wound Clinic in Alleged $46M Medicare Fraud Scheme
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Chinese Hacker Extradited in HAFNIUM Case Targeting U.S. COVID-19 Research, Law Firm
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JUST SAYING: Trump’s Fortess Fantasy — Why Security “Ballroom” Won’t Stop Another McVeigh
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Fugitive in methamphetamine trafficking case extradited from Singapore to Los Angeles
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California Man Charged With Attempted Murder After Stabbing Police Officer Multiple Times
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