Alta Vista Healthcare & Wellness Centre, LLC (Alta Vista), a skilled nursing facility in Riverside, California, and its management company, Rockport Healthcare Services (Rockport), have agreed to pay the federal government to…
Tag: California
Just Saying: Reparations Checks Are in the Mail in California
California Reparations Panel OKs State Apology, Payments — Huffington Post A task force has voted to approve recommendations for possible payments to Black residents and an apology for the state’s role in…
Calif. Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Withdrawing $1 Million Cash from Card Used by Unemployed
LOS ANGELES A San Gabriel Valley man was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in federal prison for illegally using dozens of fraudulently obtained debit and credit cards, officials stated. This was part…
Ex-Mayor, 10 Others Charged for Alleged Wide-Spread Corruption
The former mayor of Maywood and 10 others have been charged in a 34-count complaint alleging widespread corruption that includes soliciting and receiving bribes, misappropriation of public funds and embezzlement over a…
Feds: Ex-County Clerk and 11 Recruiters Charged in California for Allegedly “Fixing” Traffic Tickets
SANTA ANA, CALIF. Ten suspects were arrested Wednesday on federal grand jury charges of taking bribes to “fix” traffic tickets or illegally resolve cases of hundreds of violators by circumventing the…
Two California Men Sentenced to Prison for Fleecing More than 1,000 Struggling Homeowners
A federal judge sentenced Serj Geutssoyan, also known as “Anthony Kirk,” 34 or Santa Ana, to four years in prison and Daniel Shiau, also known as “Scott Decker,” 30, of Irvine, to four years and 10 months behind bars, according to officials.
Man Who Pointed Laser at Sheriff’s Helicopter Sentenced to 15 Months in Prison
A 35-year-old Santa Ana man who aimed a laser pointer at a law enforcement helicopter investigating a serious traffic accident was sentenced Monday to 15 months in federal prison, according to officials.
Man Admits to Dumping 11,000 Gallons of Waste Water and Soap into San Gabriel River in California
A man who ran a trucking company in Santa Fe Springs has pled guilty to dumping 11,000 gallons of waste water and soap into a tributary of the San Gabriel River in Santa Fe Springs, California, officials announced.
Northern California Prison Gang Leader and Associates Sentenced on Racketeering Charges
A federal judge sentenced Joe Anthony Felix, 36, of Modesto, California, to 12 years and seven months in prison for racketeering conspiracy, and Jesus Gomez Felix, 32, of Modesto, to two years and six months imprisonment for assault with a deadly weapon in aid of racketeering, according to officials.
California Amtrak Trains Stopped for Several Hours After Passenger Made Bomb Threats
SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. UPDATE at 10:15 pm: Police have identified the man who allegedly made the bomb threat as Terrence Urich, 25, Tacoma, Washington. The bomb squad investigated and found no bomb….
Soldiers Sold Assault Rifles to Federal Agent Posing as Drug Cartel Member
Two National Guard soldiers who admitted that they sold military-style assault rifles and ammunition believing it would be taken to Mexico will be sentenced in April.
Three Mountain Lions Recently Spotted at a Pond in California
(Published on Nov 10, 2015) A Santa Rosa reader submitted a video of three cougars drinking from a small pond in a Bennett Valley neighborhood, caught by a neighbor’s trail camera, according…