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…
L.A. Man Charged With Sex Trafficking Two Minors, Attempted Kidnapping
LOS ANGELES — A South Los Angeles man pleaded not guilty to federal charges alleging he violently sex trafficked two teenage girls along the Figueroa Corridor, supplied drugs to one of them…
JUST SAYING: Trump Might Unleash Masked Thugs with Guns and Badges to Polling Places
9 Ways Donald Trump’s Administration Could Interfere With The 2026 Midterm Elections – Huffington Post Reuters’ in-depth investigation points to a range of scenarios in which the administration could test the boundaries…
16 Alleged YNS Gang Members and Associates Face Federal Drug, Robbery and Firearms Charges in
HOUSTON — Six alleged members and associates of the YNS gang have been indicted by a federal grand jury, while 10 others face charges in federal criminal complaints involving alleged drug trafficking,…
Former Border Protection Agent Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for Receiving Child Porn
DETROIT — A former U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent was sentenced to five years in federal prison for receiving child sexual abuse material, federal prosecutors stated last week. Harry Marvelle Peless,…
LAW LIBRARY: “Sit Tight for me” — Every Traffic Stop Comes with Constitutional Time Clock Limit
Supreme Court ruling limits extra detention during traffic stop Police cannot extend a traffic stop for a drug-detection dog without reasonable suspicion of criminal activity, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled April 21,…
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…