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First Amendment case threatens public employee unions

Written on 3 May, 2013 in Featured, Opinion | 15 comments

OPINION By PETER SCHEER Public employee unions face a new, and mortal, threat. It’s not the unfunded liability of union pension plans or municipal governments’ resort to bankruptcy to void union contracts. It’s not state initiatives to restrict collective bargaining... (Continue reading)

Nevada’s mental patients’ ticket to ride

Written on 22 Apr, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

Nevada health officials have been quietly putting psychiatric patients on buses and shipping them to locales all over the U.S., and California has become a favorite destination, a Sacramento Bee investigation reveals. Health services in Nevada have been drastically reduced... (Continue reading)

California woman awarded $4 million for shower head shocking

Written on 20 Mar, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

A Los Angeles jury awarded a California woman $4 million for getting shocked by stray electricity that pulsed through her bathroom shower head. [Mercury News] Simona Wilson, the mother of three young children, sued Southern California Edison in 2011 around... (Continue reading)

Church wants upcoming sex abuse trials moved to San Luis Obispo

Written on 16 Mar, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 24 comments

Lawyers for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles have asked a judge to delay four sex abuse trials or move them to San Luis Obispo County because they don’t believe a fair, impartial jury can be found in Southern California. [LATimes]... (Continue reading)

LA mayor eyeing governor’s mansion

Written on 10 Mar, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said Wednesday that he would like to run for governor. [KTTV] “One day I’d like to run for governor, but there’s not a vacancy the last time I looked,” Villaraigosa said on KTTV’s Good Day... (Continue reading)

105-year-old California Buddhist teacher accused of sex abuse

Written on 13 Feb, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

A 105-year-old Buddhist teacher in Los Angeles allegedly groped, molested and even raped female followers throughout his decades-long tenure as a leading Buddhist figure. [LA Times] An investigation conducted by a council of Buddhist leaders suggested that Joshu Sasaki Roshi... (Continue reading)

Los Angeles priest raped immigrant boys

Written on 22 Jan, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 27 comments

A Los Angeles priest used bondage and targeted illegal immigrants in his decades long practice of raping Southern California boys, Catholic church records released Monday show. [LA Times] Confidential letters filed as evidence in a civil case against Father Nicholas... (Continue reading)

California pastor pleads guilty to $11 million in medicare fraud

Written on 18 Dec, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

A Southern California pastor pleaded guilty Monday to participating in a Medicare fraud scheme that totaled more than $11 million. Chargles Agbu, 58, admitted to owning and operating a Carson medical equipment supply company that billed Medicare for expensive devices,... (Continue reading)

Producer of new indie film tied to Cal Poly

Written on 23 Nov, 2012 in Discovered, Featured | No comments

By LISA RIZZO A new independent film hoping to spark attention at film festivals around the world has roots in San Luis Obispo. The producer of “Along the Roadside,” which just completed post production after summer shooting, is 2005 Cal... (Continue reading)

Four California men charged with aiding Islamic jihad

Written on 20 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 34 comments

The United States Attorney in Los Angeles has charged four Southern California men with conspiring with Al-Qai’da terrorists and plotting to kill Americans. An FBI investigation alleges that the four men, two American citizens and two lawful residents, planned to... (Continue reading)