June 17, 2013 9:05 AM
Jim E. Winburn, Staff Writer
VICTORVILLE • The city, airport authority, and a city official responded to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s April 29 charges of alleged fraud with motions to dismiss.
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National Security Agency discloses in secret Capitol Hill briefing that thousands of analysts can listen to domestic phone calls. That authorization appears to extend to e-mail and text messages too.
by Declan McCullagh
June 15, 2013 4:39 PM PDT
The National Security Agency has acknowledged in a new classified briefing that it does not need court authorization to listen to domestic phone calls, a participant said.
The culture of secrecy in Washington has become absurd.
David Rohde
June 15, 2013 – 9:20 AM ET
An odd thing is happening in the world’s self-declared pinnacle of democracy. No one — except a handful of elected officials and an army of contractors — is allowed to know how America’s surveillance leviathan works.
By STEPHEN BRAUN, ANNE FLAHERTY, JACK GILLUM and MATT APUZZO, Associated Press
Posted: 06/15/2013 10:02:02 AM PDT
Updated: 06/15/2013 10:02:05 AM PDT
WASHINGTON — In the months and early years after 9/11, FBI agents began showing up at Microsoft Corp. more frequently than before, armed with court orders demanding information on customers.
Navarro
Ryan Hagen, Staff Writer
Posted: 06/14/2013 07:58:10 PM PDT
The San Bernardino County Board of Education has received permission from the state Attorney General’s Office to sue Gil Navarro in an effort to remove him from the board.
Lori Fowler, Staff Writer
Posted: 06/14/2013 06:43:52 PM PDT
Updated: 06/14/2013 08:36:55 PM PDT
RANCHO CUCAMONGA – When John Bolds’ wife was having a hard time breathing last year, he took her to the emergency room at the Chino Valley Medical Center.
Filed under: County of San Bernardino, Courts, Health Care, In the News, Legal, State Superior Court
Ryan Hagen, Staff Writer
Posted: 06/12/2013 02:07:47 PM PDT
SAN BERNARDINO >> City Clerk Gigi Hanna on Wednesday invalidated any signatures asking for a recall election that were gathered before the joint publication of the notice of intention to circulate a recall petition, statement of reasons for the recall and the targeted official’s response.
Private contractors with top security clearance, like Edward Snowden, have become very common in the federal government.
By Morgan Little
June 11, 2013, 1:57 p.m.
The American Civil Liberties Union announced Tuesday that it has filed a federal lawsuit against key members of President Obama’s national security team over the National Security Agency’s telephone surveillance, the first legal challenge to the newly disclosed intelligence gathering system.
Tuesday, June 11, 2013 – 10:00 a.m.
It’s been a few years since Redlands Centennial Bank was seized by federal regulators.
During that time the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) filed a lawsuit against the ousted board of directors back on January 14, 2011. At that time, the defendants said the allegations by the FDIC, that then-board members essentially operated the institution like their own piggy bank, were merit-less and would be dismissed.
Beau Yarbrough, Staff Writer
Posted: 06/09/2013 08:08:49 PM PDT
The much-heralded May 6 decision by the California Supreme Court affirming local governments’ right to ban medical marijuana dispensaries within their borders has not been the magic bullet some had expected it to be.
The 29-year-old source behind the biggest intelligence leak in the NSA’s history explains his motives, his uncertain future and why he never intended on hiding in the shadows
Glenn Greenwald, Ewen MacAskill and Laura Poitras in Hong Kong
The Guardian, Saturday 8 June 2013
The individual responsible for one of the most significant leaks in US political history is Edward Snowden, a 29-year-old former technical assistant for the CIA and current employee of the defence contractor Booz Allen Hamilton. Snowden has been working at the National Security Agency for the last four years as an employee of various outside contractors, including Booz Allen and Dell.
By Ken Dilanian, Washington Bureau
June 8, 2013, 9:48 p.m.
WASHINGTON — The nation’s top intelligence official formally acknowledged the Internet surveillance program code-named PRISM on Saturday, saying it had obtained foreign intelligence information from U.S. Internet companies under laws passed by Congress and with oversight from a secret intelligence court.
By Christi Parsons
June 7, 2013, 10:07 a.m.
SAN JOSE — President Obama said Friday that the government is not listening to the phone calls and reading the emails of Americans, but warned that the country “can’t have 100% security” and still have “100% privacy.”
U.S. NEWS
June 7, 2013, 6:49 p.m. ET
By JENNIFER VALENTINO-DEVRIES
Data collected by the National Security Agency’s program that monitors Americans’ phone calls could be used to track millions of people’s locations through their mobile devices at any given time, according to people familiar with cellphone systems.
By STEPHEN BRAUN
Associated Press
June 8, 2013 – 3:56 AM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — For years, top officials of the Bush and Obama administrations dismissed fears about secret government data-mining by reassuring Congress that there were no secret nets trawling for Americans’ phone and Internet records.
Ryan Carter, Staff Writer
Posted: 06/05/2013 10:16:33 PM PDT
Document: Read the complaint
San Bernardino’s former chief financial officer for the city’s now defunct redevelopment agency has filed a lawsuit against the city, alleging that she was fired in an attempt to thwart her reporting of alleged corruption at City Hall.
Filed under: Cities, Courts, In the News, Legal, Local Government, San Bernardino, State Superior Court
By Ryan Hagen
ryan.hagen@ inlandnewspapers.com @sbcitynow on Twitter
Posted: 06/05/2013 08:06:25 PM PDT
Special Section: San Bernardino
RIVERSIDE– A federal bankruptcy judge took several steps Wednesday to accelerate San Bernardino’s bankruptcy case, with a decision on whether the city’s eligible for bankruptcy possible this summer.
Filed under: Budget, CalPERS, Cities, Courts, Finance, In the News, Legal, Local Government, Pension Funds, San Bernardino, State of California, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Unions
By Ryan Hagen Staff Writer
Posted: 06/06/2013 07:53:19 AM PDT
SAN BERNARDINO – Defying an order from the City Council, City Clerk Gigi Hanna said she will officiate the recall efforts against nine other elected officials despite also being the target of a recall.
Exclusive: Top secret court order requiring Verizon to hand over all call data shows scale of domestic surveillance under Obama
Glenn Greenwald
The Guardian, Wednesday 5 June 2013
The National Security Agency is currently collecting the telephone records of millions of US customers of Verizon, one of America’s largest telecoms providers, under a top secret court order issued in April.
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 – 11:00 a.m.
Last week’s news of disciplinary charges filed against a Redlands-based investment advisor over the misappropriation of some $4.2 million of client funds seems to have some interesting twists and turns.
Ryan Hagen, Staff Writer
Posted: 06/04/2013 08:07:46 PM PDT
SAN BERNARDINO — The city’s largest creditor is again questioning the city’s good faith — and therefore its eligibility for bankruptcy protection — as the California Public Employee Retirement System and the city head into bankruptcy court Wednesday.
By TAMI ABDOLLAH Associated Press
Posted: 06/04/2013 02:58:56 PM PDT
Updated: 06/04/2013 05:06:19 PM PDT
LOS ANGELES—An internal review by the Los Angeles Police Department concluded that rogue ex-officer Christopher Dorner was justifiably fired, a lawyer who reviewed the findings told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
By Dan Weikel
June 3, 2013, 3:10 p.m.
Alleging mismanagement, conflicts of interest and violations of a key agreement, Inland Empire officials Monday sued the city of Los Angeles in their effort to regain ownership of LA/Ontario International Airport, which has lost almost 40% of its passengers since 2007.
By Dana Bartholomew, Staff Writer
Posted: 06/02/2013 05:19:49 PM PDT
The crackdown against medical pot shops across Southern California began as soon as the state’s highest court ruled last month that cities could enforce their dispensary bans,
Filed under: Business, Cities, In the News, Law Enforcement, Legal, Local Government, State of California
The attorney general pledges not to prosecute reporters under the Espionage Act for disclosing classified information in news articles.
By David G. Savage, Washington Bureau
May 31, 2013, 10:34 p.m.
WASHINGTON — Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. and his top Justice Department deputies met with journalists and their lawyers Friday and pledged they would not seek to prosecute reporters under the Espionage Act for reporting and writing stories that may disclose classified information.
Filed under: In the News, Law Enforcement, Legal, Media, Politics, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Government
He sues two men to reclaim money
By Greg Cappis, Staff Writer
Posted: 05/30/2013 05:35:52 PM PDT
REDLANDS — Millions of dollars were zapped from two accounts managed by a downtown brokerage firm — Thornes and Associates Inc. Investment Securities, 412 E. State St., according to a regulatory agency.
A series of lawsuits challenging an environmental plan to modernize Los Angeles International Airport were filed Thursday (Staff photo)
Alliance for a Regional Solution to Airport Congestion taking on LAWA
By Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Posted: 05/30/2013 12:33:17 PM PDT
Updated: 05/31/2013 09:50:28 AM PDT
PDFs: ARSAC petition | Ontario, San Bernardino County petition | SEIU petition
A series of lawsuits challenging an environmental plan to modernize Los Angeles International Airport were filed Thursday.
May 29, 2013; 06:24 PM
The federal agency that regulates investment counselors and brokerage houses has filed a complaint alleging that a Redlands businessman handed over clients’ assets to two friends, including money he was investing for an elderly woman with Alzheimer’s disease.
To read story by Jack Katzanek in The Press Enterprise, click here.
Felice Luciano, left, and former San Bernardino Airport manager Scot Spencer wait outside courtroom S-23 at the San Bernardino County Court House at an April 17, 2013 hearing. (Kurt Miller/Staff Photographer)
May 29, 2013; 10:55 AM
Former San Bernardino airport manager Scot Spencer and a business partner of his appeared briefly in court Wednesday, May 29 and ordered to return for a status hearing on July 10.
To read story by Imran Ghori in The Press Enterprise, click here.
May 29, 2013 7:19 PM
Jim E. Winburn, Staff Writer
VICTORVILLE • City Council members denied allegations that they hid information about property interests with the Victorville 2 Power Plant project at Southern California Logistics Airport.
Filed under: Business, Cities, In the News, Legal, Local Government, Politics, Real Estate, Redevelopment, Victorville
Lovingood
Local effect of $100 million to trial courts not yet known
May 28, 2013 6:31 PM
Shea Johnson, Staff Writer
First District Supervisor Robert Lovingood is applauding the most recent progress to restore money to California courts, but the local effect of the funding is not yet known.
By Mark Hosenball
WASHINGTON | Tue May 28, 2013 11:32pm EDT
(Reuters) – Attorney General Eric Holder personally approved a decision to subpoena Fox News telephone records as the Justice Department investigated an unauthorized leak regarding North Korea, officials said on Tuesday.
Filed under: Fox News, In the News, Law Enforcement, Legal, Media, Politics, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Government
Andrew Edwards, Staff Writer
Posted: 05/27/2013 06:43:15 PM PDT
Updated: 05/27/2013 09:53:01 PM PDT
A pair of bills that would enhance the legal standing of medical marijuana providers have advanced in the Legislature following this month’s landmark court ruling that affirmed the rights of local governments to ban dispensaries.
Filed under: Cities, Counties, In the News, Legal, Local Government, State Assembly, State of California, State Senate
Jim Steinberg, Staff Writer
Posted: 05/26/2013 05:34:32 PM PDT
FONTANA — The Fontana Unified School District and two other school systems have sued the city alleging that its now defunct redevelopment agency owes them millions of dollars.
Filed under: Cities, Courts, Fontana, In the News, Legal, Local Government, Redevelopment, State Superior Court
News Corporation said on Sunday that it had no record of being notified by the Justice Department nearly three years ago of a subpoena for the telephone records of a reporter at its Fox News cable channel.
By AMY CHOZICK
Published: May 26, 2013
News Corporation said on Sunday that it had no record of being notified by the Justice Department nearly three years ago of a subpoena for the telephone records of a reporter at its Fox News cable channel.
Filed under: Barack Obama, Business, Fox News, In the News, Law Enforcement, Legal, Media, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Government
May 24, 2013; 07:49 PM
The Riverside Sheriff’s Association wants a new trial in the federal whistle-blower lawsuit won by a former official of the law enforcement union who was dismissed in 2005 after complaining about legal fees spent to defend a deputy accused of vandalism.
To read story by Richard K. De Atley in The Press Enterprise, click here.
May 24, 2013First
Posted by Ryan Lizza
The Obama Administration fought to keep a search warrant for James Rosen’s private e-mail account secret, arguing to a federal judge that the government might need to monitor the account for a lengthy period of time.
Filed under: Fox News, In the News, Law Enforcement, Legal, Media, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Government
Connor Simpson
May 25, 2013
The New York Times reports the Department of Justice investigated national security leaks given to Times reporter David Sanger over his story last year about the Stuxnet virus by pulling all the email and phone records of government officials who communicated with the reporter.
Joe Nelson, Staff Writer
Posted: 05/24/2013 05:57:24 PM PDT
Four Fontana Unified School District Police Department employees claim they were raped or sexually assaulted by an officer with a history of sexual misconduct, according to lawsuits filed in San Bernardino Superior Court.
Attorney General Eric Holder testifies before a House Judiciary Committee hearing on ”Oversight of the United States Department of Justice” on Capitol Hill in Washington May 15, 2013. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
WASHINGTON | Fri May 24, 2013 5:00pm EDT
(Reuters) – The Justice Department said on Friday that senior officials including Attorney General Eric Holder vetted a decision to search an email account belonging to a Fox News reporter whose story on North Korea prompted a leak investigation.
LA/Ontario International Airport. (File photo)
Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Posted: 05/24/2013 05:59:56 PM PDT
Updated: 05/24/2013 06:01:15 PM PDT
Special Section: Ontario Airport
The claim by Ontario seeking to end its agreement over LA/Ontario International Airport has been rejected by the city of Los Angeles.
Filed under: Cities, In the News, Legal, Local Government, Los Angeles, Los Angeles World Airports, Ontario, Transportation
Friday, May 24, 2013 – 06:00 a.m.
Here’s some news moving across the transom Friday morning.
IRS manager placed on leave
Lois Lerner, the manager at the center of a massive scandal at the Internal Revenue Service, was placed on paid leave Thursday afternoon. The move comes after Lerner invoked her fifth amendment right against self-incrimination before a congressional oversight committee earlier this week.
The star witness at a hearing investigating the Internal Revenue Service’s targeting of conservative groups invoked her constitutional right to not answer questions.
By Richard Simon and Melanie Mason
May 22, 2013, 8:47 a.m.
WASHINGTON — A top Internal Revenue Service official invoked the 5th Amendment and declined to testify Wednesday before a House committee investigating the agency’s mishandling of applications by some conservative groups for tax-exempt status.
Owings
Posted on | May 22, 2013
Mayor Tom Owings, following a rambunctious study session on Tuesday, May 21, confirmed that he received a target letter in the federal grand jury probe of corruption in the Moreno Valley.
To read story by Debra Gruszecki in The Press Enterprise, click here.
Dan Walters
By Dan Walters
dwalters@sacbee.com
Published: Wednesday, May. 22, 2013 – 12:00 am | Page 3A
Last Modified: Wednesday, May. 22, 2013 – 12:07 pm
California, it’s now acknowledged, has a glut of lawyers.
Thousands of law school graduates cannot find jobs as law firms cut back, as government agencies are squeezed, as corporations trim legal expenses and as technology handles rote legal work.
Mark Anderson, Staff Writer
Sacramento Business Journal
May 22, 2013, 3:00am PDT
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System is asking federal bankruptcy courts to disqualify a law firm from participating in the municipal bankruptcy proceedings of San Bernardino and Stockton because the firm allegedly hired attorneys away from a firm that was representing the pension fund giant.
Filed under: CalPERS, Cities, Courts, In the News, Legal, San Bernardino, State of California, U.S. Bankruptcy Court
By Dan Balz,
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
It is never good for an administration when a front-page newspaper article about an ongoing controversy begins as follows: “The White House offered a new account Monday of how and when it learned . . . ” That’s what readers of The Post awoke to on Tuesday. In trying to contain the controversy and protect President Obama, White House officials have only added to questions about what happened.
Filed under: Barack Obama, In the News, Internal Revenue Service, Legal, Politics, U.S. Government, U.S. Treasury
Ontario and S.B. County are 2 of 3 governments appealing approval of the plan; a lawsuit may follow
May 20, 2013; 06:34 PM
Ontario, San Bernardino County and Culver City filed an appeal late Monday, May 20, of the Los Angeles County Airport Land Use Commission’s approval of an LAX expansion plan.
To read story by Cassie MacDuff in The Press Enterprise, click here.
Capitol Alert
The latest on California politics and government
May 20, 2013
The California Senate passed a bill today that would shield pot shops following state guidelines for dispensing medical marijuana from prosecution for marijuana possession or sale.
Filed under: Business, Democrats, Health Care, In the News, Law Enforcement, Legal, State of California, State Senate
The FBI obtained a sealed search warrant to read Fox News reporter James Rosen’s personal emails in a leak investigation.
By Ken Dilanian, Washington Bureau
May 20, 2013, 9:15 p.m.
WASHINGTON — The FBI obtained a sealed search warrant to read a Fox News reporter’s personal emails from two days in 2010 after arguing there was probable cause he had violated espionage laws by soliciting classified information from a government official, court papers show.
In an affidavit, an FBI agent told a federal magistrate that the reporter had committed a crime when he asked a State Department security contractor, Stephen Jin-Woo Kim, to share secret material about North Korea in June 2009.
The affidavit did not name the reporter, but Fox News identified him as its chief Washington correspondent, James Rosen. He was not charged, but Kim was indicted on espionage charges in August 2010 and is awaiting trial. He has denied leaking classified information.
The case marks the first time the government has gone to court to portray news gathering as espionage, and Fox News officials and 1st Amendment advocates reacted angrily Monday after the secret warrant was reported by the Washington Post.
“We are outraged to learn today that James Rosen was named a criminal co-conspirator for simply doing his job as a reporter,” said Michael Clemente, Fox News executive vice president of news. “In fact, it is downright chilling. We will unequivocally defend his right to operate as a member of what up until now has always been a free press.”
The development emerged days after the Justice Department notified the Associated Press that the agency used a subpoena last year to obtain phone company records for 20 telephone lines used by more than 100 reporters and editors in three cities. The subpoena was pursuant to a grand jury investigation of an alleged leak of classified information about an Al Qaeda plot to bomb a U.S. aircraft.
Neither Fox News nor the Associated Press was told in advance about the government actions or had a chance to challenge them in court, the usual practice. The government ordered Google not to disclose that it had given the FBI access to Rosen’s Gmail account, and Chief Judge Royce Lamberth of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia confirmed in a September 2010 ruling that the government did not have to notify Rosen.
To read entire story, click here.
Filed under: Fox News, In the News, Law Enforcement, Legal, Media, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Government
The former U.S. attorney in Arizona leaked an internal report about an ATF agent who had criticized the failed gun operation.
By Richard A. Serrano, Los Angeles Times
May 20, 2013, 8:53 p.m.
WASHINGTON — The former top federal prosecutor in Arizona retaliated against the lead whistle-blower in the Fast and Furious gun-smuggling scandal by leaking an internal report that suggested the whistle-blower once favored allowing illegal gun sales as a way to track weapons to drug cartels in Mexico, the Justice Department’s inspector general’s office said Monday.
By Ed Mendel
Monday, May 20, 2013
One of the first local ballot measures aimed at cutting public pension costs, a cap on Pacific Grove payments to CalPERS approved by voters three years ago, was ruled unconstitutional by a Monterey County superior court judge last week.
Filed under: Budget, CalPERS, Cities, Counties, Courts, Finance, Legal, Local Government, Pension Funds, Pensions, State of California, State Superior Court
The Obama administration has zealously prosecuted leaks involving national security, but the secret collection of records for 20 Associated Press phone lines reaches a new level.
By David G. Savage, Washington Bureau
May 19, 2013, 8:41 p.m.
WASHINGTON — Three years ago, the Obama administration brought criminal charges under the Espionage Act against Thomas Drake, an Air Force veteran and intelligence expert at the National Security Agency in Maryland.
Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Posted: 05/17/2013 07:41:52 PM PDT
Updated: 05/17/2013 07:42:00 PM PDT
ONTARIO — Attorneys representing several cities and San Bernardino County opposed to a plan to modernize Los Angeles International Airport say they are in the process of filing a lawsuit against the agency that oversees LAX.
Elspeth Reeve
May 17, 2013
The IRS official who revealed the IRS had inappropriately targeted conservative groups on Friday did so on purpose — by asking a tax lawyer to ask her about it at American Bar Association tax section’s annual meeting.
Dan Bernstein
Posted on | May 16, 2013
To understand Tuesday night’s production of the Mighty MoVal Council Players, watch this brief snippet in “Godfather II” in which Michael Corleone kisses his turncoat brother, Fredo, full on the mouth.
To read column by Dan Bernstein in The Press Enterprise, click here.
By Lori Fowler
lori.fowler@ inlandnewspapers.com @IECourtsNow on Twitter
Posted: 05/16/2013 05:31:14 PM PDT
Updated: 05/16/2013 05:31:22 PM PDT
A group of local officials are spearheading an effort to re-staff courts and provide more funds to what they call a starving court system.
By Karen Gullo
May 15, 2013 9:01 PM PT
Wells Fargo & Co. (WFC) must pay customers $203 million for manipulating debit-card transactions to boost overdraft fees, a federal judge in San Francisco ruled, reinstating a 2010 damage award.
By Zachary A. Goldfarb and Juliet Eilperin
Published: May 15 E-mail the writers
President Obama on Wednesday demanded and accepted the resignation of the acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, Steven T. Miller, as part of a multi-pronged effort to quell controversies that threaten to dominate his second term.
President Obama addressed the IRS controversy Wednesday evening, announcing that the acting commissioner of the IRS has resigned. Obama reiterated that he “would not tolerate this kind of behavior.”
By Karen Tumulty
Published: May 15 E-mail the writer
The most corrosive political scandals are the ones that feed a preexisting story line — which is why the White House could have difficulty putting the current ones behind it any time soon.
By Michael A. Memoli
May 15, 2013, 9:15 a.m.
WASHINGTON — Republican congressional leaders, faced with an array of crises threatening to overwhelm the White House, appear to have singled out the targeting of conservative political groups by the IRS as the most fertile — and politically advantageous — to focus on.
Scott Teutscher, 55 from Temecula a former Riverside Sheriff’s Association official was awarded $814,750 on his claim that he was unlawfully dismissed for whistle blowing in 2005.
May 14, 2013; 06:39 PM
A former Riverside Sheriff’s Association official who won a whistle-blower lawsuit against the law enforcement union is seeking more than $1.99 million in back wages, attorney fees and other costs — and wants to be reinstated.
To read story by Richard K. De Atley in The Press Enterprise, click here.
By Sean Sullivan
Published: May 14, 2013
More than four dozen media organizations joined forces Tuesday to sharply rebuke the Justice Department for secretly gathering the phone records of Associated Press journalists, calling on the department to promptly return the records and disclose all other pending subpoenas related to the news media.
Filed under: Associated Press, In the News, Legal, Media, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Government
PolitiCal
On politics in the Golden State
By Paige St. John
May 13, 2013, 3:59 p.m.
Gov. Jerry Brown has, as promised, filed legal papers to appeal federal court orders to reduce the state’s prison population with the U.S. Supreme Court.
Filed under: Courts, In the News, Jerry Brown, Law Enforcement, Legal, State of California, U.S. Supreme Court
By Scott Wilson
May 13, 2013
There was a guiding principle early in President Obama’s first term that in Washington it is always better to be pitching than catching.
The stimulus bill, the bank and auto industry bailouts, Wall Street regulation, health-care legislation, Muslim outreach abroad — the first two years featured Obama as pitcher.
Filed under: Barack Obama, In the News, Legal, Politics, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Government, U.S. Treasury
Prosecutors targeted the Associated Press in an attempt to learn who leaked information about the CIA and an apparent terrorist plot in Yemen.
Government secretly probed AP phone records
By Richard A. Serrano, Washington Bureau
May 13, 2013, 9:33 p.m.
WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors secretly obtained telephone records from more than 20 lines belonging to the Associated Press and its journalists in an attempt to learn who leaked information on how the CIA thwarted an apparent terrorist plot hatched in Yemen.
An item on the Tuesday, May 14, city council agenda calls for discussion of the possible discipline or dismissal of Moreno Valley City Manager Henry Garcia.
May 10, 2013; 03:58 PM
As investigators sift through seized documents and witness statements in a political corruption probe of Moreno Valley, the plot has thickened.
City Manager Henry Garcia’s job is on the line.
To read story by Debra Gruszecki and David Danelski in The Press Enterprise, click here.
Sandra Emerson and Wes Woods II, Staff Writers
Posted: 05/10/2013 08:20:40 PM PDT
Updated: 05/10/2013 11:03:36 PM PDT
The state Supreme Court’s decision upholding local governments’ right to ban medical marijuana dispensaries left pro-marijuana advocates to rely on legislative action to ensure patients access to marijuana.
May 10, 2013
Posted by Alex Koppelman
It’s a cliché, of course, but it really is true: in Washington, every scandal has a crime and a coverup. The ongoing debate about the attack on the United States facility in Benghazi where four Americans were killed, and the Obama Administration’s response to it, is no exception. For a long time, it seemed like the idea of a coverup was just a Republican obsession. But now there is something to it.
Friday, May 10, 2013 – 09:00 a.m.
In a strange turn of events, state prosecutors now say it’s no longer necessary for the California Supreme Court to throw out two long standing case law precedents, and more than a dozen underlying appellate opinions, in order to reinstate key bribery and conflict of interest charges against defendants in the well-publicized case involving the 2006 Colonies Settlement.
Ryan Hagen, Staff Writer
Posted: 05/09/2013 01:39:03 PM PDT
Years of levying but not collecting fines on medical marijuana dispensaries and fielding impatient calls from neighbors upset the shops stay open are rapidly ending now that the California Supreme Court says cities may ban them, San Bernardino officials say.
By Andrew Tangel
May 9, 2013, 1:30 p.m.
NEW YORK — California Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris has accused JPMorgan Chase & Co. of using fraudulent and unlawful debt-collection practices against some 100,000 credit card holders in the state.
Filed under: Business, Courts, Finance, In Memorium, Investments, Kamala Harris, Legal, State of California, State Superior Court
By Dale Kasler
dkasler@sacbee.com
Published: Thursday, May. 9, 2013 – 12:00 am | Page 7B
CalPERS says the insolvent city of San Bernardino has enough money to pay its past-due bill to the giant pension fund.
By Sandra Emerson, Wes Woods II and Ryan Hagen, Staff Writers
Posted: 05/08/2013 02:49:30 PM PDT
Updated: 05/08/2013 04:05:02 PM PDT
Special Section: Medical Marijuana
Now that the more than 180 cities and counties up and down the state have the state’s highest court on their side, many local government officials are actively seeking the closure of medical marijuana dispensaries operating in violation of their zoning laws.
Filed under: Business, Cities, Counties, Courts, Health Care, In the News, Legal, Local Government, State Supreme Court
By Nicole Santa Cruz
May 8, 2013, 7:00 p.m.
Orange County may owe the state as much as $150 million after a judge tentatively ruled this week that it must pay back funds originally meant for local schools and community colleges.