A Laguna Beach man accused of paying body brokers to scout the country for patients for his sober-living home pleaded not guilty Friday to insurance fraud charges related to a scheme that prosecutors say extracted $3.2 million from medical insurance companies. Steven Lomonaco, 61, also faces a sentencing enhancement allegation of aggravated white-collar crime over […]
It’s so difficult for lifelong Dodgers fan Joseph Daniels to talk about that magical October night in 2017, when his boys in blue clinched a spot in their first World Series in 29 years. Daniels was there, at Wrigley Field, for Game 5 of the National League Championship Series against the Chicago Cubs. He was […]
Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It is Saturday, Jan. 18. Click Here: liverpool mens jersey Newsletter Get our Essential California newsletter First, a quick scheduling note. This newsletter will be off Monday in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day; we’ll return to your inbox Tuesday. Now, here’s a look at […]
Federal officials announced Friday that they will immediately begin screening passengers flying into three major U.S. airports for a new, worrisome virus that has infected dozens in China. Health workers will screen passengers coming from Wuhan, a major city in central China, into Los Angeles International Airport, San Francisco International Airport and John F. Kennedy […]
The end of several major recurring series including “Ballers” and “The Affair” and a scarcity of studio space helped depress local film and TV production in the fourth quarter of 2019, according to data released Friday. Overall location production slipped 5% in the quarter to 9,839 shoot days, down from 10,359 shoot days for the […]
SERIES California Cooking With Jessica Holmes This new episode features a more healthful take on Philly cheesesteaks. Also, a visit to More Than Waffles in Encino. 8 p.m. The CW Seven Worlds, One Planet This new series documents Earth’s seven continents and how they shape the distinctive animal behavior and biodiversity found in their many […]
The last thing the Recording Academy wanted, or needed, heading into the 2020 Grammy Awards ceremony next week was more turmoil. Yet that’s precisely what it got late Thursday when the advocacy organization that oversees the annual awards ceremony and accompanying prime-time CBS telecast placed its newly installed president and chief executive, Deborah Dugan, on […]
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WHITEHORSE, Canada — As I waited on the airport tarmac about midnight in Whitehorse, capital of Canada’s Yukon Territory, I shivered, a combination of the 8-degree air and my excitement. I was about to find out whether my new strategy for seeing the northern lights would work. Several friends had traveled to the far north to […]
Regarding: “Real Trip-Ups With Real ID,” On the Spot, by Catharine Hamm, Jan. 12: Stupid, stupid, stupid. Why bother? Get a passport — does the same job in the U.S., and it takes you overseas too. And lasts for 10 years. Bob HautTopanga ::The do-nothing Congress finally did something. It passed a Real ID law […]