Prosecutors alleged Bland accepted a $13,000 bribe in exchange for steering USC players to use a sports management company and financial advisor when they turned professional. The prosecutors also accused Bland of directing a combined $9,000 in payments to associates of USC player De’Anthony Melton and recruit Taeshon Cherry. Source: latimes.com – Los Angeles Times
Blog: Case against Joshua Tree homeless couple accused of child abuse is dismissed
A homeless Joshua Tree couple accused of child abuse after they were found living with their children in a shack in the desert earlier this year no longer faces criminal charges in the case. Daniel Panico, 73, and Mona Kirk, 51, had been charged in March with three felony counts of child abuse after San […]
Blog: Harvey Weinstein sexual assault case can move forward, judge rules – Los Angeles Times
In October 2017, dozens of women came forward to accuse Weinstein of a wide array of misconduct. Weinstein was arrested by the New York Police Department in May and charged in Manhattan with forcing former actress Lucia Evans to perform oral sex on him in 2004; attacking another woman, Mimi Haleyi, in 2006; and sexually […]
Blog: Josh Flagg and Josh Altman still aren’t friends – Page Six
It may be a new season of “Million Dollar Listing: Los Angeles,” but the Joshs are still up to their old ways. “I don’t think it’s changed in eleven years,” Josh Flagg recently told Page Six of his toxic relationship with Josh Altman. “People do change. Not him.” Real estate agents Flagg, 33, and Altman, […]
Blog: Travelers Urged To Prepare For Holiday Rush – CBS Los Angeles
Teen Pushed Onto LA Metro Subway Tracks; Suspect Dies At HospitalPolice say the teen was waiting for a Red Line train around 9:15 a.m. when the suspect pushed him onto the tracks at Metro’s Pershing Square station at Fifth and Hill streets. Mysterious Light In The Sky Seen Across California Likely A MeteorA mysterious light […]
Blog: Hainan Airlines Announces Xi’an Service From Los Angeles – AirlineGeeks.com
A Hainan Airlines 787 departs from Boeing’s manufacturing facility in Charleston, S.C. (Photo: Boeing) Hainan Airlines has announced plans to launch nonstop service between Xi’an and Los Angeles starting Dec. 31, 2018, making this the first scheduled non-stop service between the Chinese city and Los Angeles, as well as North America in general. China’s largest […]