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Q: My wife and I operate a business. A trusted employee was caught and convicted of embezzlement to the tune of $200,000. The judge ordered monthly restitution payments, but we only got two. Time has passed because it was too difficult to pursue legal action, but now we have greater resources. Are we still entitled

While scientists are sadly accustomed to rangy mountain lions killed by cars when they try to cross roadways like the 101 Freeway in San Fernando Valley, this year a cougar was killed by a disease far from the freeways, a state agency reported on Monday, Sept. 26. P-65, a five-year-old adult female, is the first

By Melissa Heckscher, Contributing writer Frankie totally had this. Twenty minutes into her scheduled run last week, she was short of a jog and hadn’t even broken a sweat — though she was panting. But she can’t help that. After all, Frankie is a goldendoodle and one of a growing number of fitness-bound pups signed

Aging boom: What’s next? The world is getting really old, really fast. And while many economically developed countries (Japan, Italy, Germany) are ahead of us, the United States is not immune to the aging boom. Our new demography could mean big changes over the next few decades. Here’s a look at some demographic milestones between

Jails in Southern California are taking steps to guard against fentanyl-related deaths among inmates, but some are still dying and now deputies and nurses at the institutions are facing the threat of exposure. Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco recently announced that fentanyl has been confirmed in the deaths of three inmates and suspected in two

Crews held to less than nine acres a brush fire that burned Saturday in the hills above Calabasas. If you fly, we can’t! Please, do not fly drones near wildfires… #IfYouFlyWeCant #NoDronesInFireZones pic.twitter.com/THidOuGg2E — LACoFireAirOps (@LACoFireAirOps) September 24, 2022 Officials deployed air support to the 8.7-acre blaze, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department.

The Bob Hope USO lounge at LAX was empty the day a young soldier walked in and asked to speak with a chaplain. The volunteer on duty told him she’d call and see if there was a chaplain available to come out to the airport. His flight was leaving in 45 minutes, he didn’t have

Here’s how California motorists compare to those in other states and where the most fatal crashes are. California, the nation’s most populous state, has about 396,540 miles of roads. There were about 10,498 fatal accidents on those roads from 2017 to 2019, according to the California Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System, and Transportation Injury Mapping

Vermont Avenue is the second-busiest transit corridor in Southern California after Wilshire Boulevard, yet plans to add a light rail train along the north-south artery from Hollywood to South L.A and beyond would take decades to complete and cost billions of dollars not yet in hand. In an effort to get something done faster, the

A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge did not find “any irregularity” with the way the Sheriff’s Department obtained search warrants for the homes and offices of Supervisor Sheila Kuehl and other county officials, according to a hearing Thursday, Sept. 22. Still, Judge William Ryan ruled he would not allow either the sheriff’s detectives, or

The long-awaited K Line rail system that would serve South LA, Crenshaw, Inglewood and Westchester will be opening to the public on Friday, Oct. 7, LA Metro CEO Stephanie Wiggins announced on Thursday, Sept. 22. After long delays, the 8.5-mile rail line, also known as the Crenshaw/Inglewood/LAX subway/light-rail line will open with service at the

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva and his opponent, retired Long Beach Police Chief Robert Luna, agreed on very little at their first debate ahead of a face-off in November, save for their mutual love of “The Big Bang Theory” and the Dodgers. Their appreciation of Sheldon and his friends elicited a high five between

Every fall, food journalists are inundated with a hefty crop of cookbooks dubbed the most-highly anticipated of the year. This September was no different. But imagine our delight when we sifted through dozens of titles on everything from French cakes to “modern hippie” food to discover that the very best — the ones that made

The state Attorney General’s Office on Tuesday seized control of a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department investigation into allegations of political corruption against the LA Metro and county Supervisor Sheila Kuehl over contracts awarded to a nonprofit organization run by one of Kuehl’s closest friends. The move by Attorney General Rob Bonta was confirmed in

PANORAMA CITY — A nurse who was stabbed in the neck while in the lobby at Mission Community Hospital in Panorama City remained hospitalized Tuesday while police continued their search for the assailant, who fled the scene. Los Angeles Police Department officers were called about 6:50 p.m. Monday to the hospital at 14850 Roscoe Blvd.,

By Dr. Emad Mikhail, Contributing writer With increasing age, the body’s immune system gets weaker, making the chances of getting sick higher. Vaccines help your immune system fight disease over time. They work by giving the body a weakened version of a bacteria or virus so it can make the right antibodies to fight off

ENCINO — A man was fatally shot early Monday morning during a robbery at a residence in Encino, and two suspects were being sought, police said. The shooting was reported about 6:30 a.m. on the 18000 block of Martha Street, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The victim, in his 20s, died at a

Temple Beth Emet on North Buena Street in Burbank. (Google Street View) Here is a sampling of upcoming faith gatherings in the San Fernando Valley. Sept. 17 Food drive for CSUN Food Pantry: The Community Concerns Committee at First Presbyterian Church of Granada Hills holds a non-perishable food drive to help stock the food pantry

California State University students, faculty and staff – spurred by massive pay raises for CSU executives earlier this summer – confronted the policymakers for the 23-campus system during a recent public meeting to call for better on-campus facilities and salary investments. Around 40 members of the California Faculty Association, which represents more than 29,000 CSU

Kester Avenue Elementary School in Sherman Oaks is on the 2022 National Blue Ribbon School list. (Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) The 2022 National Blue Ribbon Schools list of 297 schools was announced on Friday, Sept. 16, by U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona. Twenty-nine schools made the California list and 10