According to the Orange County Register, in a single day this year three pedestrians were killed and one cyclist was critically wounded in a series of unrelated accidents on Orange County, California roads. Two of the three fatal accidents occurred less than three miles apart from each other, along a stretch of the Pacific Coast…
Seventy seven year old Jack Becker of Anaheim, California was reportedly heading back home after a night at the races when he was struck by a passing vehicle. Becker was seen leaving the Los Alamitos Racetrack and attempting to cross Katella Avenue at Siboney Street just after dusk. Witnesses say that Becker stepped into the…
Shortly after selling his Orange County, California appliance business to BAS Appliance Gallery (a subsidiary of Champ Industries of Houston, Texas), Ray Harmon discovered that the large corporation had no intention of paying nearly a million dollars that was still due on the purchase price. Harmon decided to take on the corporation, and filed suit…
Twelve individuals, most of them chiropractors, were arrested in Orange County, California and will be charged in relation to an insurance over-billing scheme. The arrests resulted from a sting operation that targeted illegal patient referral and insurance over-billing tactics by Orange County, California physicians and attorneys. The district attorney’s office, working from a list provided…
When Los Angeles Police responded to a call reporting a man with a gun, they immediately found themselves in a high speed pursuit of several men in a car. The suspects very quickly tossed two handguns out of the window of the moving vehicle. Sometime later, the driver lost control of the vehicle and slammed…
Amy Beringhaus of Lakeside, California, was out for her regular morning run with her husband and two dogs when tragedy struck. The thirty-five year old web designer was struck and killed by a passing car when she attempted to cross the street. Beringhaus’ husband reported to police that he had seen the car, and was…
Forty-six year old William Detore was cycling in his home town of Sacramento California when he was run over and killed by a Sacramento city bus, which was heading west on L street past the California state Capitol. No passengers were injured. Investigators are still trying to determine if Detore crashed into the side of…
When Ronald and Mona Krebs decided to retire and sell their Orange County, California computer sales and service business, they used a business broker to find a buyer – Mr. Michael Kalashian of Nevada. While they agreed to sell Kalashian their business, they did not agree to sell him substantial business assets consisting of a…
Eighty-five construction workers employed by SelectBuild (a subsidiary of BMHC Corporation) in California, Arizona and Nevada filed suit against their employer recently. The workers claimed that their employer cheated them out of pay for hours they had worked by refusing to pay overtime and by not paying for hours worked while employees were either travelling…
While there are many organizations that oversee olive oil quality around the world, the US follows the USDA 1948 classification system. In California, the 2008 California State Senate Bill SB634 made olive oil labeling requirements much stronger for products sold in California. According to California Law, olive oil labeled as “’Extra Virgin Olive Oil’ means…
