LOS ANGELES — A licensed Anaheim Hills acupuncturist was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison Tuesday for fraudulently billing Amtrak’s healthcare plan for millions of dollars’ worth of acupuncture, massages and facials that either were medically unnecessary or were never provided. Guiqiong Xiao “Kimi” Gudmundsen, 53, pleaded guilty in Los Angeles federal court in…
Representatives of the Church of Christian Science in Southern California on Tuesday said they were “stunned and saddened” following the revelation of a scheme by one of their members to loot about $11.5 million from the church’s historic Hollywood branch over a decade. Charles Sebesta, a 54-year-old from Huntington Beach, now faces up to 60…
San Bernardino County sheriff’s officials on Tuesday were investigating the deaths of two people whose bodies were found in the forest near Big Bear Deputies in Big Bear found a vehicle in the parking lot near Cougar Crest Trail at around 2 a.m. on Monday that belonged to a missing person, 27-year-old Ria Williams, of…
Authorities have made public 911 calls fielded by emergency operators the foggy morning of the fatal Kobe Bryant helicopter crash.
Authorities say the gunman is a 33-year-old man from Maryland but it remains unclear what prompted the shooting.
CUDAHY — Fire caused the roof of a commercial building in Cudahy to collapse early Tuesday morning before firefighters were able to extinguish most of the blaze. Los Angeles County Fire Department crews responded to the vacant building near Atlantic Avenue and Cecilia Street about 3:15 a.m. “After about 10, 15 minutes of fighting the…
For nearly a decade, the jail in San Pedro stood vacant and shuttered.
Tony Cerda Park in Pomona can’t seem to catch a break
When he was a boy in San Bernardino, Ramiro Gómez Jr. shared his dreams of becoming an artist with his grandmother.
As high school seniors enter the dreaded waiting period for college admission decisions, Lynwood students recently celebrated 381 instant admissions and $5.8 million in scholarship offers in one day from historically black colleges.
