Homeowners and buyers, come April 15, mortgage giant Fannie Mae will have you and appraisers by the throat when it launches a new home valuation program. The launch of “Value Acceptance + Property Data” means someone with handheld technology is going to stroll through your house and around the property. It could be a real…
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Put on your pastels and grab a basket — it’s time for Easter and spring festivities! Here’s a look at various events, from egg hunts to pancake breakfasts and more, around Orange County over the next few weeks. Anaheim: Treats and free activities will be found at the Downtown Anaheim Farmers Market from 11 a.m.…
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Festival Pass is a newsletter that lands in your inbox weekly. But during prime festival season you get bonus editions, too! Subscribe now. Happy Thursday! There’s nothing wrong with a little tease, but in a time when instant gratification is just a click away, actually having to wait for something seems like torture. Earlier this week, Los…
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By FRED SHUSTER | City News Service Suspended Los Angeles City Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas was convicted today of federal bribery and conspiracy charges, along with mail and wire fraud, stemming from his time serving on the county Board of Supervisors and accommodations provided to his son by a then-USC dean. Ridley-Thomas showed no reaction as…
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Despite a series of legal challenges from Big Labor groups, a recent California appeals court issued a ruling upholding Proposition 22’s constitutionality. This is a win for the gig economy and for freelancers nationwide who comprise a growing share of the U.S. workforce. Prop. 22 is a 2020 ballot measure designed as a direct rebuke…
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I’ve been a Placentia-based immigration attorney for the past decade, but I’ve never forgotten the story of a young Salvadoran man I met several years ago. When Enrique (a pseudonym to protect his privacy), a married father with two school-age children, witnessed a police murder in his village, his world turned upside down. Soon after…
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Travelers Cos. released its annual survey on the leading causes of distracted driving in the face of an alarming reality: more than 46,000 people die in preventable traffic crashes in the United States in 2022. That’s up 9% from 2020, according to the National Safety Council, when the pandemic tightened its grip. Chris Hayes, assistant…
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Lan Nguyen, a trustee at Garden Grove Unified School District, is running for mayor. Nguyen, an attorney, wants to bring “renewed energy and optimism to City Hall,” he said. “I have spent over 30 years fighting for the vulnerable people and advocating for my community,” said Nguyen. “Garden Grove will need a strong voice that…
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A happy, upbeat friend does not watch television news, whether national or local, does not read a newspaper and avoids discussing politics, religion or even sports. Self-employed, he found out about something called the coronavirus while driving to work the day the California lockdown mandate began. That morning he encountered no traffic on the normally…
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While many Republican and conservative Californians are big fans of Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, no one should forget that Bianco is fundamentally a tool of the county’s most powerful public employee union, the Riverside Sheriffs’ Association. The union put him up to run in 2018, spent lavishly to get him elected and now essentially…
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