SACRAMENTO, California, Aug. 25 -- The Judicial Council of California issued the following opinion (No. S267138) on Aug. 24, 2023: * * * In the Supreme Court of California, Sixth Appellate District THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. MONICA MARIE MARTINEZ, Defendant and Appellant. Justice Kruger authored the opinion of the Court, in which Chief Justice Guerrero and Justices Corrigan, Liu, Groban, Jenkins, and Evans concurred. Opinion of the Court by Kruger, J. Since 1941, a Department  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Aug. 25 -- The Judicial Council of California issued the following opinion (No. B320820) on Aug. 24, 2023: * * * In the Court of Appeal of the State of California, Second Appellate District, Division Two PETER FISCHL, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMAPNY, Defendant and Respondent. ORDER MODIFYING OPINION NO CHANGE IN THE JUDGMENT THE COURT: It is ordered that the opinion filed herein on August 3, 2023, be modified as follows: 1. In the captio  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Aug. 25 -- The Judicial Council of California issued the following opinion (No. S263972) on Aug. 24, 2023: * * * In the Supreme Court of California, Second Appellate District, Division Eight PICO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. CITY OF SANTA MONICA, Defendant and Appellant. Justice Evans authored the opinion of the Court, in which Chief Justice Guerrero and Justices Corrigan, Liu, Kruger, Groban, and Jenkins concurred. Opinion of the C  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Aug. 25, 2023: A California man pleaded guilty yesterday to fraudulently obtaining $345,108 in COVID-19 pandemic relief loans from a financial institution and the Small Business Administration (SBA). According to court documents, Artur Chanchikyan, 55, of Los Angeles, was the owner of Gentle Touch Home Health Care Inc. (Gentle Touch), a home health agency that was located in North Hollywood, California.   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Aug. 25, 2023: A Rochester man was sentenced today to 216 months in prison, equivalent to 18 years, followed by five years of supervised release for attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization. According to court documents, Muhammad Masood, 31, a licensed medical doctor in Pakistan, was formerly employed as a research coordinator at a medical clinic in Rochester, Minnesota,  more

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, California, Aug. 26 -- President Biden answered questions during a press gaggle on Aug. 25, 2023, at the Crossing at Tahoe Valley: * * * Q: Mr. President, are you concerned about a potential UAW strike, sir? Q: Mr. President -- THE PRESIDENT: I've been talking to the UAW. Obviously, I'm concerned. I think that there should be a circumstance where the jobs that are being displaced and replaced with new jobs, they should go to the -- the first choice should go to the UAW memb  more