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    December 16, 2010

    22 Southern California Homeowners Protesting Foreclosures Arrested At Chase Bank

    Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment Protesters demand banks save their homes​Peggy and Alvin Mears, of Fontana, never missed a mortgage payment. Now, Peggy's been arrested.The couple was paying their monthly $1,299 fee towards a modification loan and were working to secure a permane ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2010

    Angelenos Spending More -- A Lot More

    ​If your wallet is empty pat yourself on the back: You just might be an integral part of the economic recovery. The average Los Angeles household spent $3,600 in March, $600 more than one year ago, according to Bundle (via LA Biz Observed). Considering that the figure does not include mortgag ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2010

    Tax Preperer Sentenced For Helping Clients Score Unreal Deductions

    ​A Gardena man who told clients he was a former Internal Revenue Service worker and found them too-good-to-be-true deductions was sentenced to six years in federal prison Monday in part for costing the government $2.7 in tax revenue that he illegally shaved from customers' returns through thos ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2009

    Another Bank Bites It: First Federal Of Santa Monica To Be Taken Over

    ​The UCLA Anderson Forecast, the president and the stock market (on some days) say the recession is over, but banks keep going bust. The latest victim was Santa Monica-based First Federal Bank, which was closed Friday by the federal Office of Thrift Supervision. Pasadena-based OneWest Bank an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 11, 2009

    Scoundrel Time: Alleged Mortgage Frauds Increasing

    Today flyers posted on telephone poles advertising mortgage fixers are as ubiquitous in L.A. as gardeners' business cards. The collapse of the sub-prime mortgage market, combined with a plummeting economy and a questionable sense of rescue created by the Obama administration have led many Californi ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 8, 2009

    Todd Barry Funny

    Today flyers posted on telephone poles advertising mortgage fixers are as ubiquitous in L.A. as gardeners' business cards. The collapse of the sub-prime mortgage market, combined with a plummeting economy and a questionable sense of rescue created by the Obama administration have led many Californi ... More >>

  • News

    October 30, 2008

    Barack Obama's Slippery Fund-Raising Slope

    Small donors aside, he's awash in cash from big labor and business. Can he say no?

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2008

    Los Angeles Median Home Value: $380,000

    Amazing story in this week's Los Angeles Business Journal, which has been beating the hell out of the Los Angeles Times in reporting on all the billionaires in L.A. who have lost vast sums — including Kirk Kerkorian, Sumner Restore, Eli Broad — or those whose companies have vanished or might get ... More >>

  • News

    October 9, 2008

    Sexual Orientation of McCain's Senate Chief of Staff Revealed

    But it's Mark Buse's Freddie Mac connections that go mainstream

  • News

    July 17, 2008

    Gramm Cracker Crust: John McCain's Surrogate Trouble

    Indy Mac implodes and Johnny Mac's exposed, as econ guru suffers from recession of the brain

  • News

    October 24, 2002

    Preying for Money

    L.A. considers law to slam door on unethical loans

  • News

    December 9, 1999

    MOVIN' ON UP

    How Lee Baca bought a $750,000 house with no money down

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