Ray Turner

Say "Cheese" (for a Really Long Time)

Last Call: Wayne Thiebaud's Palettes of Palates on view through Sunday at Pasadena Museum of CA Art

Until a major Cézanne retrospective or a survey of Dutch still life paintings comes to local museums, the best dose of foodie art is on view now and lasts only through the end of the week. Wayne Thiebaud: 70 Years of Painting at the Pasadena Museum of California Art closes on Sunday, January 31. Th ... More >>

Hammer Time: Pellicano's End, Judge's Verdicts, Juror's Accusal

Misconduct in the jury room? No fuzzy sentences for Pellicano associates

Pellicano Co-Defendant Kevin Kachikian Sentenced

"I'm not a warm fuzzy type," Judge Dale Fischer told Kevin Kachikian at his sentencing today. As an understatement, the icy jurist's comment ranks just below, "Houston, we have a problem." But there was no need to point this out to Kachikian - he knew all about it. Last year he was one of five men ... More >>

Crossing Jordison: A Pellicano Juror Feels Betrayed by System

On Tuesday afternoon Judge Dale Fischer lowered the hammer on three of Anthony Pellicano's convicted co-defendants, and the resulting sentences and handcuffings that each man received brought a sudden finality to this case involving racketeering, wiretapping and conspiracy. Still, the hearing had a ... More >>

Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

Dem on Dem Payback State Assembly Speaker Karen Bass (D-L.A.) disciplined three members of her party for not voting to put spending limits on the ballot -- part of a key compromise Democrats made to finally pass a budget with Republicans. Stripped of their committee chairmanships were Black Caucus l ... More >>

Day of Wrath: Anthony Pellicano's Co-defendants Get Sentenced

When they put the cuffs on Ray Turner the convictions that had ended the Anthony Pellicano trial last May suddenly seemed real. On Tuesday afternoon the racketeering verdicts now acquired the metallic sound of consequences and finality -- coming after federal Judge Dale Fischer, having read Turner h ... More >>

On Trial: Pellicano, Scat-Porn King Ira Isaacs, Designer Anand Jon

Verdicts are never the last word in court

Guilty As Charged: Anthony Pellicano trial ends with prosecution victory

Anthony Pellicano, onetime “P.I. to the Stars,” was convicted today of 76 of the 77 counts he faced for racketeering, wire fraud and identity theft. As Judge Dale Fischer began reading the first of the jury’s guilty verdicts at 12:15 p.m., Pellicano displayed the stoic bravado he showed throu ... More >>

Pellicano Verdict Watch

Will he be a free bird or a jailbird?

In the Jury’s Lap: Pellicano Trial Finishes

The fate of the Pellicano Gang of Five rests with the jury, now that closing arguments have concluded. Attorney Mona Soo Hoo began the morning by announcing that “This case is about dualities.” She then enumerated a list of dialectical opposites that described perceptions of her client, former p ... More >>

Pellicano Trial Bombshell

Witness shocker throws trial in turmoil For days Chad Hummel had been uncharacteristically quiet as the trial of famed private eye Anthony Pellicano and four codefendants wound down this week. Normally Hummel’s baritoned objections could be heard ricocheting off the walls on behalf of his clien ... More >>

Pellicano Defense Goes on the Offense

Sparky remembers to forget On Thursday the prosecution’s guns in the racketeering trial of Anthony Pellicano and four co-defendants fell silent as the government rested its case-in-chief that afternoon. Friday morning came and spectators filled Courtroom 890 in the Roybal Federal Building to watc ... More >>