Saturday, May 16


News briefs

City levies fines against alleged money launderers The city’s Ethics Commission levied $147,000 in fines against 13 people allegedly involved in political money laundering, officials said. Read more...



“˜Apprentice’ visits alma mater

A full house of graduate students, professors, business leaders and fans gathered to hear national celebrity Kelly Perdew speak on his experiences on Donald Trump’s hit television show “The Apprentice II” Wednesday at Korn Hall in the UCLA Anderson School of Management. Read more...


Activists speak at UCLA

Three Palestinian students from universities in the Gaza strip spoke at UCLA on Wednesday about their experiences living under Israeli military occupation. Hekmat Bessiso, Adel El-Ghoul and Mustafa Al-Kayali are student activists against the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. Read more...



In the berry patch

Kirk Larson can describe the scene perfectly: it’s nearly 5 p.m. and the workers have gone home. The sun is setting on a long day of labor in the strawberry fields of Irvine and in the distance, Larson can make out his two teenage sons traversing the horizon on horseback. Read more...