Business | FTC slams pharmacy benefit managers CVS, Cigna, UnitedHealth for high drug prices Years of dealmaking have created much larger enterprises the FTC says exert “significant control" over drugs, prices, and which pharmacies” patients can go to.
Business | Pepper spray still used every day in LA County juvenile halls, despite supervisors’ orders to stop
News | Central Basin GM sidestepped controls for company tied to bribery case, investigators say By Jason Henry June 16, 2024 at 7:01 a.m. An independent probe revealed at least 100 emails had been deleted from Alex Rojas' accounts...
Crime and Public Safety | Fontana’s widely condemned interrogation helps fuel efforts to stop police from lying By Tony Saavedra June 14, 2024 at 4:56 p.m. California is shifting to police interrogation training based on empathy and honesty rather than deceptive...
News | 2 Pasadena doctors accused of gross negligence for excessive opiate prescriptions By Joe Nelson June 14, 2024 at 2:46 p.m. The Medical Board of California recommended that Drs. Robert D. Siew and Elisa Cuellar Alvarado...
News | Coroner: Former Palm Desert Assemblymember Brian Nestande died of drug overdose By Joe Nelson May 30, 2024 at 7:29 a.m. An investigation is underway to determine how he obtained the fentanyl and cocaine found in...
Business | IRS addressing wide disparity in audit rates between Black taxpayers, other filers By The Associated Press May 2, 2024 at 12:33 p.m. A study found that IRS data-driven algorithms selected Black taxpayers for auditing at up to...
Housing | Sold your home to Opendoor? California sellers getting piece of $62 million settlement By Samantha Gowen April 3, 2024 at 11:02 a.m. Nearly 2,500 sellers are getting a median refund of $1,553 after the company "tricked them...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY News | Commerce turned blind eye to bulk liquor store operating illegally out of a city-owned warehouse By Jason Henry February 28, 2024 at 4:58 p.m. L.A. Wholesalers has ties to businessman who received cheap rents from the city for other...