The owner and operator of a Santa Ana investment firm that advertised safe investments in the pages of the Orange County Register and Los Angeles Times has been sentenced to 144 months in federal prison for operating a Ponzi scheme that collected more than $10 million from more than 35 victims, man ... More >>
​Little Saigon's First Vietnamese American Bank, which as the name suggests opened five years ago as the first U.S. bank with a core clientele of Vietnamese immigrants, was shut down by regulators Friday night.The bank at 8990 Westminster Blvd., Westminster, reopened today under new management an ... More >>
CORRECTION: Previous details on acquisition of American Sterling Bank were incorrect. A federal agency has concluded former bank president and co-CEO Lawrence Dodge violated the law, breached his fiduciary duties, engaged in unsound business practices and filed false and misleading reports, includin ... More >>
In light of all the teabagging going on today, the Weekly's Favorite Lefty Who Leads a Jazz Trio, Ron Kobayashi, wonders why the teabaggers' corporate sponsor, Fox News, "failed to organize any protests when George W. Bush created $500 billion budget deficits by spending more than any president befo ... More >>
Chapman University's annual economic forecast has been known to be overly sunny, but even this year's had to acknowledge that it'll suck huevos through the end of the next year. However, as they faced a crowd of 1,200 huddled in the Orange County Performing Arts Center on Tuesday, Esmael Adibi and ... More >>
OC manufacturer says Edisons demand for $31,000 deposit is extortion
