Riverside investor losses prompt questions over firm crackdown
Riverside, Calif. Hundreds of seniors lost life savings after authorities closed D W Heath & Associates amid a $178 million Ponzi scheme. In 1998 the state ordered the firm to stop selling unregistered securities, but investors say they weren’t informed. Heath, led by Daniel W Heath, 47, pleaded innocent to 233 charges as prosecutors weigh delays and agency role.
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Riverside
Calif
California
D.W. Heath & Associates
State Department of Corporations
Heath
Department of Corporations
Marjorie McIntosh
Hemet
Michael Silverman
Riverside County District Attorney’s Office
Securities and Exchange Commission
Elinor Morris
Brea
Daniel W. Heath
Chino Hills
Denis Timothy O'Brien
John William Heath
Superior Court
Southern California
Fire season looms as California officials weigh closures
Fire officials fear a severe season after wildfires scorched more than 48 000 acres in a week in Southern California. Angeles National Forest supervisor Jody Norton warned that ongoing heat and dryness could force drastic steps including restricting forest use or closing areas, with homes evacuated and thousands endangered.
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Los Angeles
California
Angeles National Forest
Jody Norton
Norton
Stanton Florea
National Forest
Media appeal seeks end to secrecy in Jackson case
Media lawyer Theodore Boutrous Jr. asks the California Court of Appeal to unseal hundreds of documents sealed by Superior Court Judge Rodney Melville in Michael Jackson's child molestation case. He argues First Amendment rights and public access outweigh celebrity jealously and seeks lift of secrecy and removal of a publicity gag order.
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Jackson
Los Angeles
Michael Jackson
State 2Nd District Court of Appeal
Theodore Boutrous Jr
Boutrous
California
Associated Press
Rodney Melville
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