Travel & Experiences
Re “Tollway Drivers Hit With Fee Hike,” Dec. 14: It’s time the toll roads incorporate value pricing.
Jan. 13, 2002
Business
ACE Cash Express, a leading payday lender, has agreed to pay $10 million to settle federal allegations it used false threats of lawsuits and other illegal tactics to pressure customers with overdue loans to borrow more to pay them off.
July 10, 2014
California
Officials of financially troubled United States International University have listed the sale of the school’s interest in KUSI-TV (Channel 51) as a key to raising badly needed capital.
Dec. 11, 1989
Two armed men ambushed a nightclub owner arriving home from work early Friday, tied him and his wife up as two of their children slept in another room and escaped with $125,000 in cash and jewelry, according to police and family members.
June 15, 1991
Trans World Airlines Inc., weighted down with debt and buffeted by an industry-wide slump, Friday became the nation’s fifth major air carrier in little more than a year to file for bankruptcy court protection from creditors.
Feb. 1, 1992
Election: Ninety-three percent OK incorporation, but turnout is small.
March 7, 2001
U.S. bank regulators on Tuesday announced a settlement, including $325,000 in penalties, with ACE Cash Express and the parent of California-based Goleta National Bank over “unsound” payday-lending practices.
Oct. 30, 2002
Incorporation papers filed by the Church of Spiritual Technology seemingly contradict public assurances by church officials that their planned training center here will not be used as a base to espouse the tenets of Scientology.
June 13, 1985
Residents have expressed fear and outrage over what they describe as harassment and intimidation by supporters of the Church of Scientology’s plans to buy a 198-acre former hospital complex in the foothills here.
June 20, 1985
As a weakening California economy forces many cities to cut programs, services and personnel, the Mission Viejo City Council will consider a proposal to return a total of $10 million in tax rebates to its citizens.
Dec. 24, 1991