California
State regulators have moved to shut down a La Jolla investment firm whose owner allegedly sold unlicensed securities to investors in California and Arizona before committing suicide on a Carlsbad beach last month.
Oct. 20, 1989
Business
Following a two-year investigation, the Securities and Exchange Commission filed a civil fraud suit Monday against four former directors and a former president of the failed Heritage Bank, alleging that they manipulated the Anaheim bank’s common stock price for 18 months while concealing the bank’s shaky financial status.
March 11, 1986
Robert Bickford never expected to see a physician show up at his Heritage Thrift & Loan in Brea looking for an emergency loan.
Jan. 24, 1988
West Coast Bancorp said Friday that a growing amount of foreclosed properties and a corporate reorganization caused it to lose four times as much last year as in 1991.
Feb. 13, 1993
World & Nation
With Congress’ fund-raising hearings in their August recess, it is a good time to raise the larger questions of which they are a small part: Is discussion of U.S. foreign policy these days being increasingly beset with conflicts of interest?
Aug. 13, 1997
The Diversity, Inclusion, Equity and Accessibility Forum 2023
Brian Moskal is a partner at Greenberg Glusker LLP and serves as the co-chair of the firm’s diversity and inclusion committee.
Nov. 26, 2023
Huntington Savings and Loan Assn. was very thorough and provided a wealth of detail last month when it informed its minority shareholders about the events that led to a $600,000 fiscal-year loss and the firing of its controller.
Jan. 31, 1985
The company that makes Dial soap plans to buy a resonant piece of California heritage--the cleaning products with the 20-mule-team logo so closely linked with the history of borax mining in Death Valley.
Feb. 25, 1988
Re “The Social Security Crisis Gets Personal,” Commentary, April 12: Aw, c’mon, L.A. Times.
April 16, 2005
Entertainment & Arts
Sam Wanamaker’s New Globe Theater project is only one of dozens of causes seeking U.S. money to help preserve Britain’s cultural heritage.
Nov. 3, 1989