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ICE arrests 9 and recovers $65M in cash in Fashion District bust Federal authorities Wednesday arrested nine people and seized approximately $65 million in cash in a massive sweep of the Fashion District used as money laundering for Mexican drug cartels. The raids, conducted by approximately 1,000 officers with the DEA, ICE, IRS and FBI, were carried early Wednesday morning on Fashion District businesses in Los Angeles The businesses were suspected of using “Black Market Peso Exchange” schemes to launder drug money for international cartels, the Department of Justice said. In one of three cases unsealed Wednesday alleges that the Sinaloa Drug Cartel used a Fashion District business to accept and launder ransom payments to secure the release of a United States citizen who was kidnapped by the organization after Please see page 5
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Santa Anita Park seeking Breeders’ Cup 18 Year old runs for State Water volunteers - Oct. 31 & Nov. 1 Assembly – will challenge official Chris Holden’s seat sentenced BY SHEL SEGAL to 180 He might be the running against Chris youngest candidate ever Holden. I wanted to get days in jail to run for statewide office involved.”
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Santa Anita Park, which will host the Breeders’ Cup World Championships for an unprecedented third consecutive year on Oct. 31 & Nov. 1, is seeking volunteers from the local community to help accommodate the needs of the many thousands of visitors that are anticipated over the two days at The Great Race Place.
Volunteers are needed to assist in a variety of patron services: Greeting racing fans as they enter the track’s grounds, escorting horse owners from their seats to and from the Paddock, staffing various areas to answer questions and provide directions, coordinating traffic arrangements and staffing the Breeders’
Cup Press Center. Breeders’ Cup volunteers will have an opportunity to be involved with a world-class sports event that will be televised nationally on NBC Sports Group. Those interested are encouraged to contact Sheila Solis at (626) 574-6663, or via email at sheilasolis@santaanita.com.
in California history. But 18-year-old Nathaniel Tsai is still hoping to get your vote. Tsai is running on the Republican ticket for the state Assembly seat that is held by Democratic incumbent Chris Holden in a district that stretches along Interstate 210 from Pasadena to Upland, excluding the city of Arcadia. He entered the primary season late and utilizing the write-in vote, beat out two other write-in candidates. Now he’s poised to fight an admittedly uphill battle in a heavily Democratic district. But Tsai is not letting that stop him. “My friends and I were originally looking for internships to get involved with,” Tsai said. “We didn’t see anyone
A 2013 graduate of San Marino High School who is studying government at Claremont McKenna College, Tsai said he doesn’t lean as far to the right as much of the party outside California does. “I’m socially moderate and fiscally conservative,” he said. “The issues I felt were most important to me this election were the fiscal issues.” “I am really against Common Core,” he said. “In the state of California it’s probably not going to get repealed. Fourteen out of 38 states that had Common Core repealed it in less than three years.” (Shel Segal can be reached at ssegal@ beaconmedianews.com and followed via Twitter @ segallanded).
The treasurer of the West Basin Municipal Water District pleaded guilty today to charges that he embezzled nearly $20,000 from the agency to pay for tennis and dance lessons for his children and repairs on his boat, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced. Ronald Craig Smith, 55, pleaded guilty to one count of conflict of interest before Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Thomas Sokolov. He was immediately sentenced to 180 days in county jail and placed on probation for five years. As part of a negotiated plea, Smith submitted his resignation today to the West Basin Municipal Water District, and he turned over a $10,000 check to the Please see page 4