Opening statements were yesterday in Long Beach accountant Yasith Chhun’s trial on charges of allegedly spearheading a coup attempt in Cambodia, and jurors got a chance–so the Assistant U.S. Attorney said–to go inside Operation Volcano.
The Press-Telegram’s story today is from Greg Risling of The Associated Press.
Operation Volcano is reportedly the name of the group Chhun [...]

With this year’s fourth-ever Cambodian New Year Parade just four days away, the Press-Telegram’s Greg Mellen notes that Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Sok An–invited to the parade in December, by a delegation of Long Beach notables which included former councilman Evan Anderson Braude–will not attend.
This is welcome news to protestors in the Cambodian community, whose [...]

The lawyers finished picking a jury of Beachcomber newspaper Publisher Jay Beeler’s peers, and his trial opened yesterday in Long Beach Superior Court.
Beeler, as we noted yesterday, and as the Press-Telegram’s Wendy Thomas Russell has been telling you, faces two misdemeanor charges–obstructing a police officer and disobeying the order of a police officer–for his alleged [...]

Attorneys started picking a jury Monday to hear Beachcomber Publisher Jay Beeler’s Long Beach Superior Court trial, the Press-Telegram’s Wendy Thomas Russell writes this morning.
Beeler is accused of two misdemeanor offenses–obstructing a police officer and disobeying the order of a police officer–during last year’s tragic fire at the Galaxy Towers condo complex, 2999 E. Ocean [...]

Get ready to do a spit-take over this morning’s Press-Telegram, ’cause here goes:
As the P-T’s Hanna Chu reports, Prince Andrew of Britain–yes, that’s Prince Andrew of Britain–was in Compton yesterday to attend the opening of what the newspaper calls “a much-needed grocery store”: the latest franchise of Fresh & Easy.
It’s a British chain, and Prince [...]

Uh … remember when we told you yesterday about that Los Angeles jury which had deadlocked on the fate of two police officer brothers accused of being part of a home invasion robbery ring that allegedly targeted suspected drug dealers and their families?
Well, they did deadlock–on 18 felony counts. But as the Press-Telegram’s Wendy Thomas [...]

Remember a couple of weeks ago, when we told you about that trial of the two brothers who were ex-cops–and accused of being part of a home invasion robbery ring that allegedly targeted suspected drug dealers and their families?
The Press-Telegram’s Wendy Thomas Russell hits some high notes in her follow-up today: turns out the jury [...]

Sorry, no free lobsters; just had to get your attention.
What we do have is the Press-Telegram’s Wendy Thomas Russell writing on a multi-million dollar whistle-blower lawsuit brought by three Long Beach police officers against the City of Long Beach, alleging the men were discriminated against after reporting that their brother officers “were misusing a police [...]

Two ex-police officer brothers, one from Long Beach, on trial now
As you read this, listen closely and you may hear the sound of a story being optioned. How could this one not be? It’s a natural.

St. Mary Medical Center sues city–or does it?
Interesting Press-Telegram piece over the weekend. Apparently Catholic Healthcare West, the parent corporation of St. Mary Medical Center, has three separate breach-of-contract lawsuits going against the City of Long Beach.