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El Monte Union board ditches new site for students with disabilities, igniting political storm

The Adult Transition Program will continue to operate in deteriorating trailers now that the board has scrapped $1.1 in design work on new quarters in Rosemead.

The El Monte Union High School District’s board of trustees voted Feb. 8 to re-integrate adult students with disabilities into its high schools. Feb 11, 2023 El Monte, CA. (Photo by John McCoy, Contributing Photographer)

The agreement announced Wednesday makes California at least the 17th state to settle pharmacy billing claims totaling $939 million with the St. Louis-based insurance giant.

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Centene to pay $215 million settlement to California for alleged Medicaid overbilling

The company admitted no wrongdoing but said it has improved billing and taken steps to make sure customers receive only the products they request.

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The Pill Club reaches $18.3 million Medicaid fraud settlement with California

Experts suggest the city potentially missed out on hundreds of thousands -- if not millions -- of dollars in revenue over the duration of the leases.

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As demand for truck storage spiked, Commerce let company set up parking lots for next to nothing

By Jason Henry

December 26, 2022 at 6:40 a.m.

Olivet University, which caters to divinity students from China and South Korea, is under investigation for fraud, money-laundering and labor trafficking.

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Embattled Riverside County Christian college under investigation for fraud, money-laundering

By Joe Nelson

December 18, 2022 at 7:00 a.m.

The 22-year-old suspected of killing 5 and injuring 25 in a shooting at a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs was arrested on suspicion of hate crime and murder charges, records show.

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Suspect in Colorado gay nightclub shooting arrested on suspicion of hate crimes, murder

By Elise Schmelzer

November 21, 2022 at 10:40 a.m.

The documents show a facility in Pennsylvania apparently had mold, Listeria and other food-safety issues.

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Beyond Meat internal documents describe dirty conditions at plant

By Bloomberg

November 21, 2022 at 9:51 a.m.

John Klene and Eduardo Dumbrique, who were teenagers when they were convicted in a 1997 murder in Hawthorne, say now-retired detectives conspired to convict them.

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After 23 years in prison, pair sues 4 LA deputies and an officer for wrongful murder conviction

By Joe Nelson

November 15, 2022 at 7:15 p.m.

An independent probe called the paramedics' conduct "inappropriate and inexcusable" despite their belief that coronavirus protocols prevented them from entering the facility to treat a man in full cardiac arrest.

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Report blisters Rialto firefighters for failing to enter acute care center to treat dying patient

By Joe Nelson

November 6, 2022 at 7:05 a.m.

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