Kamala D. Harris

Judge hears claims of neglect in prison psych wards

2013-06-19 13:25:00

Inmates are shuffled through a prison psychiatric ward without adequate care or attention, leading to two deaths, including the water-intoxication of a mentally ill man who previously nearly drank himself to death, lawyers for California prisoners told...

Agency settles dispute over Sean Parker wedding

2013-06-18 23:34:00

MENLO PARK, Calif. — It was bad enough that his multimillion-dollar wedding became a symbol of Silicon Valley excess. But then billionaire tech guru Sean Parker was blasted in the headlines as an environmental menace over party preparations that had...

Antonio Villaraigosa: 'I fully expect' to run for governor someday

2013-06-18 14:12:00

Outgoing Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Tuesday gave one of his most specific hints about his continuing interest in running for California governor -- telling KPCC radio host Larry Mantle that he wants the job and expects to run one day....

California Attorney General Harris targets movie piracy ring

2013-06-14 18:47:00

California Atty. Gen. Kamala D. Harris has filed criminal charges against three San Francisco Bay Area brothers for allegedly operating an illegal website that allowed users to watch bootleg versions of copyrighted television shows and movies. Hop Hoang,...

Senate rejects bill on prescription monitoring program

2013-05-28 22:47:00

Amid opposition from the pharmaceutical industry, state senators Tuesday failed to pass a bill that would have significantly enhanced a prescription monitoring program aimed at curbing drug abuse and overdose deaths. Under the proposed legislation,...

California Senate passes bill to curb prescription drug abuse

2013-05-31 00:14:00

The state Senate on Thursday unanimously passed the last bill in a broad package of proposed reforms aimed at combating prescription drug abuse and mounting overdose deaths in California. The bills, inspired by a series of investigative stories in The...

Orange County producer gets 27 years in B-movie Ponzi scheme

2013-06-05 16:17:00

An Orange County movie producer convicted of bilking mostly elderly investors out of $9.5 million in a Ponzi scam involving B movies such as “Confessions of a Pit Fighter” and “Lake Dead” has been sentenced to 27 years in state...

California Senate backs plan to enhance prescription monitoring

2013-05-30 14:26:00

The California Senate unanimously approved a bill Thursday that would significantly enhance a prescription-monitoring program aimed at curbing drug abuse and overdose deaths. The bill passed after sponsors made�concessions to overcome pharmaceutical...

Atty. Gen. Harris hopeful Senate will back prescription monitoring

2013-05-29 09:22:00

Despite the state Senate's failure to pass a bill Tuesday that would have improved a prescription-drug monitoring program, a spokesman for Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris said the state's top law enforcement official was hopeful that the measure would succeed...

Miley Cyrus tops Maxim's Hot 100 list, with other Disney alumnae

2013-05-10 17:27:00

Miley Cyrus has topped Maxim's Hot 100 list -- a fact that is officially making us shudder. Cyrus' co-Disney alum Selena Gomez, singer Rihanna, FHM's sexiest woman Mila Kunis, Oscar-winner Jennifer Lawrence, actress Jennifer Love Hewitt, Disney alum...

California sues JPMorgan Chase over debt-collection practices

2013-05-09 13:31:00

SACRAMENTO -- The state is suing JPMorgan Chase for what is says are illegal debt-collection methods against tens of thousands of California credit card consumers. The suit, filed by Atty. Gen. Kamala D. Harris is Los Angeles County Superior Court on...

California sues JPMorgan over debt collection tactics

2013-05-09 18:23:00

In a lawsuit that echoes the worst abuses of the foreclosure crisis, the state's top law enforcement official is suing the nation's largest bank, accusing it of using aggressive and illegal tactics to collect credit card debt from thousands of...

California Attorney General Kamala Harris confident prescription drug monitoring bill will pass later this week, spokesman says.

2013-05-17 00:00:00

California Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris, joined by Sen. Mark DeSaulnier at a news conference, supported a measure calling for greater monitoring of prescription drugs.

2013-04-15 00:00:00

Democratic State Chairman John Burton chats with U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, right, and California Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris, left, at the party's 2011 state convention in Sacramento.

2013-04-12 19:31:00