Why I Started Mind’s Edge Publishing Someone once asked me why I didn’t publish my novels under a publishing company’s name. My question was simple. Why would I put someone else’s stamp…
The Rivera Girls – A Comedy Novel: “Lose the Attitude. Now” on Sale at Amazon
BY RAUL HERNANDEZ I started writing my novel The Rivera Girls in 2018, a few months after Pixar’s Coco hit theaters in November 2017. Coco went on to win Academy Awards for…
CRUSHER’S FUNERAL He’s Dead. The City Isn’t Done With Him. Now on Audiobook
“We’re not happy to be here. You see, we work homicide. Crime scenes and dead people. Not some goddamn blackmail scavenger hunt,” Grant said. “I’ve got cases backed up. Murders that…
For Sale: Books, Art and Other Stuff — Free Poetry
Notes, Thoughts, Art, Books and Poetry: STEPPING ON THE DEVIL’S TAIL — A CRIME NOVEL ************ ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Raul Hernandez is a former newspaper reporter who spent more than…
JUST SAYING: Does the Devil Take Checks?
JUST SAYING BY RAUL HERNANDEZ Trump has said his deportation policy was “too tough” and he’s open to making “a deal” that could keep some people here legally. — Huffington Post Orange…
Former LA County Deputy Sentence to Five Years and Seven Months in Pringles Can Heroin Case
LOS ANGELES — A former Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy was sentenced Thursday to 67 months in federal prison after admitting he tried to smuggle more than a pound of heroin hidden…
Ex-High Museum Chief Operating Officer Gets a Year in Prison for $607,000 Embezzlement
ATLANTA — The former chief operating officer of Atlanta’s High Museum of Art was sentenced Nov. 2 to one year in federal prison for stealing more than $600,000 from the museum to…
Feds: Mexican judge arrested over alleged $2 million bribe
LOS ANGELES — A Mexican federal judge was arrested in Colombia on U.S. charges alleging he accepted $2 million to order the release of a Canadian defendant in a cocaine trafficking case…
California woman charged in $18 million COVID-19 relief fraud scheme
Marisela Nuno, 53, faces wire fraud and money laundering charges over allegedly fraudulent PPP and EIDL applications seeking more than $18 million.
Former USPS Official Pleads Guilty in Contract Bribery Scheme
Pittsburgh —A former U.S. Postal Service procurement official who pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiring to commit bribery and honest services wire fraud in a scheme involving contracts worth hundreds of millions of…
Feds: Anaheim Woman Charged With Animal Crushing in Puppy’s Death
LOS ANGELES — An Anaheim woman faces a federal animal crushing charge after prosecutors alleged she used food to lure a pit bull puppy beneath her minivan and intentionally ran it over,…
Reputed Mexican Mafia Leader, 2 Associates Charged in Christmas Morning Killing
SANTA ANA, Calif. — A reputed Orange County Mexican Mafia leader and two alleged associates have been charged in the Christmas morning 2016 killing of a San Juan Capistrano man whose son…
California Doctor Gets 15 Years for $45 Million Botox Fraud
WASHINGTON — A California doctor was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in prison for submitting more than $45 million in fraudulent Medicare claims for Botox injections that were medically unnecessary or never…
I asked a young Hispanic Reporter: “You ever Heard of the Taco Beat?”
BY RAUL HERNANDEZ “You ever heard of the Taco Beat?” I asked a young Hispanic newspaper reporter that question in 2013 at a National Association of Hispanic Journalists gathering in Anaheim. He…
Former Contractor Accused of Posting Military Secrets on Social Media
James Thomas Ashbacher, 37, is accused of posting classified military materials online and stealing Army night vision goggles.