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Dec 29, 2005
Restaurateur seeks new spot / Church of Scientology, owner of historic Ramona building, negotiates to move tenants — Sacramento Bee (California)
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Sacramento Bee (California) A year ago, Luis Leyva Jr. opened Luis Jr.'s Mexican Food Restaurant in downtown Sacramento.
Housed in what used to be a Japanese eatery, Luis Jr.'s is in the Ramona building, a former hotel at Sixth and J streets.
"This is my dream," Leyva said last week during an interview at the place bearing his name. "This is what I've always wanted - my own restaurant downtown."
But Leyva may soon
Dec 21, 2005
New Life, old tricks — Bay Guardian (San Francisco)
Dec 18, 2005
From Mysterious Property Buyer to Community Presence — Los Angeles Times (California)
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Claire Hoffman Source:
Los Angeles Times (California) When a mysterious buyer expressed interest in the old, bankrupt Gilman Hot Springs resort in 1978, Richard J. Hoag thought it might be a group of expatriates from Rhodesia. Others whispered that maybe the Mafia or the Moonies were moving onto the 500-acre property near Hemet.
Only much later did anyone learn that the buyer — which paid $2.78 million and went by the names Scottish Highland Quietude Society and Western States Scientific Assn. — was really the Church of Scientology. ...
Dec 18, 2005
Tom Cruise and Scientology — Los Angeles Times (California)
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Claire Hoffman Source:
Los Angeles Times (California) Tom Cruise studied intensively at the remote compound near Hemet while becoming a passionate messenger for the church.
GILMAN HOT SPRINGS, Calif. — Nearly 30 years ago, the Church of Scientology bought a dilapidated and bankrupt resort here and turned the erstwhile haven for Hollywood moguls and starlets into a retreat for L. Ron Hubbard, the science fiction writer who founded the religion.
Today, the out-of-the-way 500-acre compound near Hemet has quietly grown into one of Scientology's major bases of operation, ...
Dec 17, 2005
Scientology's inland empire — Los Angeles Times (California)
Nov 15, 2005
Hidden Scientology compound — KRQEMore: Follow-up 1 , Follow-up 2
Oct 28, 2005
25 years later, a high-profile Superior Court case is still on the active list — Metropolitan News-Enterprise (Los Angeles, California)
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Roger M. Grace Source:
Metropolitan News-Enterprise (Los Angeles, California) A jury trial is slated to start in Los Angeles Superior Court Tuesday in a case in which an attorney who failed to secure a written representation agreement is seeking to recover the reasonable value of her services. So far, that probably seems hum drum. What makes this case worthy of note is that the proceeding will take place in Case No. C332027 — which was filed on July 28, 1980. The name of this 25-year-old case will probably sound familiar. ...
Oct 26, 2005
Consultant sentenced in investment scam — Los Angeles Times (California)
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E. Scott Reckard Source:
Los Angeles Times (California) A former Southern California business consultant received a four-month prison sentence for conspiring to obstruct a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation of financial advisor Reed E. Slatkin's $593-million investment scam, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. Daniel W. Jacobs helped stall the SEC for more than a year by pretending to represent a Swiss brokerage holding hundreds of millions of dollars in funds from Slatkin investors, according to his plea agreement with the government. Jacobs, 63, who pleaded guilty and cooperated extensively with ...
Oct 15, 2005
Former hotel to see rebirth as church — Sacramento Bee (California)
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Bob Shalitt Source:
Sacramento Bee (California) Another downtown landmark has been sold and targeted for remodeling. But the 76-year-old Ramona building at Sixth and J streets won't become office condos or upscale housing. It's becoming a church - the new area center of the Church of Scientology, known for celebrity members such as Tom Cruise, John Travolta and Kirstie Alley. The church just completed acquisition of the Spanish-style, five-story building, paying $4.75 million - in cash - to an investment group headed by Harry Gerdes. The Ramona ...
Oct 1, 2005
District scrambles to ensure human rights event is religion-free // Officials were unaware of Scientology's role in the international forum at Jordan High in Watts — Los Angeles Times (California)
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Joel Rubin Source:
Los Angeles Times (California) Los Angeles city school officials were caught off guard this week by the Church of Scientology's role in an upcoming event at a South Los Angeles high school, which, while not illegal, is considered unusual. On Monday, teenagers from about 25 countries are expected to meet with students at Jordan High School in Watts for a conference on human rights. The gathering is part of a three-day event organized by Youth for Human Rights International — a group with close ties ...
Aug 1, 2005
Scientollywood — Pasadena Weekly
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Joe Piasecki Source:
Pasadena Weekly These days you can't turn a corner in Hollywood without bumping into a scientologist. The same, it seems, is true for property owned by the Church of Scientology. The Weekly has connected ownership of more than a dozen properties in Hollywood to the Church, thanks to some help from LA County Assessor's Office Press Deputy Robert Knowles. An exhaustive search would be difficult to conduct, since many of the properties associated with the church are held under names other than the ...
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