Grandmother loses life savings and sues bank – NBC Southern California
It was a dark time for Alice Lin. Lin, 80, told the NBC4 I-Team that she lost more than $700,000 of her life savings because someone befriended her through text messages. “The past year or so has been really tough, and my goal is to survive,” Lin explains. In 2022, Lin struck up a conversation […]
Google cites ‘durable cost savings’ as 2024 goal amid layoffs
Google President Sundar Pichai says “sustained cost reductions” are among the tech giant's key goals for 2024, even as the company surprises some employees with new layoffs. listed. This month, Google has already confirmed layoffs in multiple regions of its empire. These include hundreds of layoffs in advertising sales teams, core engineering teams, Pixel, Nest, […]
After police seized Marine vet’s life savings, ruling brings him closer to saving others from civil forfeiture
Steven Lara was driving cross-country to visit his daughters in California when the Nevada Highway Patrol confiscated his entire life savings of $87,000 in a seemingly routine traffic stop. It was done. ”“At that moment, I knew this was not the place to fight this battle. I had to stay calm,” Lara, a 42-year-old Marine […]