Authorities in California took another step forward in the fight against Medicare fraud as 18 people were arrested and indicted today in connection $25 million Southern California Medicare fraud scheme. Prosecutors allege the massive Southern California Medicare fraud scheme was the creation of 30-year-old Michael Martinez of Long Beach and involved individuals linked to the Santa Ana based Brook Street Gang.

Officials say two firefighters have been killed when their vehicle rolled off a mountainside as they battled a wildfire in the Angeles National Forest, south of Acton. Wildfires have consumed 66 square miles, destroyed at least 18 buildings and threatens some 12,000 homes.

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It is nice to see that more and more people are agreeing with me that the housing bubble in Southern California is bursting and that home prices will fall until they catch up with incomes.

Wildfires in Malibu, California have forced the evacuation of several celebrity homes, as well as the campus of Pepperdine University. The fire has also consumed historic Hodge Castle also known as Malibu Castle.