ANTIOCH — Three real estate professionals suspected of using a client’s credit report to buy a $739,000 Brentwood home and pocket the $30,000 commission were released on bail Friday, the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office reported.
Charges of forgery, grand theft, identity theft, falsifying real estate documents and conspiracy were filed in Contra Costa County against Monika [...]

A bill for Monsieur Lawrence sits in a display cabinet at Aleppo’s Hotel Baron, where the guest list reads like a Who’s Who of the 20th century.
The 1914 bill belonged to Lawrence of Arabia and despite the rumours, the enigmatic British intelligence officer did pay it, hotel owner Armen Mazloumian insists.
“I don’t know where the [...]