Jack Hanshaw

This is a neighborhood that, one would guess, most residents aspire to leave. You get a feeling about this place, and that feeling is pretty scary if you don't belong. It's in Anaheim, within sight of the tip of Disneyland's Matterhorn, although not quite close enough to walk. The neighborhood park is called Ponderosa. There was an unsolved murder there about two months ago; the cops say it was over drugs. I am here about the graffiti, though.

This is a neighborhood that, one would guess, most residents aspire to leave. You get a feeling about this place, and that feeling is pretty scary if you don't belong. It's in Anaheim, within sight of the tip of Disneyland's Matterhorn, although not quite close enough to walk. The neighborhood park is called Ponderosa. There was an unsolved murder there about two months ago; the cops say it was over drugs. I am here about the graffiti, though.

In what experts said could be a record penalty, a federal judge in Santa Ana has fined a Garden Grove businessman $700,000 for attempting to bribe an attorney who was acting as the receiver in a bitter family assets dispute. U.S. District Judge Gary L. Taylor said the businessman, Frederick "Jack" Hanshaw, attempted to "improperly and corruptly" influence the actions of the receiver by offering him $100,000 and the promise of future employment.

The turmoil and uncertainty surrounding California's recall election appear likely to last at least a week, legal observers said Tuesday, as the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals sought arguments on whether it should reconsider an order postponing the vote until March. As the judges pondered what to do next, voters expressed widespread cynicism about the motives of a three-judge panel that ordered the postponement Monday. Despite the ruling, candidates continued their campaigning. Gov.