Three men were arrested at gunpoint and charged with an attempt of residential burglary in Arcadia today. The suspects identified by Arcadia police department as Dewayne Tyars 25 of Redlands, Justin Tyson 29 of Fontana and Kenneth Battle 25 of… Read More
Luna Petty
Luna is a contributor to CrownCityNews.com as well as a regular reporter to CCN. Luna contributes articles on tax help, news and information to CCN. Outside of CCN, Luna works in real estate and tax preparation and also has a degree in journalism.
Recent Stories by Luna Petty
Ideal Youth Provides Internships & Community Service for Graduation Opportunities
Ideal Youth Inc. is currently accepting applications for their 2011 summer youth job training and internship program. Ideal Youth is a non-profit organization dedicated to educating students about workforce readiness, entrepreneurship, and financial literacy through experimental, hands-on advanced job training.… Read More
Recruiting 100 Voices to Perform at STAPLES Center
Ideal Youth is calling all voices to audition for newly commissioned National Anthem Choir of Pasadena (NACP) to perform during the “3rd Annual City of Pasadena Night” at the STAPLES Center. The auditions are open to individuals, groups and choirs,… Read More
Holiday Home Tour Benefits Pasadena Symphony
The Women’s Committee of the Pasadena Symphony Association hosted the 43rd Annual Holiday Look In home tour and Holiday Boutique this weekend. This year the committee of over thirty volunteers selected four unique homes, two in the historic district of… Read More
IRS Has $164.6 Million of Your Money
The Internal Revenue Service is looking to return $164.6 million in undelivered refund checks. A total of 111,893 taxpayers are due one or more refund checks that could not be delivered because of mailing address errors. “We want to make… Read More
Some Peace of Mind for Short Sale Sellers
Short sale sellers with a refinanced first mortgage should be dancing down the soul train line with this news. In California, prior to Senate Bill 931 being signed by Governor Schwarzenegger, once a seller has refinanced their mortgage, whether it… Read More
Foreclosure Prevention For The Unemployed
The Obama Administration announced additional support to help homeowners struggling with unemployment through two targeted foreclosure-prevention programs–the existing Housing Finance Agency (HFA) Innovation Fund for the Hardest Hit Housing Markets and the soon-to-be-launched U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development… Read More
Relief for Homeowners with Corrosive Drywall
The Internal Revenue Service issued guidance providing relief to homeowners who have suffered property losses due to the effects of certain imported drywall installed in homes between 2001 and 2009. Revenue Procedure 2010-36 enables affected taxpayers to treat damages from… Read More
State first-time buyers tax credit deadline Aug. 15
As shown in the numbers on the FTB website, they have received First-Time Buyer applications totaling more than $100 million. It was announced in June that they would accept at least 28,000 applications since many of the applications received were duplicate, revised, or invalid… Read More
Is HVCC Doing More Harm Then Good?
Some industry experts believe that fraudulent appraisals were a contributing factor to the inflated home values we saw during the housing boom. In response HVCC was created to protect consumers against fraudulent appraisals. Last year the Federal Housing Finance Agency… Read More