Email Author DAFFODIL J. ALTAN

2008 Stories by DAFFODIL J. ALTAN

• Santa Ana Unified School District Offers a Lesson in How to Upgrade and Downsize at the Same Time

  published December 4, 2008

  Renovation Under the RadarSanta Ana Unified School District offers a lesson in how to upgrade and downsize at the same... More >>

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  Doctors Without Borders' Mary Jo Frawley Lives in OC, But Her Heart's in Sri Lanka, Somalia . . .

  published December 4, 2008

  Good MedicineMary Jo Frawley of Doctors Without Borders may live in Sunset Beach, but her head and heart are in Sri Lanka, Somalia,... More >>

• Orange County Sings the Obama Blues

  published November 6, 2008

  Orange County Sings the Obama BluesElection night: Frolicking Dems, Dana unbound, praying for fag hags, and booze all... More >>

• Three Local Elections Worth Watching. Call It Morbid Fascination

  published October 30, 2008

  Elector SetThree local races worth watching—call it morbid fascination APPEALING TO THE... More >>

• [Scariest People 2008] Haunted Alamo

  published October 30, 2008

  A tide of hardworking Mexican men, women, children and abuelitas is threatening the sanctity of American freedom! It is coming en... More >>

• [Best of OC 2008 Post Cards] Nightlife: Greetings From Robin Wood and Gary Nalder

  published October 9, 2008

  The former owners of Club Amnesty—OC’s biggest and most popular swing club until a potent combination of prudery and paperwork... More >>

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  Nurse Says Her Efforts to Improve the OC Jail's Women's Infirmary Have Broken Her, Haunt Her Dreams

  published October 2, 2008

  Cells From HellOne nurse says her futile efforts to improve the women’s infirmary at the Orange County Central Jail Complex... More >>

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  In San Juan Capistrano's Schools, White Kids Are Painted Into One Corner, Latino Kids Into Another

  published September 4, 2008

  School ColorsIn San Juan Capistrano’s schools, white kids are painted into one corner, Latino kids into another. How did this... More >>

• Troubled Plastic Surgeon Brian West Tries to Get a Restraining Order Against a Former Patient

  published August 14, 2008

  Cutting Remarks Plastic surgeon Brian West tries to get a restraining order against a former patient who got him into trouble... More >>

• Does Santa Ana Unified School District Have the Money to Save the Hundreds of Jobs It Cut?

  published August 7, 2008

  Getting Soaked Does Santa Ana Unified have the money to save hundreds of jobs it cut? It was as if the clock... More >>

• Fewer OC Hospitals Are Allowing Midwife-Assisted Births, And Moms-to-Be Aren't Taking It Lying Down

  published July 24, 2008

  I Want my Midwife! The list of OC hospitals that allow midwife-assisted births just got shorter—but moms-to-be and midwives... More >>

• Santa Ana School Employees Steaming at Sneaky District Turning Full-Time Jobs Into Part-Time Ones

  published July 3, 2008

  Benefits In Doubt Santa Ana school district employees are steamed that the district is turning full-time jobs into part-time... More >>

• Is Irvine Industrial Launderer Prudential Overall Supply Cheating Workers Out of a Living Wage?

  published June 26, 2008

  Taken to the Cleaners Is an Irvine-based industrial-laundry company cheating workers out of a living wage? Three California... More >>

• Eat, Drink and Be Gay Married! After 27 Years, One Couple Finally Has Its Big, Fat, Mexican Wedding

  published June 19, 2008

  Eat, Drink and Be Gay Married! After 27 years together, one couple finally has its big, fat, Mexican, recovering-drug-addict,... More >>

• [Summer Guide] My Big Fat Gay Wedding

  published June 12, 2008

  Gay friends, hire your wedding planners—as of this Tuesday, it's official. Gay and lesbian couples who want to have as noisy or quiet a... More >>

• Dragging On

  published June 12, 2008

  If you've ever wondered how Mexican-American boxing darling Oscar De La Hoya wriggled into that fishnet bodysuit or what size stiletto heels he... More >>

• George Pichardo of GEEZ Clothing in Santa Ana Says the City Painted Him Into a Corner

  published April 24, 2008

  Let Us Spray The owner of GEEZ Clothing in Santa Ana says the city painted him into a corner When George Pichardo... More >>

• [Web Exclusive!] Teachable Moments: A Q&A With James Corbett

  published April 10, 2008

  High-school history teacher Jim Corbett made national headlines last December when student Chad Farnan and Farnan's parents sued him and the... More >>

• At the Miss Hermosa y Protegida Pageant, the Curves Can Be Fake, But the Messages Are Very Real

  published March 27, 2008

  There (S)he Is . . . At the Miss Hermosa y Protegida pageant, the curves and eyelashes might or might not be fake, but the... More >>

• Swing Shift: Meet the OC Entrepreneurs Who Help Nice, Professional Couples Have Sex With One Another

  published March 13, 2008

  It sits nestled among office and warehouse buildings somewhere in the city of Orange: 8,000 square feet of party and bedroom space for 100... More >>

• How the Minutemen Drove Mobile Mexican Consulates Out of the Capistrano Unified School District

  published March 6, 2008

  Mexican-Free School Zone How the Minutemen created a controversy and drove mobile Mexican consulates out of the Capistrano... More >>

• Some of Alfonso Bustamante’s Tenants Say His Historic Santa Ana Apartments Leave Them Cold

  published February 28, 2008

  The Cold Shoulder Some of Alfonso Bustamante's tenants say life in his historic Santa Ana apartments gives them the... More >>

• Tucked Up

  published January 17, 2008

  Laura Contreras, a 24-year-old mom in Los Angeles, says she wanted a tummy tuck to get rid of some of the extra skin around her belly following... More >>

• Under Wraps

  published January 10, 2008

  The accident happened not long after Brian West left the parking lot of Beverages and More. He missed his exit, and his car hit another on... More >>

• Back to Black

  published January 10, 2008

  It's time we Californians-black, brown and in-between-learn what a lot of people forget or never knew in the first place: Brown people are... More >>