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2009 Stories by R. SCOTT MOXLEY

• [Moxley Confidential] Cameron Jackson Says Mike Schroeder is Just Too Damn Powerful

  published May 28, 2009

  Mike Schroeder Is Very Powerful!KUCI radio host Cameron Jackson calls attention to the man behind the (orange)... More >>

• Despite Obnoxious Protesters, OC Gay Marriage Rally Inspires Crowd

  published May 26, 2009

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• LA Times: It's Good That Sheriff Sandra Hutchens Is Bucking OC Power Elite

  published May 26, 2009

  The opinion page staff at the Los Angeles Times today handed Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchens an endorsement of sorts by hailing her policies as "overdue" change following "the political shenanig... More >>

• OC Gay Groups Blast Supreme Court For Caving To Bigots, Call for Rally Tonight

  published May 26, 2009

  Disappointed in today's ruling upholding Prop. 8's effort to block future gay marriages in California, the leadership of two Orange County gay organizations accused the California Supreme Court of "ac... More >>

• Today's UC Irvine Rifle Incident Resolved Officially

  published May 20, 2009

  Using it's emergency text messaging system, UC Irvine officials alerted its students tonight just after 9 p.m. that today's scare over a potential rifleman on campus has been "resolved safely" after a... More >>

• Funeral Mass Set For Journalist Nguyen

  published May 20, 2009

  A funeral mass has been scheduled for journalist Nguyen Huy Vu for 10 a.m. on Monday, May 25 at Saint Callistus Catholic Church in Garden Grove, according to Chuyen V. Nguyen, Vu's father.There will a... More >>

• [Moxley Confidential] Remembering Nguyen Huy Vu, Who Made a Big Impression on the Weekly Newsroom

  published May 21, 2009

  A Death In the FamilyRemembering journalist Nguyen Huy Vu, who made a big impression on the Weekly... More >>

• UC Irvine Issues Alert About a Rifleman on Campus

  published May 20, 2009

  UC Irvine officials issued a telephone text message to students this afternoon warning about "a suspicious man carrying a possible rifle" on campus on Mesa Drive near the Bren Events Center.According ... More >>

• Bill Hunt in Laborr Labor in Painr

  published May 19, 2009

  A tad bit of lunchtime indigestion for Sheriff Sandra Hutchens and Santa Ana Police Chief Paul Walters, conventional wisdom's opponents for the June 2010 sheriff's election: I spotted Bill Hunt sittin... More >>

• Greenhut Blasts Sheriff, Union Boss Over Alleged Deputy Lies Under Oath

  published May 18, 2009

  In tomorrow's edition of LewRockwell.com, Steven Greenhut writes a column, "Breaking the Code of Silence," that ridicules what the senior Orange County Register editorial writer sees as a continued la... More >>

• Moderate Earthquake Strikes LA, OC

  published May 17, 2009

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• Reporter Taken Off Life Support

  published May 16, 2009

  On Friday at a Harbor City hospital, Nguyen Huy Vu's family decided to take the 34-year-old reporter off artificial life support following a Mother's Day heart attack that had left him brain dead.Suzi... More >>

• Dirty Ex-Sheriff Loses Fight to Remain Out of Prison Pending Appeal

  published May 15, 2009

  Mike Carona's lawyers came to federal court this morning, claimed that federal prosecutors in the ex-sheriff's case are more of a threat to society and pleaded with a judge to give the top cop turned ... More >>

• What If the Infamous LA Cop Head Kick Incident Were Tried Herer

  published May 14, 2009

  The unidentified El Monte police officer filmed Wednesday viciously kicking the head of Richard Rodriguez--a suspect who'd already surrendered and was lying on the ground spread eagle--should wish th... More >>

• SoCal's Journalism Community Losing A Gem

  published May 14, 2009

  Nguyen Huy Vu, one of the most beloved, award-winning reporters in OC Weekly history, is on artificial life support tonight in a Los Angeles County hospital and, according to doctors, isn't expected t... More >>

• Major, Blankenship Win Deputy Union Vote Tonight in DA Office Battle

  published May 13, 2009

  Tonight's secret ballot law enforcement election (previously discussed in detail HERE) recorded a 60 percent turnout and good news for both Mike Major, acting chief of the Orange County District Attor... More >>

• Is the OC Deputy Union Instigating Trouble in the DA's Officer

  published May 13, 2009

  Deep within the bowels of Orange County law enforcement circles today, a secret ballot vote will be announced regarding the popularity of Mike Major, the acting chief of the district attorney's bureau... More >>

• [Moxley Confidential] Rackauckas Doesn't Blink

  published May 14, 2009

  Rackauckas Doesn’t BlinkUnder pressure from Sheriff Hutchens and the deputies’ union, the DA stands by his men and... More >>

• Will Little Saigon Bring Down Loretta Sanchezr

  published May 06, 2009

  North Orange County state Assemblyman Van Tran announced thru the Register's Martin Wisckol today that he hopes to be the 2010 Republican challenger to OC's lone Democratic member of congress: Loretta... More >>

• The Man Who Never Was: Surfing Naked, Football & Drugs

  published Apr 30, 2009

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• Witness: Zodiac Killer Was An Orange County Resident

  published Apr 29, 2009

  I've been telling folks we're overdue in Orange County for a sensationally nasty, bizarre crime. You know: something akin to an abused, teenage male goat on a roof and an obviously satisfied ex-sherif... More >>

• Sheriff Hutchens Memoralized In Song!

  published Apr 29, 2009

  Based on the song Look at Me, I'm Sandra Dee from Grease, a reader's* ode to Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchens:Look at me, I'm Sandra SueLousy with gun issueWon't let you speak, if we disagreeI ca... More >>

• [Moxley Confidential] Mike Carona Maintained His Smug Mug During Sentencing

  published April 30, 2009

  Judging MikeyDid a 66-month sentence in the federal pokey and a 28-minute dressing-down by a judge put the slightest dent in Mike... More >>

• 30 Actual Excuses To Shield Ex-Sheriff Mike Carona From Punishment

  published Apr 28, 2009

  Yesterday, federal judge Andrew Guilford said he was disgusted by Mike Carona's willingness as Orange County sheriff to sabotage a grand jury's corruption investigation by convincing a potential key w... More >>

• To The Very End, Mike Carona is a Shameless Hypocrite

  published Apr 26, 2009

  Please, please, please don't punish me for my criminal activity!--The position ex-Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona is taking with U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Guilford, who will decide on April 2... More >>