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2010 Stories by R. SCOTT MOXLEY

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  DA Tony Rackauckas: I'll Be Back

  published Feb 19, 2010

  For more than six months, persistent rumors have circulated in Orange County legal circles that Tony Rackauckas, the district attorney since 1999, would not seek a fourth term this year. Numerous indi... More >>

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  White Power Masturbatorr

  published Feb 18, 2010

  If there are stints of boredom, police work also can be fascinating in Orange County, CA. Take the Jan. 28 Costa Mesa incident where firefighters were attempting to locate the source of smoke and the ... More >>

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  Dana Point Headlands Lies

  published Feb 17, 2010

  "[The Dana Point Headlands real estate development] project provides more coastal and direct beach access than any other project in the history of Orange County."--Real estate developer Sanford Edward... More >>

• Rep. Ed Royce Nails Olympic Backflip!

  published Feb 16, 2010

  Ed Royce, the Orange County congressman who claims blocking consumer financial protections from sneaky Wall Street bankers is actually a pro-consumer stance, has found another topic to fumble. This mo... More >>

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  OC Lifeguard Costs Rise

  published Feb 15, 2010

  Anticipating an increase in the number of people visiting local beaches during the remaining 10 months of 2010, the Orange County Board of Supervisors recently agreed to boost lifeguard related spendi... More >>

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  The Ugly Side of Andy Quach & His Effort To Wreck Little Saigon's Tet Parade

  published Feb 13, 2010

  Despite hysterical calls for the community to boycott the annual Tet parade in Orange County's Little Saigon if gay Vietnamese Americans were allowed to participate, gay Vietnamese Americans not only ... More >>

• Should Taxpayers Pay Cops Extra For Not Eating Donutsr

  published Feb 12, 2010

  Huntington Beach has at least a $4 million budget shortfall and Annie Burris at the OC Register reported today that city officials are thinking about ending a little-known special perk for the city's ... More >>

• Don't Pay Ms. OC Escort and Meet Mr. Tire Iron

  published Feb 12, 2010

  A 61-year-old Orange County man found a female escort online, agreed to pay her $350 rate, but wasn't satisfied when the woman, just "Nikki"--according to court records, arrived at his motel room. Exp... More >>

• Haidl Gang Rape Notable Moment

  published Feb 11, 2010

  "Sit down and shut up."--Orange County Superior Court Judge Francisco P. Briseno five years ago this week to Joseph Cavallo, the Irvine-based criminal defense lawyer who represented Gregory Haidl in t... More >>

• Register: There's Finally A Candidate Who Can Beat Loretta Sanchez

  published Feb 10, 2010

  Over at the Orange Punch blog for the OC Register opinion writers, columnist Brian Calle wonders aloud today if local Republicans are closer to "no more Loretta Sanchez" because of the emergence of Qu... More >>

• Sheriff's Deputies Wreck Another Case

  published February 11, 2010

  What a prosecutor presented to a jury last week as an open-and-shut residential-burglary case suddenly ended three days later with the matter... More >>

• Laguna Beach $600,000 Sweepstakes!

  published Feb 09, 2010

  Sometimes common sense gets kicked out of Orange County courtrooms. That was the case in Bradford Kuish v. William W. Smith. In December 2005, Kuish offered $14 million for Smith's Laguna Beach e... More >>

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  ABC Sunday Talk Show Prediction: Chuck DeVore Wins GOP Senate Race

  published Feb 07, 2010

  Today on ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos" program, prominent conservative columnist George F. Will predicted that Irvine's Chuck DeVore will win the California Republican Party nomination ... More >>

• County Blocks Register Request on Deputy Pay-Perk Details

  published Feb 04, 2010

  Next week, the Orange County Board of Supervisors is set to vote on a new labor agreement with the politically powerful Association of Orange County Deputy Sheriffs (AOCDS). But while county officials... More >>

• Rodney Alcala, Tour Guide?

  published February 4, 2010

  The thought of Rodney Alcala giving an opening statement for jurors this week was enough to pack Judge Francisco P. Briseño’s... More >>

• Court: CHP Officers Who Put Teen's Decapitation Photos on Internet Were "Vulgar" and "Morally Deficient"

  published Feb 01, 2010

  A Santa Ana-based California Court of Appeal reversed a lower court ruling that had allowed two California Highway Patrol (CHP) officers to avoid any legal responsibility for allegedly putting photogr... More >>

• Cops Nab Alleged Southern California Serial Rapist in Europe

  published Jan 28, 2010

  "This guy is the poster boy for a one-strike law."--Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas at today's press conference announcing the capture of Ali Achekzai, an alleged 32-year-old Southern ... More >>

• Tan Nguyen's Latino Voter Suppression Case Inching To Trial

  published Jan 28, 2010

  In 2006, then five-term Orange County Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez faced yet another pathetic Republican challenger, Tan Nguyen, a candidate who equated plastering his campaign placards on every stic... More >>

• Sheriff's Candidate: OC Register Botched Anti-Union Story

  published Jan 27, 2010

  Bill Hunt, a conservative Republican candidate hoping to lead the Orange County Sheriff's Department, tonight blasted The Orange County Register for allegedly botching his response to a recent call fr... More >>

• Loretta Sanchez: I'll Fight Obama Spending Cuts If Necessary

  published Jan 27, 2010

  Balancing the awkward stance that she craves fiscal responsibility from the wild-spending federal government and simultaneously demands no cuts to federal grants to Orange County, Democratic Congressw... More >>

• Miata-Driving White Supremacist To Latino: "Your Race Is A Bunch Of Pussies!"

  published Jan 27, 2010

  When he's not stealing cars, committing vandalism, using illegal narcotics or burglarizing property, convicted felon Jason Lee Fenstermacher likes to salute Adolf Hitler, yap about the supremacy ... More >>

• Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido Voted To Aid a Vending-truck Business In Which His Father Was Involved

  published January 28, 2010

  Shell GameSanta Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido voted several times to aid a controversial vending-truck business in... More >>

• Which OC Sheriff's Candidate Has The Best Campaign Websiter

  published Jan 26, 2010

  In just 133 days, Orange County residents will have their first opportunity to vote for sheriff after the FBI and IRS arrest and corruption conviction of Sheriff Mike Carona. There are three candidate... More >>

• Does Dana Rohrabacher Suffer From Multiple Personality Disorderr

  published Jan 26, 2010

  Earlier this month, a San Francisco television station quoted Orange County Congressman Dana Rohrabacher on his outrage that Americans have suffered cyber e-mail attacks from China through Google.&nbs... More >>

• Beth Krom, You Gotta Be Kidding!

  published Jan 25, 2010

  "I don't see it as a setback."--In the wake of Democrats losing Ted Kennedy's U.S. Senate seat in Massachusetts last week, Irvine Democrat Beth Krom--who is challenging Orange County Republican Congre... More >>