It’s not often in Orange County—or probably anywhere in California—that a prominent defense attorney becomes a prosecution... More >>

District Attorney Tony Rackauckas has been known to use his immense authority to grant favors to friends. Rackauckas recently all but conceded... More >>

If Van Tran makes California history on Nov. 2 by upsetting Loretta Sanchez—the Democratic congresswoman who has trampled over her past... More >>

For the past six years, Scott Baugh has served as captain of Orange County’s dominant Republican party. All five members of the... More >>

If Orange County sheriff’s deputies are being honest, fear caused them to behave aggressively at a 2007 minor, late-night incident in Dana... More >>

Except for me and Sal Tinajero, the oversized, second-floor debate classroom at Fullerton Union High School was empty. Newspaper clips hailing... More >>

Though one of Orange County law enforcement’s most powerful jobs was at stake, the 2010 race for district attorney didn’t produce one... More >>

Outside the Orange County Democratic Party’s Aug. 28 Harry S. (they use the period) Truman awards dinner and under the watchful gaze of... More >>

The November 2009 publishing of Plunder: How Public Employee Unions are Raiding Treasuries, Controlling Our Lives and Bankrupting the Nation... More >>

Michael F. Harrah, the shrewd Newport Beach real-estate developer who is attempting to construct Orange County’s tallest building, was... More >>