In June 13, Maurice Gerard Steskal allegedly walked out of a Lake Forest 7-Eleven, aimed a knockoff AK-47 assault rifle at an Orange County... More >>

Photo by Keith May"There is nothing more important to the Irvine Co. than its image," Martin Brower, onetime director of media relations for the... More >>

Photo by Keith MayI went to five high school graduations this year. I'd like to say I went because so many people have been talking about high... More >>

It has been a month since officials of Orange County's troubled Animal Control department promised to end a highly controversial method of cat... More >>

Photo by Jeanne RiceLittle Saigon made national news earlier this year when thousands protested outside the shop of a Westminster merchant who... More >>

Steve Silen says he learned about health-maintenance organizations (HMOs) the hard way. In January 1998, his 16-year-old daughter, Serenity, went... More >>

Photo by Keith MayGovernment moves in strange ways, when it moves at all. Sometimes it makes you laugh; sometimes it makes you cry. But most... More >>

Illustration by Bob AulIf shoddy care, billing snafus and discourteous phone operators weren't enough to make you hate your health maintenance... More >>

Photo by Jack GouldDuring his almost five years in office, Orange County Supervisor Jim Silva has presented himself as the taxpayers' ferocious... More >>

Photo by Jack GouldEverybody's talking about GHB about its function as a "party drug" a "new synthetic weight-loss drug" a "nightclub sex drug" a... More >>