photo by Keith MayA half-mile from the Pacific, Huntington Beach's Edison High School is caressed by an ocean breeze. It must seem an ideal... More >>

Real-estate bazillionaire George Argyros made a $100,000 investment in a bank whose investors include three city council members who voted for... More >>

Photo by Myles RobinsonAfter billions of taxpayer dollars, two decades of research and innumerable failures, government and aerospace officials... More >>

Congressman Ed Royce (R-Fullerton) has long campaigned against corporate welfare—the practice of congressional subsidizing... More >>

Photo by Keith MayAlthough it was built atop an abandoned oil field and next to a gas-processing plant, the 10-year-old Brea Olinda High School... More >>

Photo by Johan VogelTwo years ago this Friday, county health officials removed Dr. Bernard Rappaport from his job as head of the county's... More >>

Photo by Keith MayStanding on the hot, dusty sidewalk along Talbert Avenue, staring through the chainlink fence at acres of parched-hard earth... More >>

Photo by Keith MayIn the past few weeks, the daily newspapers have trumpeted a new housing crisis in Orange County, as the booming economy drives... More >>

During President Bill Clinton's first term, an insurance-industry television ad commonly known as the "Harry and Louise" spot (a hand-wringing... More >>

Beneath the carport of a perky yellow house, his body lay motionless at my feet, still bleeding but already dead. And as if mimicking the last... More >>