During its unprecedented, critical examination of the district attorney's office, the Orange County grand jury took sworn testimony from 68... More >>

By the look on his face on primary election night in March, Orange County Register editorial writer Steven Greenhut was high. The source of his... More >>

Drug legalization lobbies once spoke honorable, scholarly truths: alcohol and tobacco are America's most abused drugs; marijuana is not unduly... More >>

Photo by Kassi ShepardFour years ago, the powerful California Correctional Peace Officers Association (CCPOA) quashed a state investigation into... More >>

Photo by Gustavo ArellanoIn English, gigante means "gigantic," so it's kind of weird that nobody is saying the obvious: Gigante, an immense... More >>

Photo by Myles RobinsonThough we live in a world threatened by anonymous anthrax mailings, explosives-packed sneakers and teenage-girl suicide... More >>

The 1990s' facial banner of (first) introspective rebels and (second) Dockers-wearing cubicle jockeys, the goatee is finally, utterly dead, thank... More >>

Photo by Jack GouldFacing alarm over their development plans for the abandoned El Toro Marine base, Irvine city officials have responded with an... More >>

Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona announced on July 19 that his deputies had arrested Alejandro Avila, the alleged killer of 5-year-old Samantha... More >>

Marshall McLuhan—the man who famously observed that "the medium is the message"—is perhaps more often quoted than understood, himself... More >>