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8:00 am
Feb. 12, 2012
The Barbarian Nurseries: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Indocumentada
By Andrew Tonkovich
"Too many questions," says Araceli Ramirez, the protagonist of Hector Tobar's new killer novel The Barbarian Nurseries to her two young wards as the Mexican housekeeper from the South County McM... More >>

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6:35 am
Feb. 12, 2012
[UPDATE: With Suspect Details] Multiple Law Enforcement Agencies Converge on La Habra
By Brandon Ferguson
UPDATED: Feb. 13, 6:35 A.M.: It appears 20 police officers from at least four agencies, with two canines and a helicopter didn't get their man Friday night. That's according to the Orange County... More >>

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6:43 pm
Feb. 10, 2012
Huntington Beach Residents Lost Police Helicopter Today
By R. Scott Moxley
Huntington Beach residents didn't have their police helicopter patrolling the sky over their city late this afternoon because the pilots decided to leave the city and take the expensive bird on... More >>

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4:09 pm
Feb. 10, 2012
What We Learned, Feb. 4-10
By Matt Coker
It's a week worth of bite-size Orange County news and what it all taught us.FEB. 4: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange reveals on its website that it is accepting from parishoners new names fo... More >>

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3:44 pm
Feb. 10, 2012
Garden Grove Prostitute Killer Learns His Punishment
By R. Scott Moxley
A Los Angeles gangster, undocumented alien and pimp who beat and then strangled a 24-year-old prostitute to death in her Garden Grove hotel room in 2009 tilted his head to the right and then to... More >>

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3:31 pm
Feb. 10, 2012
[UPDATED with Cop Union Response:] Jennifer Tamara McClain, Sheriff's Deputy at Men's Jail, Accused of Sex Acts with Inmate
By Matt Coker
UPDATE, FEB. 10, 3:31 P.M.: The president of the Association of Orange County Deputy Sheriffs, which represents nearly 2,500 active and retired deputies and district attorney investigators, is... More >>

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2:10 pm
Feb. 10, 2012
[UPDATED with Fairview Checkpoint:] Beach Blvd. & Stanton Ave. DUI Stop Tonight
By Matt Coker
UPDATE, FEB. 10, 2:10 P.M.: The Santa Ana Police Department is also holding a DUI/unlicensed driver checkpoint near the 400 block of North Fairview Street from 7:30 p.m. Saturday through 1:30 a.... More >>

Navel Gazing

12:44 pm
Feb. 10, 2012
Disneyland Sued For Negligence in Jungle Cruise Crash
By R. Scott Moxley
Disneyland sells its popular Jungle Cruise boat ride this way:"Board a trusty tramp steamer for a 7-minute guided tour of jungles from around the world, brimming with exotic animals and lush tr... More >>

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12:27 pm
Feb. 10, 2012
Narcisco Romanes Blando: Ugly Police Mugshot Poser Accused of Touching Patients Sexually
By Matt Coker
Prosecutors of today's ugly mug poser, Narcisco Romanes Blando, put it best: "There was no medical reason or necessity for the defendant to touch the victim's vagina." Not unless the physician'... More >>

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10:30 am
Feb. 10, 2012
Long Beach Cannabis Collectives Plead For Public Support
By Nick Schou
Next Tuesday, the Long Beach City Council is scheduled to vote on whether to ban medical marijuana, a move that is strongly supported by the city attorney's office and police department. Their a... More >>

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10:04 am
Feb. 10, 2012
Do Brea's Drivers Hate Pedestrians?
By Josh Dulaney
Road hogs are running rampant in Brea.That's according to one walker who says the streets are not safe for those out for a stroll. Sandy Toth, a 20-year resident of the unofficial "city of ... More >>

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9:32 am
Feb. 10, 2012
John Tran Nguyen, Ex-Basketball Coach, Accused of Unlawful Sex with 14 y.o. Student
By Matt Coker
Authorities are reaching out to the public for possible victims of John Tran Nguyen, a 21-year-old  former high school basketball coach who is facing criminal counts for allegedly having be... More >>

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9:14 am
Feb. 10, 2012
Harry Welch, State Champ Santa Margarita High Head Football Coach, Must Go: LA Times
By Matt Coker
Santa Margarita High School's football team is coming off a state championship, having won the CIF Division I bowl game on Dec. 16, and all the state's largest newspaper wants is head coach Har... More >>

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8:20 am
Feb. 10, 2012
Denis Yoshio Cruz Ramirez Earns Immigration Hold for craigslist Ad Hawking Stolen Bike
By Matt Coker
A fellow checking the craigslist want ads could not take his eyes off a black 21-speed Fuji Road Bike on sale for $280. That's because he was convinced it was his black 21-speed Fuji Road Bike, ... More >>

Navel Gazing

3:16 pm
Feb. 9, 2012
Are You Ready for Some Angels Baseball?
By Matt Coker
If those buzzing past Warner Avenue at the 55 freeway in Santa Ana are not psyched about the upcoming Angel baseball season, they are: 1) Blind.b) Stupid.tres) Doyer fans (or the same as b).See ... More >>

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2:15 pm
Feb. 9, 2012
Ozro Robert Lee Guilty of Breaking into Home, Jerking Off in Front of Grandma and Little Girls But NOT of Punching Grammy's Woo-Woo
By Matt Coker
A jury found a 45-year-old Santa Ana man guilty today of breaking into a Garden Grove home last spring, dropping his paints, whipping out his schlong and stroking it in front of a grandmother an... More >>

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1:00 pm
Feb. 9, 2012
Sources: Fix Already in on Crystal Cathedral Renaming--Bishop Brown Wants "Transfiguration" in Name
By Gustavo Arellano
Not even a week has passed since Orange Bishop Tod D. Brown asked the county's 1.2 million Catholics to submit ideas with a Christological angle to rename the recently purchased Crystal Cathedra... More >>

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11:23 am
Feb. 9, 2012
Newport Beach Council Asked to Ban Beach Fire Rings ... and I Couldn't Be Happier
By Matt Coker
A divided Newport Beach Park, Beaches and Recreation Commission voted 4-3 Tuesday night to ban and remove fire rings from city beaches. A ban advocate told the panel exposure to smoke from the 6... More >>

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10:21 am
Feb. 9, 2012
Jon Dumitru on Jihad for Orange Mayor's Office
By Josh Dulaney
Orange city Councilman Jon Dumitru (peace be upon him) has announced his candidacy for mayor in "the slice of Old Town charm". OC Weekly readers will recall last year when Dumitru took to h... More >>

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9:13 am
Feb. 9, 2012
Rodney Alcala Can Be Extradited to New York: Judge
By Matt Coker
A judge in Northern California has ruled Rodney Alcala, the serial killer sitting on Death Row for killing a 12-year-old Huntington Beach girl and four women in Los Angeles County in the 1970s, ... More >>

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The Real Todd Spitzer Stands Up The Real Todd Spitzer Stands Up
By R. SCOTT MOXLEY

There's no question private attorney Todd Spitzer is determined to become district attorney, with the weighty power to decide who is and isn't prosecuted for crimes in Orange County, a… More >>

Long Beach Offers Collective Punishment Long Beach Offers Collective Punishment
By NICK SCHOU

Except for the oversized green cross painted on the wall and the acrylic sign with the olive-colored marijuana seed inside the letter O, Avalon Wellness Collective looks exactly like all… More >>

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For several hours on Jan. 20, Orange County activists besieged the Ronald Reagan Federal Building and Courthouse in an action timed to coincide with similar protests around the nation from… More >>

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