Bill Lockyer

Toll Road Decision Delayed; Newport Beach Freezes Over

Okay, Newport's fine, but there must be Satanic snowballs somewhere. Today, the Transportation Corridor Agencies announced a 30-day delay on their choice of alignments for the Foothill-South toll road extension. The TCA board voted 12-3 for the delay mere hours after its staff received a letter from ... More >>

The Foothills in your Headlights: The Extension approved

Yesterday, the board members of the Foothills/Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency voted 12-3 to approve the $875 million Foothills South (241) extension, which will cut through both San Onofre State Beach and the Donna O'Neill Land Conservancy. But that ominous rumbling you hear in the distance i ... More >>

TCA Sued Not Once, Not Twice, but THRICE!

Today, Attorney General Bill Lockyer sued the Transportation Corridor Agencies. Read the complaint HERE. Lockyer is none too keen on their plan to build a toll road through San Onofre State Beach, impacting surfing resources, the San Mateo Campground, Native American sites, and engandered species. ... More >>

Less than an hour until the polls close...

... and I'm soooooo confused. I was out of town last Thursday through Sunday, and when I returned there were 17 messages on my phone from the likes of Pete Wilson, Dick Ackerman, Hillary Clinton, someone yammering about Jessica's Law, the Nguyen running for an OC school board seat and his partner in ... More >>

Drugs Did Danny

Smith: Sad (AP) Hot off the Associated Press: Anna Nicole Smith's 20-year-old son died from a lethal combination of methadone and two antidepressant drugs, a U.S.-based pathologist who conducted a private autopsy said Wednesday. Toxicology tests showed Daniel Smith had methadone, Zoloft and Lexap ... More >>

Wherefore Late Democratic Gains?

Interesting; two hours ago (around 9:45) Dem John Garamendi was 2.5% behind Repub Tom McClintock for Lieutenant Governor. Now, at nigh-midnight, he's up by 1.5%. His gains have been incremental, but constant and steady. Similarly, Dem Debra Bowen has creeped an eensy 0.2% above Bruce McPherson for ... More >>

Monday's Headlines. No Surprises: Shaky ground for the mayor-who-would-be-governor

Preparing for deportation: In the past fiscal year, Immigration and Customs Enforcement made almost twice as many arrests (30,396) in its fugitive operations program as it did the previous year, reports the Register. ICE also picked up more than 4,000 illegals in workplace raids - up 11 percent fro ... More >>

Toll Road Sound-Byte Wars

Governor Arnold Schwarnzenegger thinks the TCA's 241 (Foothill-South) toll road extension (which would bisect San Onofre State Beach, impact an Indian burial ground, mess with Trestles and possibly bring about Apocalypse) is about as tasty as steroids or a married woman's breast. The TCA (or Transpo ... More >>

State Park Scare Tactics

Or, How to Fool a County. To soothe concerns that their 241 (Foothill-South) toll road extension would rape the environment, destroy endangered species and habitat, pave over archaeological and sacred sites, close the San Mateo Campground, bisect inland San Onofre State Beach and possibly impact th ... More >>

Richer Than Rockefeller

Argyros tells feds hes a billionaire

Our DA Now Has an Attorney

Argyros tells feds hes a billionaire

Diary of a Mad County

Argyros tells feds hes a billionaire

Endorse-O-Matic!

Argyros tells feds hes a billionaire

Landslide 2002

What we saw on election night

Road, Parks, Water, School, Housing Projects Tied to State Funds Frozen. Probably

The folks who find, clean and store your water are apparently confused over a directive that came last week from the Pooled Money Investment Board, whose members include California Treasurer Bill Lockyer. The board halted funding of public works projects across the state, including those already app ... More >>

Say You Will Build It, and They Will Come . . . If the 'It' Is a Toll Road Over Trestles Parkland

The folks who find, clean and store your water are apparently confused over a directive that came last week from the Pooled Money Investment Board, whose members include California Treasurer Bill Lockyer. The board halted funding of public works projects across the state, including those already app ... More >>

Boned Again

TO: Anthony "Tony" Rackauckas, Orange County District Attorney

FROM: Anthony "Tony" Pignataro

A Higher Fire Power

Carona puts his faith in more guns after ambush of deputy

Not a 'Stiff,' Nor a 'Loser'

WEB EXCLUSIVE! The OC Weeklys Statewide picks

'Carpetbaggers, Thieves and Land-grabbers'

Toll road officials raise the dead in their war with local Native Americans

Oh Really

If the DAs tough on GOP corruption, thats news to us.

Diary of A Mad Year

2004 regurgitated

Diary of a Mad County

2004 regurgitated

Orange Countys Sexiest People

2004 regurgitated

Dudes, It Cant Be My Dope!

Gregory Haidl: From alleged gang-rapist to whiny rich kid

The Year in Girl

There was a war in there, somewhere

Stonewall Rackauckas

Judge orders DA to end secrecy over $5 million consulting deal

Diary of a Mad County

Judge orders DA to end secrecy over $5 million consulting deal

Irk Day

SUV the Earth!

Tonys New Suit

Weekly sues DAs office over secret files

Electric Horsemen

Is a rodeo mafia covering up evidence of animal abuse in California?

Toxic Politics

District Attorney Tony Rackauckas weighed his own political future against the safety of Orange County's drinking water and decided to save his own skin

Bada Bing!

Attorney General auditing Orange County DAs questionable use of witness-protection funds

Lockyer Dances the Dipsy-Do, Tricky-Lawyer Thing With DA

Did the attorney general really clear Rackauckas in corruption scandals?

Rackauckas Gives Aides Reason to Belch

Did the attorney general really clear Rackauckas in corruption scandals?

Diary of a mad county

Did the attorney general really clear Rackauckas in corruption scandals?

Diary of a Mad County

Did the attorney general really clear Rackauckas in corruption scandals?

DAs Wife Missing!

May just be home

Our District Attorney Needs an Attorney

Rackauckas may beat Wade on March 5, but can he beat the rap?

Wronging Our Writes

Rackauckas may beat Wade on March 5, but can he beat the rap?

Buddies

Is the DA trying to befriend the man charged with investigating his friendships?

It's Good to Be King George

Is the DA trying to befriend the man charged with investigating his friendships?

Union Maid

Apathy is sooo 1990s

Baked Alaska Airlines

Apathy is sooo 1990s

Crisis in the Mosh Pit

Apathy is sooo 1990s

Still Hazy After All These Years

The Reg still ain't talking about its role in the Baugh scandal

Letters

The Reg still ain't talking about its role in the Baugh scandal

Letters to the Editor 1/15/99

The Reg still ain't talking about its role in the Baugh scandal

[UPDATED:] Election 2010: Coker is Spun, Polled, Teabagged

​1:28 p.m.: Orange County agreed with state voters on most ballot initiatives, although more of us did want to keep choking on polluted air until the unemployment rate drops and most like the state budget approval process to remain fucked-up, thank you very much (probably because many are philosop ... More >>