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  • Blogs

    May 2, 2007

    OC Tied to Alleged Seattle IRS Scam

    The Associated Press in Seattle reported this morning that IRS agents recently busted a massive tax-shelter scheme with potential ties to Santa Ana and Fountain Valley. According to federal court documents unsealed yesterday, Robert Arant created a "warehouse bank" that allowed "people who wanted t ... More >>

  • News

    November 15, 2007

    Draw Your Own Conclusions

    Why would a deputy who admitted to cruelly doctoring a crime-scene photo get a sweet promotion only months afterward?

  • Features

    November 1, 2007

    Magnum Enforcer

    In an ongoing federal civil trial, it’s clear that one of Carona’s more violent deputies enjoys gunplay

  • Features

    August 30, 2007

    Face Off

    A Little Saigon identity-theft ring pounded OC businesses until one cop saw a tear in its veil of secrecy

  • News

    January 11, 2007

    Theyre My friends and Im a Swinger!

    OC businessman allegedly sold fake computers during the day, call girls at night

  • Features

    December 28, 2006

    The Year in Pretending to Break Stories

    The OC Registers New Motto: You didnt read it here first

  • News

    September 28, 2006

    Hammer Time

    Ex-Huntington Beach mayor gets prison time for condo scam first unveiled by Weekly

  • News

    March 23, 2006

    Monster's Ball

    Feds, Aryan Brotherhood come to paint the OC courthouse white

  • News

    August 7, 1997

    Ask Not For Whom Mike Capizzi Works

    DA's aggressive defense of Wall Street firm

  • News

    July 30, 2009

    New Complications In the IHHI Saga

    DA's aggressive defense of Wall Street firm

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2009

    Orly Taitz's Day In Court

    John Gilhooley / OC Weekly​Today, Dr. Orly Taitz Esq., the Laguna Niguel dentist, lawyer and real estate agent who is attempting to sue Barack Obama out of office, appeared before Judge David O. Carter in Santa Ana's Ronald Reagan Federal Courthouse. The occasion: a hearing in her lawsuit, Barnett ... More >>

  • News

    September 24, 2009

    Anti-Obama 'Eligibility' Movement Members Breaking Ties With Laguna Niguel Birther Orly Taitz

    John Gilhooley / OC Weekly​Today, Dr. Orly Taitz Esq., the Laguna Niguel dentist, lawyer and real estate agent who is attempting to sue Barack Obama out of office, appeared before Judge David O. Carter in Santa Ana's Ronald Reagan Federal Courthouse. The occasion: a hearing in her lawsuit, Barnett ... More >>

  • Columns

    October 1, 2009

    Letters From OC Weekly Readers

    John Gilhooley / OC Weekly​Today, Dr. Orly Taitz Esq., the Laguna Niguel dentist, lawyer and real estate agent who is attempting to sue Barack Obama out of office, appeared before Judge David O. Carter in Santa Ana's Ronald Reagan Federal Courthouse. The occasion: a hearing in her lawsuit, Barnett ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2009

    Tales Of Suicide And Tyranny From Orly Taitz In Santa Ana

    ​Whew, that was a long one. Laguna Niguel dentist/lawyer Orly Taitz, along with her co-counsel/nemesis Gary Kreep, spent a couple hours this morning in the Santa Ana Ronald Reagan Federal Building and Courthouse arguing why Judge David O. Carter shouldn't throw their case against Barack Obama out ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2009

    The Idiots' Guide To Not Being Schooled By Orly Taitz Like Joy Behar Was

    Oh, television. Last night, comedian and budding political pundit Joy Behar had Orange County's own Orly Taitz on her new HLN show. Whereas past cable news appearances for Taitz have seen our "eligibility" activist in panic mode from the mere few seconds of air time she was given and the decibel lev ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2009

    Orly Taitz's Star Witness: The Dentist Asked Me To Lie In Court

    John Gilhooley / OC Weekly​Dr. Orly Taitz believes that Barack Obama wants to destroy America, but lately she's been dealing with a different threat: the defection of her former allies in the "eligibility" (a.k.a. "birther") movement. The lawsuit against Taitz from fellow birther lawyer Phil Berg ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2009

    Big Week For Birthers and Their Crusade to Unseat Obama the Usurper!

    The Ledger-Enquirer of Columbus, Georgia, reports today that Orly Taitz, the Orange County attorney who reigns as queen bee to the Obama "birther" movement, is representing a "conscientious objector" who refuses to deploy to Iraq*, not because he's a pacifist or because George Bush authorized the in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2009

    Taitz Minions Launch Attack on Santa Ana Judge's Clerk

    ​Besides asking for donations to help pay off the $20,000 fine imposed upon her by a Georgia judge last week, Laguna Niguel's Orly Taitz has been lately filling her blog with comments from contributors making hay about a law clerk working in the office of David Carter, the judge who's  been h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2009

    The Greatest Hits of the Taitz Dismissal

    ​Judge David O. Carter today threw out Dr. Orly Taitz's Barnett v. Obama lawsuit against President Obama. This was the lawsuit filed with dozens of plaintiffs, in Santa Ana Federal court, with a judge that seemed to listen patiently to the legal theories of Taitz and co-counsel Gary Kreep.Read the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2009

    Why Not Draw and Quarter Obama and Judge Carter?

    WikicommonsThe execution of Guy Fawkes' (Guy Fawkes), by Claes (Nicolaes) Jansz Visscher,​The reactions to yesterday's dismissal of Orly Taitz's Barnett v. Obama lawsuit continue to pour in. Taitz has been publishing letters from her followers non-stop on her blog. This charmer just got put up, ad ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2009

    Orly Taitz Motion Says Local Judge Wants to Lynch Her

    John Gilhooley, OC Weekly​Maybe we will get another date with Orly Taitz in Santa Ana's Ronald Reagan Federal Building and Courthouse after all. Less than two weeks after Judge David O. Carter dismissed the Laguna Niguel's Barnett v. Obama lawsuit seeking to throw the President out of office, Tait ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2009

    Santa Ana Judge Spikes Orly Taitz Lawsuit, Again

    John Gilhooley / OC Weekly​Late Friday afternoon, Judge David O. Carter passed down his judgment on Orly Taitz's Barnett v. Obama lawsuit: denied. Again! Taitz had filed a motion for reconsideration of Carter's earlier dismissal. The motion--and a follow-up filing--accused Carter of hiring a clerk ... More >>

  • News

    December 31, 2009

    [Year In Review] OC Weekly's News Blog, Navel Gazing, Gazes Back at 2009

    John Gilhooley / OC Weekly​Late Friday afternoon, Judge David O. Carter passed down his judgment on Orly Taitz's Barnett v. Obama lawsuit: denied. Again! Taitz had filed a motion for reconsideration of Carter's earlier dismissal. The motion--and a follow-up filing--accused Carter of hiring a clerk ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2010

    US Attorneys: No, Dr. Taitz, You Can't Resurrect Your Dead Case in D.C.

    Trevor Keen / OC WeeklyThe illustration from our blog/blog recap.​The U.S. attorneys representing Barack Obama et. al. in Orly Taitz's Pamela v. Barnett lawsuit just filed a motion opposing Taitz's attempt to move the lawsuit from Santa Ana to Washington D.C.The main grounds for the opposition? Th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2010

    Mortgage Scheme is "Most Sophisticated and Arrogant Fraud" Judge David O. Carter Has Seen

    ​Jared Tornow, 34, of San Clemente, was sentenced this morning to nearly six years in federal prison for what U.S. District Judge David O. Carter called one of the most sophisticated and arrogant frauds he has ever seen.According to court documen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2010

    Orly Taitz's Santa Ana Lawsuit Really, Officially, Finally Dead

    Illustration by Trevor Keen​The lawsuit that Orly Taitz filed on the date of Barack Obama's inauguration has finally been lain to rest forever--we think.

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2010

    Supposedly Broke Orly Taitz Appeals Santa Ana Case

    John Gilhooley / OC Weekly​When she's not posting copies of the President's late mother's social security card and asking newly elected Republican senator Scott Brown to sign on her lawsuit against Barack Obama, Laguna Niguel's Orly Taitz has lately taken to peppering her blog with statements like ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2010

    James Halstead, Once Accused of Slipping Date-Rape Drug to an Olympian, Gets 10 Years

    James Halstead, off to do a dime.​Sure, James Halstead was sentenced last night to 10 years in federal prison for his role in a Ponzi scheme that took in more than $61 million before it crashed and caused around 140 investors to suffer more than $20 million in losses.But, a ... More >>

  • News

    December 30, 2010

    A Year of Navel Gazing: The Virtual Orange County

    Looking back at 2010 on our news blog, one Top 10 List at a time

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2011

    Chick Fight! Chick Fight! Barbie vs. Bratz

    ​Considering the preponderance of plastic, empty-headed bleach blondes one finds around these parts, at least a few have likely found their way into the federal courthouse in Santa Ana. But the two fitting the same description going before a judge at the Reagan today have achieved icon status with ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2011

    Tan Nguyen Gets Prison for Anti-Loretta Sanchez Vote Scheme

    Tan Nguyen wins free housing​Tan Nguyen--the bizarre Little Saigon political figure who couldn't decide if he was a Republican or a Democrat--at least had one question resolved today: his future housing situation.Federal Judge David O. Carter has sentenced Nguyen to spend 366 days in prison follow ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2011

    [UPDATED] Souhair Khatib, Who Had Her Hijab Removed in OC Jail, Wins Appeal, Can Sue County

    ​UPDATE, MARCH 16, 9:59 A.M.: Here is a link to the actual Ninth Circuit appeals court decision:Khatib v. County of OrangeUPDATE, MARCH 15, 4:24 P.M.: A Muslim woman who claims her constitutional rights were violated when Orange County sheriff's deputies forced her to remove her headscarf while ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2011

    [UPDATED with Mattel Getting Bitch-Slapped:] Chick Fight! Chick Fight! Barbie vs. Bratz

    ​UPDATE, APRIL 21, 12:31 P.M.: The sluttier, younger chick wins!A federal court jury in Santa Ana not only rejected claims that MGA Entertainment's popular line of Bratz dolls violates the copyright of Mattel's Barbie, but the panel awarded MGA $88.4 million for trade secrets misappropriated by M ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2011

    [UPDATED with Award Proposal:] Bratz Maker MGA Wants $339 Million From Barbie Sugar Daddy Mattel

    ​UPDATE, MAY 25, 9:30 A.M.: Analysts agree that in the seven years since Barbie-maker Mattel first went after Bratz manufacturer MGA Entertainment in court, the smaller company's fortune dwindled while Mattel remained a toy industry giant. MGA is hoping to retrieve $339 million of that fortune in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2011

    [UPDATED with More Nuttiness:] Birthers Queen Orly Taitz Pisses Off Yet Another Federal Judge

    ​UPDATED, JULY 26, 4:15 P.M.: Another day, another federal judge Queen of the Birthers Orly Taitz has managed to piss off.The latest is District Court Judge Royce C. Lamberth, who wrote of the Laguna Niguel dentist/lawyer/real-estate saleswoman--in a ruling dated Monday--"Plaintiff is either toyi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2011

    [UPDATED with $315 Mil Bond for Mattel:] Bratz Maker MGA's Total Take From Barbie Sugar Daddy Mattel? $310 Million

    ​UPDATE, AUG. 17, 5:21 P.M.: In federal court in Santa Ana today, Judge David O. Carter ordered Mattel to post a $315 million bond while the El Segundo-based toy manufacturing giant fights a $310 million award to MGA Entertainment.It's the latest twist in the trade secrets legal battle the makers ... More >>

  • News

    September 29, 2011

    Pyramid Scheme

    Men boasting CIA and FBI ties met in Newport Beach to convince a mysterious billionaire to buy into a secret economy, and nothing was what it seemed

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