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August 7, 2008
There's Something About Pacific Health
Remember the wandering homeless patient we wrote about a few months back who had been shipped from an Orange County hospital to L.A.'s Skid Row and dumped there? Well such incidents have been the subject of a federal investigation initiated in 2006 after the LAPD began looking into reports of hospi ... More >>
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December 23, 2008
ACLU Sues Laguna Beach for Giving Homeless the Boot
The ACLU filed a federal civil rights lawsuit today against the city of Laguna Beach for its "unlawful and inhumane policy of harassing and intimidating disabled homeless people." The suit alleges that the city's prolonged arrests of its small, disabled homeless population under the guise of an anti ... More >>
Culture
December 4, 2008
Something Smells at the Chance's Theater's 'The Giant and the Pixie'—But It's Not the Blood of an Englishman
The ACLU filed a federal civil rights lawsuit today against the city of Laguna Beach for its "unlawful and inhumane policy of harassing and intimidating disabled homeless people." The suit alleges that the city's prolonged arrests of its small, disabled homeless population under the guise of an anti ... More >>
Columns
April 9, 2009
[¡Ask a Mexican!] Does Only Bart Simpson Say '¡Ay, Caramba!'?
The ACLU filed a federal civil rights lawsuit today against the city of Laguna Beach for its "unlawful and inhumane policy of harassing and intimidating disabled homeless people." The suit alleges that the city's prolonged arrests of its small, disabled homeless population under the guise of an anti ... More >>
Features
December 14, 2000
Happy Homeless Christmas
The ACLU filed a federal civil rights lawsuit today against the city of Laguna Beach for its "unlawful and inhumane policy of harassing and intimidating disabled homeless people." The suit alleges that the city's prolonged arrests of its small, disabled homeless population under the guise of an anti ... More >>
Music
August 14, 2008
New Orange County Homelessness Benefit CD Provides Some Shelter From the Storm
The ACLU filed a federal civil rights lawsuit today against the city of Laguna Beach for its "unlawful and inhumane policy of harassing and intimidating disabled homeless people." The suit alleges that the city's prolonged arrests of its small, disabled homeless population under the guise of an anti ... More >>
Columns
March 20, 2008
[Hey, You!] A Ticket for Your Thoughtfulness
The ACLU filed a federal civil rights lawsuit today against the city of Laguna Beach for its "unlawful and inhumane policy of harassing and intimidating disabled homeless people." The suit alleges that the city's prolonged arrests of its small, disabled homeless population under the guise of an anti ... More >>
News
April 11, 2002
'Jesus, Remeber Me?'
Homeless kids spend Good Friday in shadow of Santa Anas Glamour Slammer
News
November 28, 2002
The Force Is With Him
In a department once noted for its cruelty toward the homeless, Santa Ana cop Randy Beckx produced a revolution
News
November 10, 2005
Wiley Coyote
The Rev. Wiley Drake has a history of helping illegals, as long as they dont criticize Bush
Columns
April 14, 2005
Days of Whines and Runny Noses
Hey, kids: quitcherbitchen
News
February 3, 2005
You Cant Count On Me
As homeless gather for census dinner, county officials are out to lunch
News
January 13, 2005
The Frugal Gourmet
Costa Mesa soup-kitchen volunteer feeds families after brush with deportation
Columns
July 29, 2004
Diary Of A Mad County
Costa Mesa soup-kitchen volunteer feeds families after brush with deportation
Columns
February 19, 2004
Green No More
Costa Mesa soup-kitchen volunteer feeds families after brush with deportation
Culture
July 5, 2001
Food Not Bombs
Rocking, rolling and water guns
Culture
March 15, 2001
Not Hot, Not Cold, Just Real
Rocking, rolling and water guns
Features
December 28, 2000
In the Name of the Father
Growing up Wiley Drake Jr.
News
December 3, 1998
How to live on the streets
How to get there How to stay there
Blogs
June 25, 2009
Laguna Beach Settles Lawsuit Over Homeless Ordinance
Laguna Beach agreed today to settle a lawsuit over the city's treatment of disabled homeless people, according to the ACLU of Southern California. "Under the agreement, the city's police officers will not cite, arrest or harass people under state law simply for sleeping in public places, ... More >>
Blogs
July 14, 2009
OC Cities Fail to Crack 10 Meanest List, Must Try Harder
Photo by HulagwayBoxed in.No Orange County cities cracked the top 10 Meanest Cities list included in a report released today by the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty and the National Coalition for the Homeless. But Laguna Beach, Santa Ana (by way of Dana Point) and just-beyond-our-re ... More >>
Blogs
October 25, 2009
Taco Bell Crime of the Week!
How tough are the times? People are not just holding up Taco Bells, they're now seeking refuge in their recycling bins. From Northern California:A homeless man sleeping in a restaurant recycling bin was nearly killed when the container was emptied into an Allied Waste Management truck for compact ... More >>
Blogs
December 23, 2009
Christmas Can Be Worst Day of the Year
Christmas can be the worst day of the year.That's not the opinion of atheists, al-Qaida or the last reindeer pulling Santa's sleigh after Mrs. Claus serves chili but the Orange County Rescue Mission.When you're living on the streets, Christmas can be the worst day of the year. Unless you've been ... More >>
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December 30, 2009
Orange County Gets $11 Million to Fight Homelessness
A federal agency has awarded a different kind of financial stimulus than you are used to hearing about lately, granting more than $11 million to the County of Orange in homeless assistance funding.Part of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Continuum of Care Super Notice o ... More >>
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February 22, 2010
[UPDATED:] Mechanic Arraigned for Allegedly Setting Homeless Man Ablaze
UPDATE: Details of five-year sentence handed down today below. Mechanic Hector Manuel Medina previously shooed a homeless man away from the alley behind Medina's Santa Ana auto shop. When the 32-year-old saw the 64-year-old transient in the alley two weeks later, the mechanic got a gas canister f ... More >>
Blogs
May 16, 2010
Food Network Chef Arrested in Alleged Murder-For-Hire Plot
LA-based chef Juan-Carlos Cruz, who hosted the cooking show Calorie Commando on the Food Network from 2004-2006, has been arrested and is being held in LA County Jail for allegedly asking homeless men to commit murder. One of the homeless men went to police, upon which "investigators l ... More >>
Blogs
June 22, 2010
ACLU Honors Law Firm for Helping Quash Laguna Beach's Anti-Homeless Ordinance
Just shy of a year after Laguna Beach agreed to settle a federal lawsuit over the city's treatment of disabled homeless people, a law firm has been honored for its "outstanding pro bono work" in the case. Irell & Manella, which has offices in Newport Beach and Los Angeles, recently received ... More >>
Blogs
September 29, 2010
Should Attacks Against the Homeless be Classified as Hate Crimes?
That's what Brian Levin, director of the Center for the Study of Hate & Extremism at Cal State San Bernardino, is trying to do today.The OC resident is in Washington, D.C. today because he just testified before a Senate committee to argue that attacks against the homeless be labeled a hate cr ... More >>
Blogs
October 14, 2010
Imperial Stars' Stunt Begets More Terrible Songs Remixes
www.imperialstars.comFor today's Imperial Stars news, we bring you an e-mail from one of our readers: "Making this story even more hilarious...the guitarist, Keith Yackey was once an associate pastor at Calvary Chapel Saving Grace in Yorba Linda, then moved to Belgrade Montana to open anothe ... More >>
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October 15, 2010
An Interview With Imperial Stars, Part 1: Band Has No Regrets, Worked With Madonna, And Been Offered a Reality TV Show. For Realz?
imperialstars.comOn Tuesday, Christopher Wright, Paul Arabella (aka David Paul Hale) and Keith Yackey got on a semi, headed for the 101 freeway and blocked three lanes of traffic at 10:20 a.m. to play one song. The Garden Grove trio, collectively known as Imperial Stars, played the ... More >>
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October 15, 2010
An Interview With Imperial Stars, Part 1: Band Has No Regrets, Worked With Madonna, And Been Offered a Reality TV Show. For Realz?
imperialstars.comOn Tuesday, Christopher Wright, Paul Arabella (aka David Paul Hale) and Keith Yackey got on a semi, headed for the 101 freeway and blocked three lanes of traffic at 10:20 a.m. to play one song. The Garden Grove trio, collectively known as Imperial Stars, played t ... More >>
Music
October 21, 2010
A Believe-It-or-Not Interview With Imperial Stars
[Mental Notes] Are the 'Traffic Jam' band idiots or marketing geniuses? Or both?
Blogs
December 21, 2010
[UPDATED:] Local Emergency Declared in Soggy OC
Update, December 21, 10:59 a.m.: The county just announced that as a result of the local emergency proclamation issued due to the weather, two emergency shelters will now be open 24/7. They are the National Guard armories at 612 E. Warner Ave., Santa Ana, and 400 S. Brookhurst Rd., Fullerton. Cou ... More >>
Blogs
January 5, 2011
Orange County Homeless Advocates Urging Board of Supervisors to Allow Homeless to Use Food Stamps at Restaurants
Flickr user Eric__I_EFeeding the homeless is always a tough proposition given their transitory nature. Anyone who visits downtown SanTana knows that various angels provide them with free meals in the Civic Center complex, but those donations only go so far. But now a group of advocates have start ... More >>
Columns
May 26, 2011
What This World Needs Now
[Hey, You!] A lotta love out there—even for the homeless
Blogs
July 18, 2011
[UPDATED with PD Protest PHOTOS:] Kelly Thomas' Retired Deputy Father Blasts Fullerton Police for 'Killing My Son'
UPDATE, JULY 18, 7:12 P.M.: The Fullertonian's Alex Stouffer was at this afternoon's Fullerton Police Department protest with camera in hand, and some of the resulting shots have been graciously shared with the Weekly.Among those who turn up in Stouffer's lens is Ron Thomas, the father of 37-year ... More >>
Blogs
July 30, 2011
"Justice For Kelly" Chanted at Vigil For Fullerton Police Brutality Victim
Protester Jon Hansen says he isn't the protesting type but this cop killing was murderA little after 8 p.m. tonight, scores of people holding candles and representing a cross section of society gathered around the flag pole in front of the Fullerton City. They chanted "Justice for Kelly!" T ... More >>
Blogs
August 4, 2011
Sharon Quirk-Silva, Fullerton Councilwoman, Blasts Fullerton Police Chief Anew, Asks for Better Treatment of County's Homeless in Wake of Kelly Thomas' Death-by-Cop
Fullerton councilwoman Sharon Quirk-Silva shocked political observers yesterday when she asked for the resignation of the city's police chief, Michael Sellers, in the wake of the Kelly Thomas death-by-cop scandal. And in a letter today to constituents, she offers further reasoning."I feel that th ... More >>
Blogs
August 5, 2011
[UPDATED with First-Hand Insight From Villagara:] OC District Attorney "Incapable" of Impartial Probe into Kelly Thomas's Police-Beating Death: ACLU
VillagaraUPDATE, AUG. 5, 4:26 P.M.: Update written by Marisa Gerber.Hector Villagara is no stranger to Orange County. Before he took on his current role as executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Southern California, he worked in the ACLU's Orange County office.It was h ... More >>
Music
September 1, 2011
OC All Over the VMAs
[Mental Notes] Plus, a concert and food drive in honor of Kelly Thomas
Blogs
September 21, 2011
[UPDATED with Arraignment:] Murder Charge, Counts Against 2 Cops in Kelly Thomas Beating Case
Courtesy of Orange County District Attorney's OfficeOfficer Manuel RamosUPDATE, SEPT 21, 4:03 P.M.: At his arraignment this afternoon, which the Weekly's Marisa Gerber attended, a handcuffed Fullerton Police Officer Manuel Ramos pleaded not guilty to felony second-degree murder and involuntary ma ... More >>
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September 15, 2011
Kelly Thomas Memorial Concert and Canned Food Drive
Fullerton Downtown Plaza
Blogs
December 2, 2011
Homeless Veterans Need Your Help
Telling you about the National Guard armories that opened last night and will open tomorrow night to provide winter shelter for the homeless, we mentioned the nonprofit running the program for the county was in need of various clothing, grooming and food items. That group is not alone. A charity ... More >>
Blogs
December 6, 2011
Four Santa Ana Occupiers Face Judge
Kevin LiuBefore Occupiers from Santa Ana were getting arrested in Los Angeles, they were getting arrested...in Santa Ana. Yesterday, the Orange County Register reported that four defendants--Timothy Craven, Anthony Velloza, Shay Palmer and Sam Aresheh, all arrested on Oct. 22--went before Or ... More >>
News
December 15, 2011
Give Bijan Gilani a Job
[Moxley Confidential] Meet Orange County's most brilliant, classiest homeless person
Blogs
December 16, 2011
Kelly Thomas Killing Befuddles The Orange County Register Newsroom
Register: You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll be spoon-fed the official police version!There's no doubt that Fullerton police officers killed Kelly Thomas last July in an outrageous incident that provoked international focus on police brutality in Orange County.I'm focusing on the word "killed" beca ... More >>
Blogs
January 3, 2012
Joshua Evans, Homeless Family Man-Turned- Army Sergeant, Pays It Forward
Despite today's blog posts from yours truly, not all stories from the long holiday layover involved homeless men being fatally stabbed, Christmastime murder-suicides or New Year's Eve party stabbings. Take the inspiring tale of U.S. Army Sgt. Joshua Evans. Six years ago, the Long Beach man was jo ... More >>
Blogs
January 4, 2012
Kelly Thomas Killing Prelude Didn't Involve Slidebar, Bar Owner Claims
PopoffThe claim that a Slidebar Rock-N-Roll Kitchen employee may have inadvertently helped ignite the brutal, July 5 killing of a homeless man by Fullerton cops is not true, according to Slidebar co-owner Jeremy Popoff.In a Dec. 29 phone message to the Weekly in response to months of seeking an i ... More >>
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January 16, 2012
[UPDATED with Victim I.D.:] John Berry, OC Homicide No. 2: Itzcoatl Ocampo Held in Fatal Stabbings of Homeless
UPDATE, JAN. 16, 8:53 A.M.: The homeless man fatally stabbed behind an Anaheim Carl's Jr. Friday night has been identified by friends as 64-year-old John Berry. He's been described as a spiritual man who was so beloved by neighbors and patrons of businesses near where he was murdered at La Palma ... More >>
Blogs
February 3, 2012
Cops, Church, Advocates and Crisis Counselors to Meet with Public About Homeless Killings
With more murders expected to bring more charges against a Yorba Linda man accused to preying on homeless men in North County (see this post), the multi-agency Homeless Homicide Task Force is joining forces with the Community Service Programs (CSP) Crisis Response Team, the Orange County Rescue M ... More >>
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