Years after the glove didn't fit and we had to acquit, countless Larry King Live appearances and actor Phil Morris' career zenith with the Seinfeld Jackie Chiles parody, Johnnie Cochran Jr. is coming back to Orange County to right an alleged racial injustice. OK, so Mr. Cochran departed for that Great Ambulance Chase in the Sky back in 2005, but The Cochran Firm he started 40 years ago will represent the family of Julian Alexander, the 20-year-old newlywed and father-to-be who was mistakenl
"America's Sheriff" is a convicted felon.Ex-Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona was found not guilty of multiple conspiracy counts and one witness tampering count in Santa Ana federal court today, but he was still found guilty of another witness tampering count. According to federal prosecutors, 53-year-old Carona faces a sentence of zero to 10 years in prison on that count after a yet-to-be scheduled sentencing hearing.First elected sheriff in 1998, Carona is the highest ranking law enforce
Outside Eyes, a Newport Beach-based crisis PR firm, is among the agencies that have been brought in to help Alex Rodriguez deal with the firestorm of controversy that has been generated by the New York Yankees slugger's admission to using performance-enhancing steroids.
The firm knows crisis PR. Founder and CEO Reed Dickens was an assistant press secretary in the George W. Bush White House. Dickens' partner and senior strategist, Ben Porritt, was the press secretary for embat
With the smell of spring training fresh in the air around the old ballpark, it's been the best of times and the worst of times for Matt McCarthy. The 30-year-old 28-year-old medical intern at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City has seen Odd Man Out, his recently published book based on his minor league pitching career in the Angels organization, excerpted in Sports Illustrated, hailed as the farm-league equivilent to Jim Bouton's polo groundbreaking major-league tell-all Ba
So Purpose Driven® Rick Warren is blaming his no-show on the ABC news program This Week because he sniffed too many fumes at the pulpit? Is this the beginning to a bad Catholic joke? And Warren is still insisting that every culture in human history has defined marriage as between a man and a woman, despite the big, glaring local example? Too funny. Hey, Purpose Driven® Rick: your short tenure as America's Pastor has produced nothing but hilarity, one that makes Bill Graham's anti-Semitic ravin
CONTINUOUSLY UPDATED . . . "Inexperienced" criminal defense attorney Rawitz (left) and Carona in January.Once dubbed "America's Sheriff," Mike Carona was sentenced this afternoon to 66 months--or 5 1/2 years--behind bars, two years probation after he serves the prison time and a $125,000 fine for attempting to
sabotage a grand jury investigation into abuse of power and bribery at
the Orange County Sheriff's Department.U.S. District Court Judge Andrew J. Guilford said during his sentencing that h
Agent Opie/Cory BarnesIn case anyone hasn't heard, former pro wrestler, navy SEAL and Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura has fallen in love with surfing. He answered Larry King's kooky questions on the issue in May, explaining that surfing, for him, goes way beyond just a new hobby. For Mr. Ventura, It's a passion, "a dedication," as he told King. Is it just me, or has this guy mastered the art of making sudden, drastic transitions? SEAL--wrestler--governor--surfer.
The long-haired, deep-tanned