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  • Blogs

    April 2, 2012

    Gary Stein, Tea-Bagging Marine Corps Sergeant, Coming to Buena Park!

    ​The Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association will be holding a fundraiser tomorrow at the Knott's Berry Farm Resort Hotel. Proceeds from the event, which will also feature a talk by Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, will go toward educating sheriffs and peace officers on the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2012

    Be Nice, Barneys: OC Housewife and ex-Hubby Ordered to Be Civil, and Not Pay Each Other

    ​Score one for the men! Simon Barney, hubby No. 2 for Real Housewife Tamra Barney, won't have to pay spousal or child support, according to their divorce settlement.They've also been ordered to be nice to each other.

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2011

    Over 70 Attend UCLA Symposium on Alex Bernal Case

    ​Despite it happening on a Monday morning, despite it happening during Thanksgiving week, despite it happening far from the scene of the incident, more than 70 people filled into the California Room of the UCLA Faculty Center yesterday to attend a symposium on Doss vs. Bernal, the 1943 civil right ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2011

    Scott Evans DeKraai, Mass Killer Suspect, is a Darling of the Tea Party and Divorced Dads Rights Groups

    ​Scott Evans Dekraai, the 41-year-old Huntington Beach man held without bail for last week's mass killing spree in a Seal Beach salon, is a teabagger. This license-plate frame at right was on Dekraai's Toyota SUV, proving that he was a proud member of the gun-lovin', tax-hatin', gubment-despisin' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2011

    County Health Employees Put Out A Harsh Report On Laura's Law; Board of Supes To Decide Whether To Implement It

    Laura's Law is named for Laura Wilcox, who was murdered by a mentally ill man who refused treatment​In August, following a public outcry, the Board of Supervisors asked county healthcare employees to prepare a report explaining how Laura's Law would work -- and how much it would cost to implement ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2011

    Wine Company Trying to Trademark Term 'Taco Truck'

    ​Today is something called National Taco Day, which is a total bullshit holiday made up in 2000 by Chuy's in Austin. It started as a marketing ploy, and Chuy's actually filed a trademark application for it, but it let its rights to the term slip, meaning hundreds of lazy bloggers and reporters can ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2011

    Futures of Syria and Bashar Assad Aired at Town Hall

    ​The focus of the international media may have switched from Syria to Israel-Palestine (for now), but that won't stop the Los Angeles chapter of the Syrian American Council from holding its third town hall meeting in Anaheim Saturday to examine the current situation and future outlook for members' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 27, 2011

    [UPDATED with "Victim" Speaking:] Muslim Worker Told to Remove Hijab Sues Abercrombie & Fitch

    ​UPDATE, JUNE 27, 11:52 A.M.: The Muslim woman at the center of a lawsuit against Abercrombie & Fitch over being forced to remove her hijab while working in the stockroom of a Hollister Co. store in San Mateo spoke at this morning's press conference."When I was asked to remove my scarf after ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2011

    George Saieg, Anaheim Muslim-to-Christian Evangelist, Wins Free Speech Ruling

    ​Somehow we missed this one from a couple weeks ago, but George Saieg recently won an appellate court decision regarding his free-speech rights and mistreatment by the city of Dearborn, Michigan, which had barred the Anaheim evangelist from passing out pamphlets urging Muslims to convert to Christ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2010

    Axl Rose Sues 'Guitar Hero'

    ​[via RadarOnline.com] Axl Rose is suing Activision Blizzard Inc, the owner of the hit video game Guitar Hero. The company, which is based both in Santa Monica and Irvine, is being sued for over $20 million dollars for fraud, breach of contract and unjust enrichment, among others claims.

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2010

    Zack de la Rocha's Arizona Boycott Grows

    ​On July 29, the government of Arizona will enact Senate Bill 1070, also known as Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act. The law addresses immigration control and regulation, which was traditionally a federal responsibility. This law makes Arizona the first state to require all aliens ... More >>

  • News

    May 6, 2010

    Mi Casa Es Mi Casa

    How Fullerton resident Alex Bernal's 1943 battle against housing discrimination helped change the course of American civil rights

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2009

    Why is the City of Orange Taking a Little Old Lady to Criminal Court?

    Look like a criminal to you? **Update: Aranda reluctantly pleads guilty, gets probation. Click here for the story.**Does the city of Orange not have better things to do than to take little old ladies to criminal court? Genoveva Aranda, a small, fragile grandmother who lives in historic Orange, is go ... More >>

  • News

    May 7, 2009

    James Corbett's Anti-Establishment Comment

    Look like a criminal to you? **Update: Aranda reluctantly pleads guilty, gets probation. Click here for the story.**Does the city of Orange not have better things to do than to take little old ladies to criminal court? Genoveva Aranda, a small, fragile grandmother who lives in historic Orange, is go ... More >>

  • News

    October 16, 2008

    [Moxley Confidential] Sheriff Hutchens' Concealed-Weapon Policy Prompts Talk of Homosexual Plot

    Look like a criminal to you? **Update: Aranda reluctantly pleads guilty, gets probation. Click here for the story.**Does the city of Orange not have better things to do than to take little old ladies to criminal court? Genoveva Aranda, a small, fragile grandmother who lives in historic Orange, is go ... More >>

  • News

    September 18, 2008

    [Moxley Confidential] DA Rackauckas and Sheriff Hutchens skirmish over investigation of deputy

    Look like a criminal to you? **Update: Aranda reluctantly pleads guilty, gets probation. Click here for the story.**Does the city of Orange not have better things to do than to take little old ladies to criminal court? Genoveva Aranda, a small, fragile grandmother who lives in historic Orange, is go ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 7, 2008

    God Squad Blasts Congressman Royce

    No one ever criticizes Congressman Ed Royce (R-Fullerton) for the things he says because no one has ever heard him speak. But he apparently sends out emails that have caught the attention of a cross-denominational group of clergy folk who today sent Royce a letter asking him to stop using the phras ... More >>

  • News

    March 27, 2008

    [Moxley Confidential] Meet Catherine Cass of Santa Ana, OC's Most Annoying Neighbor

    No one ever criticizes Congressman Ed Royce (R-Fullerton) for the things he says because no one has ever heard him speak. But he apparently sends out emails that have caught the attention of a cross-denominational group of clergy folk who today sent Royce a letter asking him to stop using the phras ... More >>

  • News

    October 18, 2007

    Brown Act Blues

    The DA doesn’t file criminal charges against CAPO Unified School trustees, but their violations of the state open-meeting law will go on their permanent records

  • News

    May 10, 2007

    The Beer That Made Tustin Infamous

    OC cops seek to expand anti-public-drinking laws to private property

  • News

    December 7, 2006

    A Snow Job Success

    The shady past of OCs newest mega-philanthropist

  • Blogs

    June 6, 2006

    Provisional, Proschmivisional

    Bitching and moaning about having to cast a provisional ballot is one thing. Ladera Ranch resident Marcy Allen just ringy-dingy'd the Weekly to complain that she could not vote AT ALL! Like a good little citizen, Allen arrived at her polling place right when it opened so, like a good little employee ... More >>

  • News

    November 3, 2005

    The Case of the Dog That Couldn't Sniff Straight

    Sloppy police work, callous prosecutors, indifferent judges doom dirt-poor Latino man

  • News

    July 21, 2005

    One Good Bribery Charge Deserves Another

    After grand jury indicts Jaramillo, ex-top cop accuses DA of similar crime

  • News

    February 10, 2005

    F. Yoo!

    UC Irvine protesters humiliate torture-memo author

  • Culture

    November 18, 2004

    Spiritual Justice

    Constant Stars passion play

  • News

    September 9, 2004

    White Collar Crackerjack

    Orange trash haulers case is soooo 1998

  • News

    May 6, 2004

    Putting the Con in Condo

    Councilwoman may have illegally converted apartments

  • News

    December 18, 2003

    Star Chambered

    More than a year after charging Gustavo Orejel, prosecutors still havent interviewed mystery witnesses against him

  • News

    November 6, 2003

    Murder, He Wrote

    Brother alleges county is covering up El Toro colonels murder

  • Columns

    September 4, 2003

    Letters

    Brother alleges county is covering up El Toro colonels murder

  • News

    August 21, 2003

    Were All Victims Now!

    Plea bargain in anti-Christian shooting raises questions about fairness of hate-crime laws

  • Features

    August 21, 2003

    Out of His Skull

    What do you get when you combine paranoia, ego and almost limitless power?
    Answer: DA Tony Rackauckas

  • News

    December 26, 2002

    Casting lott

    What do you get when you combine paranoia, ego and almost limitless power?
    Answer: DA Tony Rackauckas

  • News

    November 28, 2002

    Bada Bing!

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

  • Features

    October 31, 2002

    Scam Adams

    John Adams wants to be judge in a bad way

  • News

    July 25, 2002

    Bring Me the Head of Donald Garcia

    How a Green Party activist tracked an Anaheim trustee to Corona del Mar

  • Columns

    March 28, 2002

    Aussie and Hairy It

    How a Green Party activist tracked an Anaheim trustee to Corona del Mar

  • News

    November 15, 2001

    Court Date

    DA readies grand jury case against Garofalo

  • News

    September 6, 2001

    Third Strike

    Its time to dump a DA who has broken faith with the public in at least three crucial cases

  • News

    January 11, 2001

    Sailor Suit

    ACLU ready to sue county over Boy Scouts control of Newport real estate

  • News

    December 21, 2000

    Going Home

    After five months in jail, Eddie Quinones is free

  • News

    October 19, 2000

    The Wrong Profile

    Eddie Quinones says he was safer in jail

  • News

    December 23, 1999

    Redemption Song

    Dave Herrick's strange odyssey through the U.S. war on drugs

  • News

    September 16, 1999

    Slumlord Sweepstakes!

    Is Eve Mitchell the countys most successful tenement entrepreneur?

  • News

    December 18, 1997

    Schroeder Plays the Times Like a Piano

    Dornan attorney says Times reporters worked for him

  • News

    August 7, 1997

    Ask Not For Whom Mike Capizzi Works

    DA's aggressive defense of Wall Street firm

  • News

    January 9, 1997

    The Mexican No-Show Show

    Bob Dornan, the Times and an 18-Vote 'Scandal'

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