Subject: Nick Adenhart

• Angels Pitcher Nick Adenhart Killed in Fullerton Crash

  *Moved up by Gustavo, because dumb-ass trolls have hijacked a tragedy to go on and rail about Mexicans. Give 'em hell, gentle readers...Nick Adenhart, the Angels starter who pitched six scoreless innings in last night's 6-4 loss to the A's, was one of three people killed in a collision involving three cars just past midnight in Fullerton. A passenger riding in a silver Mitsubishi driven by an unidentifed woman, 22-year-old Adenhart apparently died shortly after being rus

  April 10, 2009

• It's a Quick Read 31: Weekend and Monday Edition

  Orange County Register: Andrew Thomas Gallo, 22, San Gabriel, is scheduled to be arraigned today on murder charges stemming from the Fullerton car crash that claimed the lives of Nick Adenhart, also 22 and an Angels rookie; Courtney Frances Stewart, 20, Diamond Bar; and Henry Niguel Pearson, 25, Manhattan Beach. Lone survivor Jon Wilhite remains hospitalized. . . .  The Angels says they are not shopping for a new pitcher in light of losing Adenhart. . . . In light of the way

  April 13, 2009

• Barbara Coe And Friends Use Adenhart Tragedy to Troll for New Members to CCIR

  Was CCIR head once a Chinese singer?As Clockwork Coker inadvertently showed in his post on the death of Anaheim Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart and his friends caused by some dipshit drunk driver, the Know Nothing nation will seize any opportunity to bash Mexicans and exploit any tragedy if it means furthering their cause. Last Thursday, San Diego Minutemen head Jeff Schwilk sent out an email to folks asking they try to confirm the immigration status of killer Andrew Thomas Gallo. "If he is by chan

  April 14, 2009

• It's a Quick Read 32

  Orange County Register: Eighth sign of the Apocalypse: Ambulances spontaneously combusting in Fountain Valley. . . . It won't be galloping from four white horses South County residents hear Wednesday and Thursday, but F-18s bombing Camp Pendleton. Don't worry, the Marine base planned it. . . .  Former La Habra resident Melissa Huckaby, 28, could face additional charges of rape and molestation in the murder of a little girl in Tracy. . . . Andrew Thomas Gallo, 22, San Gabriel, cried in court

  April 14, 2009

• Help Titan Jon Wilhite, Honor Titan Courtney Stewart

  It's been highly publicized that Angels rookie pitcher Nick Adenhart, 22, was killed in a collision just after midnight Friday. Some reporters have even added that Courtney Frances Stewart, the 20-year-old Diamond Bar resident who was driving the Mitsubishi Eclipse Adenhart rode in, and another passenger, Henry Nigel Pearson, 25, of Manhattan Beach, were also killed.There has been less mentioned about the fourth person in the car, lone survivor Jon Wilhite, who at press time had his condition up

  April 14, 2009

• It's a Quick Read 35

  Orange County Register: Cypress father and Long Beach Memorial hospital pharmacy manager Hugo Bustamante, 46, was one of the two victims slain by a fellow pharmacy worker Mario Ramirez, 50, who then took his own life. . . . Harold Edward Trees, a 36-year-old Orange man who is believed to be a member of the prison-based Nazi Low Riders white supremacist gang, is popped after he is tied to an elaborate indoor pot farm in a historic downtown Long Beach building. . . . Former Corona del Mar High Sch

  April 17, 2009

• It's a Quick Read 36: HOT! Weekend and Monday Edition

  Orange County Register: The current heatwave broke 51-year-old records in Orange County. . . . The CHP needs your help nabbing whoever took a potshot at an officer responding to a freeway overpass suicide attempt last week. . . . Two of the 10 worst charities in America are based in Orange County. . . . AngelsWin.com removed a message board where a fan was selling unauthorized t-shirts memorializing Nick Adenhart. Lansner: Demand for OC homes has returned to 2005 levels.Los Angeles Times: Messag

  April 20, 2009

• As Stephen Smith Leaves Town, Irvine's "Tattler" Calls on Others to Step Up

  Stephen C. Smith calls on others to keep tabs on Irvine City Hall.CORRECTED!Lost in Santa Ana a few months ago, half paying attention to the street signs and half to Larry Mantle's KPCC interview show blaring out of the car speakers, I heard the host steer his Orange County "roundtable" guests--Orange County Register senior editorial writer Steven Greenhut; former LA Times religion writer William Lobdell and the Weekly's irrepressible Gustavo Arellano--into the topic of local bloggers. The three

  May 12, 2009

• It's a Quick Read 30

  Orange County Register: Fans gathered around a makeshift memorial outside Angel Stadium to honor pitcher Nick Adenhart, who died in a car accident. . . . A woman driving a car with a baby aboard was shot and killed in Santa Ana after leading police on a high-speed chase that began in Buena Park. . . . Another woman was not shot and killed in Rancho Santa Margarita after leading the CHP on a high-speed chase that began in Long Beach. . . . Orange County Transportation Authority spent ne

  April 10, 2009

• UPDATED: Autopsy Report: Adenhart Driver Also DUI

  Shortly after midnight on April 9, Andrew Gallo drove his van through a red light at Lemon Street and Orangethorpe Avenue in Fullerton and smashed into a car passing through the intersection. Gallo escaped the collision unharmed, got out of his van and ran from the scene. Not so lucky was the other car's driver, Courtney Stewart, a 20-year-old college student from Diamond Bar, and passengers Henry Pearson and Nick Adenhart, the 22-year-old Anaheim Angels pitcher--all of whom died at the scene--a

  June 11, 2009

• Autopsy Report: Angels Pitcher Adenhart's Driver Was DUI

  June 18, 2009

• Nick Adenhart Memorial Fund Presents First $5,000 Check

  The Nick Adenhart Memorial Fund, a charitable fund set up in the name of the Angels pitcher who was killed along with two other in an April 9 auto accident in Fullerton, has presented its first $5,000 check benefiting Little League baseball in Adenhart's home state of Maryland. Jim Adenhart, Nick's father, and Jim Sr. and Connie Adenhart, the pitcher's grandparents, made the donation to the Halfway Little League, where Nick once pitched, at home plate before a tournament game Wednesday, re

  July 2, 2009

• Game, Fans Gives Back to Former Titan Catcher Jon Wilhite [UPDATED]

  UPDATE: ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER VIDEO FROM THE GAME. Jon WilhiteThe Orange County Flyers are going to try to win one for Jon Wilhite on Monday night. The independent Golden Baseball League team is hosting a night for former Cal State Fullerton Titans catcher who suffered what doctors described as an internal decapitation from the April 9 car accident that took the lives of Angels rookie pitcher Nick Adenhart, Titans cheerleader Courtney Stewart and Wilhite's former high school teammate Henry P

  July 8, 2009

• Wilhite and MADD Get Support From Angels and "Ball Hawk"

  <br/><a href="http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt=en-US&brand=foxsports&vid=fde644e7-f0f1-4dba-b689-30e71b3a9463" target="_new" title="Happy to be alive">Video: Happy to be alive</a> Before Friday evening's Angels game, Fox Sports Network carried a short video piece on Jon Wilhite visiting Angels Stadium followed by the young accident survivor joining his father on the Angels

  July 27, 2009

• If Drunk Drivers Who Kill Face Murder Charges, Why Not Charge City Councilman With Attempted Murder?

  Watch CBS Videos Online Sunday night, 60 Minutes replayed "DWI: Was It Murder?" Reporter Bob Simon interviewed a prosecutor who pursues murder charges against drunken drivers whose traffic collisions result in deaths of people in the other vehicles. Nassau County, New York, district attorney Kathleen Rice's first successful prosecution against just such a drunken driver resulted in a second-degree murder conviction and sentence of 18 years to life in prison against a 24-year-old insurance salesm

  August 5, 2009

• 2009 Postseason Throwdown: Top 11 Moments From Angels AL West Victory Celebration

  Nothing more can be said about the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim's dominating 11-0 shutout of the Texas Rangers last night to win the American League West crown. The offense, defense and especially Ervin Santana's pitching were of a caliber one would expect from a World Series-bound team. So, let's instead relish the top 11 moments from the Halos' victory celebration . . . while we don't have to think about Boston. Yet. 1) Champagne-, beer- and milk (?)-drenched Angels playe

  September 28, 2009