Subject: Organized Crime

• The Reg's Exciting Internet Strategy

  The internet (or internets, if you're George Bush) has helped change the way news gets reported. Take for example, R. Scott Moxley's story on Los Angeles County Sheriff's Commander and candidate for Orange County Sheriff Ralph Martin's call for Mike Carona's immediate resignation. On Thursday at a press conference on the steps of the old county courthouse in Santa Ana, Martin denounced Sheriff Carona for his relationship with a Vegas mob associate and other wise guy-friendly types. "This is unac

  April 29, 2006

• Carona: Finally Looking Relaxed

  Check out this excerpt from Mike Carona's campaign to get re-elected as OC Sheriff. First - the shot on the left. There's no way on earth or anywhere else that facial expression could ever be construed as a smile. So what's it supposed to be? A knowing grimace? A satisfied exhalation at two terms' worth of job well done? To be honest, it looks like he's right in the home stretch of a prolonged and much-delayed leak. "Ohhhhhhhhhhhh yeah. Little Sheriff, you're doin' a heck of a job. Oh, that's

  May 22, 2006

• Va Tech Murders Give OC Sheriff Pal Excuse

  At the insistence of John Barnett, OC 's legendary defense lawyer, a San Bernardino County judge refused to allow opening statements Monday in the jury trial of Raymond K. Yi, a former OC reserve deputy who faces six felony charges for a 2005 gun-related temper tantrum on a golf course. Barnett, famous for his defense in the Rodney King police brutality case and the Greg Haidl gang rape trials, urged a mistrial because of the potential "inflammatory nature" of the Seung-Hui Cho killing spree la

  April 24, 2007

• Following the Bouncing OCSD Gun Story

  Did anyone catch the Malibu Ferrari Crash story in today's Times. Now, while there's no way the Orange County Sheriff's Department angle can possibly overshadow the meat of this story (rare Ferrari Enzo totaled on PCH, alleged lies to responding cops, a supposed Swedish con man, fake Homeland Security officials on the scene--and that's just Act 1!), OCSD "Professional Services Division" Deputy Roger A. Davis' role in this real-life miniseries just gets curiouser and curiouser. First, just follo

  May 2, 2006

• It's So Funny Because It Just Happened

  So on our home page right as this is ejaculated out, there is one of those flashy Google ads that seemingly scans the page it's on for keywords and then searches its massive database for related advertising links. I don't know if Google pays a premium to have that amazing feature on our site, or if it's just something we're using as a space filler. What do you want from us? We've got a sweeping second hand between our legs? We bring this up because just as we were scanning the home page, we not

  May 4, 2006

• Tuesday's Headlines & Surprises: Poor Mike Carona

  OC's Embarrassing Buford T. Justice: Law-enforcement helicopters and ground crews normally — blatantly — tail me. You should have seen them after I revealed that local cops had planted a handgun on a DUI suspect, after I wrote about a cop who ejaculated on a female motorist in Laguna Beach, and when I published photos of Sheriff Mike Carona warmly embracing a female Russian, uh, “interpreter” in his Moscow hotel room. Anyway, the cop harassment has increased recently, and I'd wondered w

  July 17, 2007

• Tuesday's Headlines & Surprises: Costa Mesa Fascists Lose!

  How Did Bren Recently Gain $5 Billion? Those of us who’ve watched the county operate know that Donald Bren’s Irvine Co. gets away with murder in Orange County. Several years ago, I reported that Bren had won public recognition from the Times and Register for donating land to the public at his Newport Coast project. What they didn’t say was that the land was mostly sheer cliff around his McMansions. Far from being generous, Bren’s donation quietly shifted earthquake and fire liability fr

  October 2, 2007

• Who the Hells in Charge?

  March 29, 2001

• No on Measure R Contributor Has a Past

  Garbage As mentioned here, Santa Ana recycling equipment maker Enterprise Co. has given $4,000 to the campaign against Irvine's Measure R, which asks residents to give a vote of approval to the Irvine City Council's planning of the Great Park on the old El Toro Marine Corps base. Enterprise Co., which was incorporated in 1969 under the ownership of Orval and Albert Gould, has a solid reputation nationally when it comes to the design, engineering and manufacturing of equipment and systems for t

  October 31, 2008

• Nobody's Perfect

  February 12, 2009

• [Moxley Confidential] Billy Joe Johnson Tries to Save Pal From Death Row. Plus, Adieu, Buffalo Jim

  May 22, 2008

• Robot Downey Jr.

  December 6, 2007

• Watching the Detective

  July 25, 2002

• Kissing the Pinky Ring

  Newport Beach barbecue honors racketeer heading to federal prison

  May 24, 2007

• A Boot Stamping on Your Face

  The Actor's Gang Presents 1984
  

  March 15, 2007

• 'Dirty, Stupid or Both'

  April 27, 2006

• Fuhgeddaboutit

  April 13, 2006

• Monster's Ball

  March 23, 2006

• Conflicting Conflicts

  With Jaramillo case, Rackauckas able to shift conflict of interest allegations away from himself for a change

  September 30, 2004

• Final Act

  April 10, 2003

• Missing Wives, Lousy Lies & Mob Ties

  July 11, 2002

• Psychic Friends

  February 14, 2002

• The DAs Friend

  April 26, 2001

• Frank Sinatra-The Good Years

  July 23, 2009

• Latin American Art History Class: “The Baroque World of Fernando Botero”

  September 10, 2009

• The Baroque World of Fernando Botero

  September 17, 2009

• The Unsolved Murder of Joe Avila Is Only One of Many Loose Ends From OC's Coked-Out '80s

  September 24, 2009

• Roaring ‘20s Themed Murder Mystery Dinner

  October 29, 2009