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This is Dave Lopez Reporting
Surely it pales in comparison to being named by the Weekly as Orange County's best television reporter , but KCBS veteran Dave Lopez, who has in particular raked from the same muck patch as our own R. Scott Moxley when it comes to covering the oh-so-corrupt OC Sheriff's Department, will be presented a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Los Angeles Press Club in June.
May 16, 2006Stupidest Accusation of Plagiarism Ever
We here at the OC Weekly have been accused of many things over the years: libel, slander (whenever one of us appear on radio), lies, Commie-sympathizing, Reconquista cheerleading, selling ours souls to New Times, and—most memorably—"Satan instrument,"what Congressman Robert K. Dornan called the Weekly's R. Scott Moxley on television. But in my five years at your favorite fish wrap, I don’t recall any writer being accused of plagiarism until this morning. Cue a long, rambling phone message
September 27, 2007Top Ten Kicks In The Sack
"Just how many people did OC Weekly kick in the balls last year?"
January 2, 2008What You Missed Over The Weekend Part XV
On Friday night, Dave Segal watched London duo, Black Ghosts, put on one of the better hipster-dance live shows he's seen in a while. Saying, "It was kind of like a combination of Daft Punk and Chemical Brothers, full of aggressive beats, filthy synth textures and sing-along tunes." Saturday found our own Luke Y. Thompson at the toy store shopping for Iron Man action figures to add to his collection. He found himself a Robert Downey Jr. action figure at the Toys R Us in Irvine. Too bad it loo
March 24, 2008Dirty Deputies? Where have you read that before today?
'I Lit the Fire': Jared Petrovich claims he was just following orders when his words sparked a fatal jailhouse beating; April 3, 2008, By Nick Schou An Open Letter to DA Tony Rackauckas Regarding the Jailhouse Murder of John Chamberlain; March 13, 2008, By Nick Schou Tased and Not Confused: To lawyer in OC jailhouse-tasing incident, missing footage is no shocker; May 10, 2007, By Nick Schou Thanks for the Work! An open letter to District Attorney Tony Rackauckas, Sheriff Mike Carona, and t
April 7, 2008OC Weekly Winners!
Am about to return to la naranja after a week in Philadelphia for the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies' annual convention. Am happy to report yours truly won the Best Column award for alt-weeklies with a circulation over 55,000 for the second time in three years. And il cappo di tutti capi of investigative reporters, R. Scott Moxley, finished second in the prestigious public service category for getting disgraced former Orange County sheriff Mike Carona out of office. Do consider Moxley a
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August 15, 2008Mile High Sanchezism
"It's really an important issue to acknowledge that women are important." --Orange County Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-Santa Ana) tells the New York Times today what she wants from Barack Obama before she'll switch from backing Hillary Clinton's already defeated campaign. — R. Scott Moxley / OC Weekly
August 26, 2008This Week in the OC Weekly
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June 17, 1999Voter Registration Deadline Puts Smiles on Some Faces
If you want to vote in this historic election and haven't registered, the deadline is tonight. If you don't get the registration in today's mail (it must have today's postmark on it), you can drop off the form at the parking lot for Orange County Registrar of Voters until midnight. The registrar's office is located at 1300 S. Grand Avenue, at the corner of Grand and McFadden in Santa Ana—not far from the 55 and 5 interchange. During a mid-morning trip to the registrar's office today, I was
October 20, 2008This Week in the OC Weekly
October 31, 2008Carona Corruption Trial Quote Of The Day
"He had no problem being corrupt. He just didn't want to be stupid about it." --Former Orange County Sheriff's Department Assistant Sheriff Don Haidl testifying this afternoon in Santa Ana about FBI indicted ex-Sheriff Mike Carona's private views on taking bribes, lying to the public and illegally financing campaigns. (R. Scott Moxley / OC Weekly)
November 5, 2008Doozy Of The Day At The Sheriff Mike Carona Corruption Trial
"[Public access to audio of Sheriff Mike Carona's incriminating statement's that led to his arrest on bribery charges] could taint the jury." --Brian A. Sun, one of the numerous Jones Day law firm bodies who represent indicted ex-Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona (allegedly) for free, arguing today that the FBI audio surveillance evidence admitted in the trial should be withheld from the public. One big problem. How could public knowledge of evidence the jury has already heard taint the panel's
November 6, 2008If You're Going To Be A Crook, It's Nice To Be Polite, No?
"He thanked me very much." --Newport Beach businessman Don Haidl in testimony today about indicted Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona's reaction to 48 secret monthly $1,000 cash bribes that won the untrained Haidl full California police powers as assistant sheriff of the nation's fifth largest sheriff's agency. (R. Scott Moxley / OC Weekly)
November 6, 2008Crime Made Sheriff Mike Carona Hungry
"Crab cakes sounds good. How about that French brie too?" --Then-Sheriff Mike Carona pausing temporarily in August 2007 from plotting how to foil a federal grand jury corruption probe during a meeting at a Newport Beach restaurant with Don Haidl, his onetime assistant sheriff who is secretly wearing a wire for the FBI. (R. Scott Moxley / OC Weekly)
November 7, 2008Doozy of the Day at The Sheriff Mike Carona Corruption Trial
"I'm the sheriff. I can do whatever I want." --Prior to his arrest on federal bribery charges, Mike Carona confided his view of the world to a law enforcement colleague concerned about the Orange County sheriff's close friendship with Ed Grech, a local businessman whom the FBI had secretly recorded calling a major suspect in a narcotics trafficking investigation. (R. Scott Moxley / OC Weekly)
November 7, 2008Mike Carona Corruption Trial Quote of the Day!
"Unless they can figure out the conspiracy." --Then-Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona in a secretly recorded August 2007 conversation with multimillionaire Don Haidl on ways the FBI might be able to extend the criminal statute of limitations on him accepting bribes from five years to nine. (R. Scott Moxley / OC Weekly)
November 12, 2008But Mike Carona Cried on Robert Schuller's Hour of Power. . .
“Cocksucker . . . He can suck my dick . . . Bob McDonell’s a lying cocksucker. Uh, most of what he’s done is illegal and my guess is that at some point in time, um, he’ll either get the shit sued out of him or he’s gonna get indicted on something, so you can tell him I said that.” --In July 2007, before his FBI indictment on corruption charges, then-Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona, a self-described "Christian conservative," blasting the Newport Beach police chief for refusing to
November 12, 2008Cocky Carona Dared the FBI To Arrest Him
"They just enjoyed having fun and, you know, probably liked hanging out with the sheriff, thought that was cool . . . You wanna put me in jail for that, put 12 people in the box and let's rock and roll." --A cocky Mike Carona said to Don Haidl in a secretly recorded 2007 conversation about all the millionaire businessmen who'd given him expensive gifts as Orange County's sheriff. (R. Scott Moxley / OC Weekly)
November 12, 2008Perhaps Mike Carona Only Meant to Order More Crab Cakes
"Okay." --Inside a Newport Beach restaurant in August 2007, then-Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona's secretly recorded response to a co-conspirator's plan to "burn" a document concerning a federal grand jury's corruption probe. (R. Scott Moxley / OC Weekly)
November 12, 2008Sheriff Mike Carona Gave A Badge to His Favorite Restaurant Owner
"Nobody was going to admit anything." --Ex-Assistant Sheriff Don Haild testifying today in the federal corruption trial of indicted Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona, who allegedly ordered silence about the department giving badges, guns, concealed weapon permits and police powers to unqualified individuals (like his favorite restaurant owner) who'd given campaign contributions. (R. Scott Moxley / OC Weekly)
November 12, 2008A Glimpse Into the Mind of Sheriff Mike Carona
"So, unless there was a pinhole [camera] in your ceiling that evening, it never happened, because it never happened, Don. It never fucking happened. And, that part is why I sleep real well at night." --Then-Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona working out a story in August 2007 for Don Haidl to tell a grand jury investigating cash bribes and expensive gifts Carona allegedly took from Haidl, a multimillionaire used car businessman who was given full police powers and the rank of assistant sheriff.
November 15, 2008This Week in the OC Weekly
In our annual music issue, "Feedback": Vickie Chang educates us about OC musician Pat Visel and his music that no one has heard.Chris Ziegler interviews Greyboy about how he looks to make a name for himself with a new Best-of compilationNed Ragget talks to KUCI DJ Sam Farzin about 'College Rock'Ryan Ritchie tells us why Long Beach's Mike Monster isn't just pretending to be spookyIn News:Nick Schou explains why the DA dropped charges against Frank Santos, who was accused of pushing a Garden Grove
November 27, 2008Indicted Sheriff Mike Carona Corruption Trial Quote of the Day!
"Yes . . . yes"--Indicted ex-Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona's defense team tried to prove in trial today that a wealthy Carona campaign contributor's relative, serving a jail sentence, had not received preferential treatment, but Kim Markuson--onetime assistant sheriff for OC jails--provided the aforementioned answers to federal prosecutor Brett Sagel when asked if Carona's sheriff's department violated two specific provisions of a court order that gave preferential treatment to the contribut
December 11, 2008This Week in the OC Weekly
In "Cry-Baby" R. Scott Moxley relays how ex-Sheriff Mike Carona used all the weapons in his arsenal to trick the jury in his federal trial, and still lost.And Spencer Kornhaber takes a look at the problems of the Capistrano Unified School Board in "Political Animals." Have they been solved after the recall/reform movement won? Plus... The Weekly's standing columns, ¡Ask a Mexican!, Hey, You! and Savage Love.Restaurant reviews of Andrea in Pelican Hill and BC Broiler in Costa Mesa.Cul
January 26, 2009This Week in the OC Weekly
In "Oyster Lovers Unite!" Robb Walsh discusses oysters. Yes, oysters. And R. Scott Moxley takes a look at why the normally stoic DA Rackauckas put his head down and sobbed uncontrollably (Hint: he didn't) in "Moxley Confidential." Plus... The Weekly's standing columns, ¡Ask a Mexican!, Hey, You! and Savage Love.Restaurant reviews of OC's nudie bars and Taqueria Los Grandes.Culture focuses on a history of OC's theatrical naughtiness and Trendzilla talks about hating Valentine's Day.Ou
February 16, 2009Power of Laser Beam Attacks on Aircraft Illustrated
It's not just here in Southern California where aircraft pilots are increasingly finding themselves temporarily blinded at nighttime by cheap, store-bought laser pointers--particularly ones with a more devastating green beam.If you're dismissive of the potency of the laser on aircraft cockpits, checkout this BBC broadcast that illustrates not just the harm it can do but also that technology is making it easier to identify the source of a beam.In recent years, police as well as commercial and pri
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I Only Wish the Register or The Blade Had Your Balls.
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May 31, 2001To The Very End, Mike Carona is a Shameless Hypocrite
It's not a crime if the sheriff does itPlease, please, please don't punish me for my criminal activity!--The position ex-Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona is taking with U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Guilford, who will decide on April 27 what punishment is fitting for the former top cop's repeated illegal efforts to sabotage a federal grand jury investigating corruption at the Orange County Sheriff's Department. In other words, judge, Carona doesn't want you to follow his own official campai
April 26, 2009Witness: Zodiac Killer Was An Orange County Resident
Mystery solved?I've been telling folks we're overdue in Orange County for a sensationally nasty, bizarre crime. You know: something akin to an abused, teenage male goat on a roof and an obviously satisfied ex-sheriff anxious for a party before his freedom is restricted. We're good here for that kind of news.But today we got a sensationally bizarre story out of No Cal: Deborah Perez, a woman from OC, called a press conference in front of the San Francisco Chronicle and declared that her father,
April 29, 2009The Man Who Never Was: Surfing Naked, Football & Drugs
Sports fans (and recovering drug addicts) definitely should checkout a copy of this month's Esquire with George Clooney on the cover. Journalist Mike Sager, formerly of the Washington Post and Rolling Stone, has written a fascinating article about the struggles of a onetime local star football star at Mater Dei and USC."Twenty years ago Todd Marinovich was guaranteed to be one of the greatest quarterbacks ever to play the game of football," the story opens. "He was drafted ahead of Brett Favre.
April 30, 2009Moderate Earthquake Strikes LA, OC
Crashing PlatesAt 8:39 p.m., an estimated 5.0 magnitude earthquake centered in the Hawthorne/Inglewood area rocked Los Angeles and Orange County, according to me, my neighbors and Caltech. In Santa Ana, the quake felt like it lasted about 15 seconds and seemed determined to topple a bookcase. LA news outlets are wrongly reporting that only LA residents felt the shaking.No doubt that Rev. Wiley Drake of Buena Park will blame the plate tectonics on the Long Beach gay pride festival that's underw
May 17, 2009Best Crime Story of the Week!
Racists Give Birth TooDeputies in California's Inland Empire are on the ball. Searching for criminal white supremacist gang members and their associates, the San Bernardino County officers recently staked out local maternity wards in the area of Hesperia, Winchester and Perris. Why? Because they anticipated correctly that pregnant mothers in the gang desperately wanted to give birth on April 20, Adolf Hitler's birthday. According to the San Bernardino Sun, two of these mothers were captured at h
April 24, 2009Today's UC Irvine Rifle Incident Resolved Officially
Great news at UCIUsing it's emergency text messaging system, UC Irvine officials alerted its students tonight just after 9 p.m. that today's scare over a potential rifleman on campus has been "resolved safely" after a suspect was located with an imitation gun.According to a team of six OC Register reporters, a student who'd been using a pellet gun for target practice in Laguna Canyon was the suspect. A university spokesman said the student has been "cleared" of any wrongdoing. Perhaps he'll thin
May 20, 2009Overheard in the Orange County Courthouse
You never know what you'll hear In an elevator rising to a top floor inside Orange County's Central Courthouse in Santa Ana. The following conversation took place today.Veteran public defender to natty, young private criminal defense lawyer: "Hey, how's it going?"Private lawyer: "I'm going to get my ass kicked. My judge is a jerk."Public defender: "At least you're paid well."Private lawyer: (Pauses, smiles and then) "You're right! I should be more optimistic, shouldn't I?"--R. Scott Moxley / OC
July 15, 2009What Was On Your OC Freeway This Morning?
Better used in a vehicleHere's what I saw on a short stretch of the 5 and 55 freeways: a rolled-up rug, a metal TV dining tray, an industrial-sized bucket (bouncing like a Ping-Pong ball), tires and tire shreds, a crushed soda can (striking windshields and hoods), a pipe, a beach towel, a box, a curtain rod, fragments of orange construction cones, and--drum roll--the omnipresent babyseat (sans baby)!-- R. Scott Moxley / OC Weekly
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