Salvador Hernandez

OC Weekly Dominates 2012 OC Press Club Awards with 16 of 'Em!

Last night, the Orange County Press Club held its annual awards ceremony at Encore Dinner Theater in Tustin, and in-between a hoppin' swing music set, a pretty good four-course dinner, reporters gossiping, and way too many smoke breaks to count, there were awards handed out--and, surprise, surprise. ... More >>

Darren Sandberg: Questions Surround I.D.'ing Deputy Who Fatally Shot Marine Sergeant

​Here is something OC Weekly investigative reporters are used to: they break a story involving Orange County government, the district attorney or the sheriff's department, and the targeted agency later confirms those facts--in the Orange County Register.After Patch.com reported Darren Sandberg was ... More >>

[UPDATED] Santos Basilio O'Dell Surrendered DNA After Hitting Wife, Now He's Wanted in Rape, Kidnap Cold Case

​UPDATE, FEB. 15, 2:03 P.M.: 32-year-old Santos Basilio O'Dell waived extradition in Santa Ana and is expected to be transported to Arizona to face charges of raping a teenage girl there in 2004.Authorities in Chandler, Arizona, say a DNA sample taken from O'Dell in Orange County links him to the ... More >>

More Than 40 Bibliophiles Listen to Daniel Hernandez Read From His New Book on Mexico City

​Daniel Hernandez, formerly of the Los Angeles Times and our sister paper LA Weekly, is what's called a reporter's reporter--one that his contemporaries, colleagues and rivals read religiously. And there were more than a few scribes last night at Calacas in SanTana to hear Hernandez read from his ... More >>

Ryan Sheckler's Truck, an Alleged Teen Thief and a Deputy-Involved Shooting

​Pro skateboarder Ryan Sheckler's white pickup was stolen some time Friday night and, after a short pursuit of the truck Saturday morning, an Orange County Sheriff's deputy fired at least two shots at a 17-year-old driving toward the deputy and his partner.Meanwhile, the Orange County Register is ... More >>

[UPDATED:] Craig Monteilh, OC's Islamic Mosque Spy, is Dealt a Blow in his Lawsuit Against the FBI

​UPDATE: Federal Judge James V. Selna did not, as expected, dismiss a lawsuit a former informant brought against the FBI but gave the complaint 20 more days of life so it may be amended (updates throughout) . . .Craig Monteilh, the Irvine fitness instructor who posed as a Muslim to infiltrate ... More >>

Racist OC Register Fustercluck of the Day

​Headline: Immigrants in Custody in Two Smuggling AttemptsComment by TUSTINATOR: Maybe SALVADOR HERNANDEZ is an "immigrant" as well LOL

Racist OC Register Fustercluck of the Day

​Headline: Woman fights off carjacker at gas station fletch3 wrote: surprise everyone,it was a MEXICANT who tried to steal her car after the one he stole in L.A. broke down.Yeah, we want more MEXICANTS here.

Is This The Best California Police Mug of 2009?

Good stuff, man!​Bayron Reyes Lopez (pictured in sheriff's custody) was allegedly under the influence of narcotics this week in San Clemente when the 26-year-old gruesomely choked to death a small dog, poured coffee over his head, stripped and ran naked around a tennis club before his capture, acc ... More >>

OC Deputies Mourn Washington State Cop Massacre

Slain Sgt. Mark Renninger​Outraged by the recent killing of four police officers sitting in a coffee shop near Seattle, officials with the Association of Orange County Deputy Sheriffs (AOCDS) say they plan to donate funds this week for the families of the victims. In a letter sent to union officia ... More >>

Racist OC Register Fustercluck of the Week: "Weed 'Em Out!"

Hello haters! Here we go with another edition of...​Let's talk about illegals, shall we?Two fun stories this week. The first one is by Cindy Carcamo--and we know where this señorita's sympathies lie, don't we? It concerns an effort by PATRIOTIC AMERICANS to put something on the June Ballot called ... More >>

$3 Million Emerald Arrives at Height of Jewelry Heist Season

Palagems.comEl Itoco: object of desire.​In a small room near the front desk of the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana rests El Itoco, a 472-carat emerald crystal that is considered one of the finest in the world and valued and is valued at more than $3 million.The emerald that was dug up from black shale ... More >>

How Did Chung Get Away With Spying for China for So Long?

In light of today's first-ever economic espionage conviction of Dongfan "Greg" Chung, 73, of Orange, it must be asked: How did the former Rockwell International and Boeing engineer get away with being a spy for China for so long? Born in China, Chung was employed by Rockwell in Downey from 1973 unti ... More >>

Irvine Mosque Speaks: OC Weekly World Exclusive!

On Feb. 21, FBI agents arrested Ahmadullah Sais Niazi, an Afghan immigrant, and charged him with lying about his brother-in-law's status as an alleged Al Qaeda terrorist. A few days later, Craig Monteilh, a convicted con artist, held a press conference to announce that he was an FBI informant and ha ... More >>

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OC Register Death Watch Part Three

It's been just over a week since I wrote that the Orange County Register is in content-sharing talks with Dean Singleton's MediaNews Inc. and a week since Register publisher Terry Horne told one of his own reporters about his vision for saving the paper, including the formation of "a consortium with ... More >>