Today, officials at Mater Dei High School sent out a two-page memo to alumni regarding the recent settlement involving the Catholic Diocese of Orange and four young women who claim they were abused by diocesan lay employees during the 1990s. Two of the perpetrators-- Jeff Andrade and Larry Stukenholtz--worked as assistant boys' basketball coach and choir director at the school, respectively. Both of them admitted to their guilt--Andrade in a sworn deposition, Stukenholtz as part of Mater Dei's i
Hot off the presses -- do they still have presses? -- from Local 2076 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), AFL-CIO in Anaheim:County workers and residents will rally Tuesday to express outrage at County officials' plans to slash Social Services at the time they are needed most - while simultaneously redecorating their offices and retaining their raises. Funding for Social Service workers comes primarily from State and Federal money, with the County only p
I devote a couple of pages of my Orange County: A Personal History (book signing Sept. 18 at the Yost!) to the Huntington Beach-based California Coalition for Immigration Reform, the single group most responsible for fanning the anti-Mexican flames in the United States over the past 15 years. One crucial moment I discuss is CCIR head Barbara Coe's self-professed epiphany regarding the illegal-alien menace, as quoted in Daniel Sheehy's 2006 book Fighting Immigration Anarchy: American Patriots Bat
Condolences to the Orange County Labor Federation, AFL-CIO, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 2076 and Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice. Together they organized a media stunt at noon today outside the Orange County Hall of Administration.Eligibility workers who were among the 69 to receive layoff notices on Jan. 5 -- they were also among 200 county Social Services Agency employees pink slipped that day -- were to speak during lunchtime on their la
Spirited Orange County union and Democratic Party officials gathered this morning outside the county's Hall of Administration to protest the Board of Supervisors' firing of more than 200 Social Service Agency employees as one way to address massive budget woes. With a backdrop of placard-waving senior citizens, eight speakers hailed the event's theme: "Save our seniors! Not political perks!" Organizers claim that county supervisors and top managers continue to hand themselves $21 million in annu
