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Superior Court of California

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2012

    5 Plead Not Guilty to Child Endangerment via Exposure to Piss, Shit, Scratches from 110 Cats

    Five adults pleaded not guilty to felony child endangerment for allegedly exposing two children to "severely unsanitary conditions" in a Santa Ana home filled with feces and urine from 110 cats.John Ed Howe, 68, his wife Sharon Lynn Howe, 65, their daughter Kerri Lynn Howe Moreno, 44, Moreno's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2012

    Nude Resort in Palm Springs Sues in OC to Protect No-Kids Policy

    ​Orange County's Elizabeth and John Young bought one of the premier Palm Springs nudist resorts in 2008 and, given obviously valid worries about pedophiles, thought they were doing the right thing three years later when they instituted a "no kids" policy. But last month a lawyer sent the Youn ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2012

    Disneyland Sued For Negligence in Jungle Cruise Crash

    ​Disneyland sells its popular Jungle Cruise boat ride this way:"Board a trusty tramp steamer for a 7-minute guided tour of jungles from around the world, brimming with exotic animals and lush tropical foliage. Keep an eye out for potential perils -- and stunning beauty -- as your daring skipper na ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2012

    You be the Judge: Case of the Sodomizing Grandpa

    ​A young mother of five children had four of her offspring placed in government control and didn't believe it was fair that an Orange County Superior Court judge decided to also end her custody of her youngest child, an eight-month-old daughter.But that judge, Dennis J. Keough, had these facts pre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2012

    Fullerton Police Department: As Civil Liberties-Hating 88 Years Ago As It Is Today

    As true today as in the 1920s​You'll remember in Marisa's story last month about the many sins of the Fullerton Police Department both before and after their killing of Kelly Thomas how she talked to an older woman who was subjected to a home invasion without warrant by the city's bullies in blue. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2012

    What We Learned in OC, January 1-6

    ​For our recent look back at 2011 via Navel Gazing posts, we added what it was we learned from the news items. Shall we see how long we can keep the string going in 2012?Glad you agree. Feel free to add your own items and what you think we learned from them in the comments. Until then . . . 

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2012

    Regulate Marijuana Like Wine Initiative Gathers 20,000 Signatures

    ​The last few months of 2011 weren't exactly fun for advocates of medical marijuana in California. The federal government threatened to seize properties being used for illegally cultivating or dispensing marijuana, media organizations including this one were put on alert that they could be prosecu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2011

    Fullerton Gym Sued For Erect Dick & Anal Snake Incident

    ​A female custodian has sued a Fullerton gym for wrongful termination after protesting against a supervisor who allegedly begged for sex, plopped his erect penis on a table and told her a graphic story about a snake invading a woman's anus and exiting through her mouth.According to the lawsuit fil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2011

    Jury Trial Set for Civil Suit Against TBN and Ex-Pastor Stephen Galiher, Who DWI'd a Man to His Death

    Galiher's prissy mug shot the day of the crime​You'll remember last year the disturbing story of Stephen Eugene Galiher, once a rising star in the Trinity Broadcasting Network universe, in charge of the televangelist powerhouse's Nashville-area theme park--that is, until crashing into a car on the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2011

    [CLARIFICATION on Plea Deal:] Devon Lynn Kile, Real Housewives Wannabe, Won't Be Trading Pradas for Prison Garb

    ​CLARIFICATION, DEC. 2, 12:30 P.M.: An Orange County Superior Court judge ordered last month's plea-and-sentencing deal that had Devon Lynn Kile, the 46-year-old Real Housewives of Orange County wannabe out of Laguna Hills, pleading guilty in April to dozens of felony counts related to ripping off ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2011

    Ex-Superintendent James Fleming Sues Capistrano Unified School District For Damages

    Fleming​Nearly a year after a state appeals court dropped charges against him, James Fleming is suing Capistrano Unified School District for in attorney fees and lost wages--which one of Fleming's attorneys once estimated at more than $1.6 million.The former superintendent filed a complaint in Ora ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 15, 2011

    [UPDATED with Delay:] "Irvine 11" (-1) Case Heads for Trial

    ​UPDATE, AUG. 15, 2:33 P.M.: The "Irvine 11" trial (now with one fewer defendant) was scheduled to begin today in Santa Ana.That didn't happen.Trial has been rescheduled to Aug. 29, which is when jury selection is scheduled to begin.

  • Blogs

    July 11, 2011

    James P. Marion, OC Superior Court Judge, Dies

    ​Orange County Superior Court Judge James P. Marion, who was assigned to the Central Felony Panel, died Sunday morning at Saddleback Memorial Medical Center in San Clemente. He was 58.Marion, who was educated in New England and served in the U.S Marine Corps, was an Orange County deputy district a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 5, 2011

    Costa Mesa Layoffs May Not Happen As Soon As Anticipated, Judge Tells City To Wait For Civil Trial

    ​Finally, the Costa Mesa employees who got layoff notices earlier this year have caught a break--or at least a reprieve. Joseph Serna of The Daily Pilot reports that an Orange County Superior Court judge ruled today that the city cannot lay off employees and outsource their jobs to private co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2011

    Former Angels Radio Host Dave Smith Sues Team Over Alleged Racism

    ​Dave Smith was a popular talk show host on AM 830 KLAA, the radio broadcast station of the Los Angeles Angeles of Anaheim. His voice mysteriously went off the air in 2009, leaving some listeners questioning his whereabouts.    Two years later, his name resurfaces, this time in cour ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2011

    Garden Grove Police Sued in Little Saigon Gaming Raid Case

    ​The Los Angeles based owners of 57 gaming machines seized in March by Garden Grove police and California Department of Justice is suing authorities in Orange County Superior Court for the return of the equipment.Attorneys for Intelligame, LLC. claim in an April 28 complaint that the cops had no r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2011

    Serial Killer Sues Two OC Deputies for Spitting Incident

    Alcala wants $250 from deputies​Though he's sitting on death row in California's notorious San Quentin State Prison, serial killer and rapist Rodney James Alcala isn't done complaining about his treatment in Orange County. This month, Alcala filed his 17th lawsuit in Orange County Superior Court.H ... More >>

  • News

    March 10, 2011

    Soka University of America Is a School On a Hill

    The Aliso Viejo college was founded by a Buddhist sect that preaches peace—so why are so many former professors alleging the opposite?

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2011

    DeAndre Curtis Hill Held for Hit and Run That Left Motorcyclist Severly Injured and Led to Racist Banter

    ​Last Wednesday's edition of The Orange County Interwebs Horror Show included an item on an online plea to find the driver of a car that hit a motorcyclist in Huntington Beach, and then fled the scene.On Monday, an arrest in the case was announced on the Huntington Beach Police Department Facebook ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2011

    Did Newport Beach Sperm Attack Inspire New Mexico Case?

    Unacceptable sperm usage​You may recall Michael Kevin Lallana, the 31-year-old Newport Beach financial-services employee who was arrested last year for secretly spiking a female co-worker's water bottle with his sperm.Orange County prosecutors charged Lallana with six misdemeanor counts including ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 5, 2011

    Photo Emerges of Confirmed Pedo-Priest Gus Krumm and Accused Pedo-Priest Alexander Manville Saying Mass Together

    ​In 2009, a former student at Sst. Simon and Jude in Huntington Beach filed a lawsuit in Orange County Superior Court alleging he suffered molestations at the grubby hands of priests Gus Krumm (at right) and Alexander Manville. Krumm, of course, is a confirmed pedo-priest whom the Diocese of Orang ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2010

    ¡Ask a Comida Critic! Where to Eat Near the Courthouse in Downtown Santa Ana?

    ​From Niyaz Pirani of Fat Dude on a Diet:If you were me, working across from the courthouse in Downtown Santa Ana and needed to eat, but had no cash, just a card, where would you go for lunch? One of the problems is there's so many Mexi joints and only one me. So I don't know how to figure out the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2010

    Malinda Traudt, Blind, Wheelchair-Bound Woman's Medical Marijuana Appeal Proceeds

    ​Now that an Orange County Superior Court judgment has been formally entered tossing out the lawsuit that claims the city of Dana Point's medical marijuana dispensary ban unconstitutionally interferes with Malinda Traudt's fundamental rights to life and safety under the California Constitution, th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2010

    Kevin Michael Sianez, Alleged Fraudster, Intimidator and Puppy Pimper, Now in Custody

    ​We told you here about alleged puppy pimper Kevin Michael Sianez, the former Santa Ana and Stanton police officer slapped with a 63-count criminal complaint claiming he defrauded clients as an unlicensed private investigator and intimidated his detractors.Oh yeah, and then there's the misdemean ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2010

    Surfrider Foundation Strikes Back for Access to Beach Below Dana Point Headlands

    ​Dana Point sued the state last month to keep locks and posted hours on gates leading to the Headlands' access paths to the public coastline. Now, the Surfrider Foundation--the San Clemente-based nonprofit that promotes the right to low-impact, free and open access to the world's waves and beach ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2010

    At Least Eight Arrested in Downtown Santa Ana Anti-Bill Hunt, Pro-Sanctuary City Protest

    Nice bikes!​Look at the photo above--it's some of SanTana's finest on Santa Ana Boulevard, ready to cross Flower Street to break up a protest involving at least 60 people angry that Orange County is trying to reclaim the anti-Mexican crown from Arizona.

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2010

    Earth Cann, a Casualty in OC's Medical Pot War

    Illustration by Simon Davidson​While new fronts have opened in the legal war to keep the doors open at local medical marijuana dispensaries (more on that after the jump), there is one casualty to report.Yet to be determined is whether it is a fatal blow or merely a flesh wound. Earth Cann Wellness ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2010

    Another Costa Mesa Medical Marijuana Dispensary Bites the Dust

    ​Medical dispensaries are dropping like flies in Costa Mesa. The latest victim: Docs Collective at 2424 Newport Blvd. An investigation of the business led to the arrest of Rick Allen Green, 51, of Costa Mesa, on suspicion of felony possession and sales of marijuana.Docs was in violation of state l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2010

    Orange Drags Couple to Court for Removing Their Lawn

    Too close to call: either a steaming pile of manure or Orange City Hall.​Quan and Angelina Ha are good eggs, they understand Southern California is in the clutches of a nasty drought and they want to leave the planet a better place for their newborn.But the couple is going to Orange County S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2010

    Haidl Gang Rape Notable Moment

    Greg Haidl​"Sit down and shut up."--Orange County Superior Court Judge Francisco P. Briseno five years ago this week to Joseph Cavallo, the Irvine-based criminal defense lawyer who represented Gregory Haidl in the sensational videotaped gang rape case involving an unconscious 16-year-old girl. Cav ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2009

    How Did the OC Judge Get Potential Jurors To Laugh?

    ​"There are three shows that prepare you for jury duty: Columbo, The Verdict with Paul Newman and My Cousin Vinny (jury laughter). I'm serious! There are a lot of good things that happen in that movie! If you've seen those three, then you've seen everything you need to be a good juror . . . Keep a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2009

    OC Court Orders Dennis Rodman to Pay $50,000 a Month in Child Support: Wife's Attorney

    AccessHollywood.comDennis Rodman and his estranged wife Michelle Moyer Rodman.​A Los Angeles celebrity lawyer announced today that he obtained a court order in Orange County Superior Court requiring Dennis Rodman to pay his estranged wife Michelle Moyer Rodman $50,000 per month in support for thei ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2009

    Settlement Would Have Toll Roads Forgiving $40 Million in Fines, Doling Out $1.4 Million to Drivers

    Facebook.com/TheTollRoads"Thank you, please come again."​Were it not for being stuck in traffic, this Time Winder would have had this yesterday like the Los Angeles Times did, but Orange County's toll road agencies would forgive $40 million in fines and pay $1.4 million to drivers who claim they w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2009

    Bummer Summer for San Onofre's Nude Sunbathers

    Photo by Tim MelidoNaturist attorney Allen Baylis loses latest round in court but vows to press on. As last summer was winding down, the Naturist Action Committee scored a legal victory in their fight to retain the right for nude sunbathers to go au natural on San Onofre State Beach's traditionally ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2009

    Lesson of the Day!

    Don't go to a sushi bar, drink wildly, get a promise written in Korean and in blood that your drinking partner will repay a loan of $170,000 and expect a judge to enforce the agreement.Poor Jinsoo Kim learned this lesson on Monday after using the blood oath as the key prop in a lawsuit to recover lo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2009

    Testimony in Newport Cop Sexual Harassment Case Finishes

    In the sensational homosexual rumor/promotion discrimination case, lawyers for both the Newport Beach Police Department and Sgt. Neil Harvey told an Orange County Superior Court judge this afternoon that they have no more witnesses.Jurors, who today looked anxious to get the case for deliberations, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2008

    Newish Lawsuit Filed Against Mater Dei Statutory Rapist Jeff Andrade

    The pedophilic piñata that is Mater Dei High School just keeps on producing lawsuits alleging sex abuse. Recently revealed is yet another one filed May 31 (but recently unsealed) in Orange County Superior Court by a former Mater Dei student against former assistant boys' basketball coach Jeff Andra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2008

    Idiotic "Will of the People" Arguments, Past and Present

    It's been quite the guilty pleasure the last week seeing the local Right foaming about the California Superior Court's decision to allow homosexual marriage (hey, State Assemblywoman Mimi Walters: are you sure you want to be immortalized in the pantheon of OC GOP wackjobs like James "Barefoot Africa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2008

    Quien es Más Minuteman?

    You'll be hard-pressed to ever find two sides in a lawsuit less sympathetic than the parties who are scheduled to show up in Orange County Superior Court on May 27. On one side will stand Minuteman Project founder Jim Gilchrist, who was fired last year from the organization he founded for accusation ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2008

    Death at the Courthouse

    About an hour ago, I was leaving the Orange County Courthouse in Santa Ana when a Sheriff's deputy blocked me from passing through the building's east entrance. Although the crowd of officers that seemed to appear all of the sudden were mum about what was going on, a bystander said that a man had ju ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 6, 2007

    Thursday's Headlines

    iPhone or iFlop? Apple slashes $200 off the $599 8-Gig iPhone price tag. Christmas in September for some, and bah humbug for those who waited in line overnight...either way, investors are worried. Still...more...Martin: School trustee Harald Martin has resigned, but the anti-Martin camp still wants ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2007

    Thursday's Headlines & Surprises: OC Judge Slaps Guv

    Will a murder inmate defeat the Guv? Orange County Superior Court Judge Kazuharo Makino — a quiet, often-expressionless fellow who is married to a court reporter — ruled yesterday that Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger was wrong to deny parole to Delbert “Dale” Chrittenden. The inmate was foun ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 6, 2007

    Overruled

    Orange County Superior Court Judge James M. Brooks' unusual courtroom tactics have gotten him into trouble again. A state appeals court panel overturned his ruling on an employment-discrimination case today because of his unconventional courtroom manner. This isn't the first time that Brooks, who ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2006

    Justice in OC and You

    Whether you're eager to bring justice to OC, or you've just always wanted to indict a ham sandwich, there's good news: Orange County Superior Court is accepting applications for the 2007-08 grand jury. If you are 18 or older, have been a resident of the county for at least one year, posses "ordina ... More >>

  • News

    January 12, 2006

    Hot for Teacher

    The conviction of Sarah Bench-Salorio raises questions wed rather not think about. And so we havent. Not much, anyhow. Maybe just a little

  • News

    December 29, 2005

    Warped Blue Line

    Top 10 moments in 2005 OC crime

  • Features

    January 3, 2002

    Diary of a mad county

    Orange County, California: 2001

  • Features

    October 28, 1999

    Guilty Pleasures

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  • News

    March 11, 1999

    Scars and Stripes

    What's behind those yellow flags in Little Saigon?

  • Columns

    December 10, 1998

    Tourists Trapped

    What's behind those yellow flags in Little Saigon?

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