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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 >>
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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 >>
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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 >>
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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 >>
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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 >>
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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 >>
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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 >>
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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 >>
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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 >>
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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 >>
News
October 11, 2007
Smiley Coyotl
When is a prosecutor not a prosecutor? The answer spared a Santa Ana activist/punk rocker from criminal charges
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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
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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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March 11, 1999
Scars and Stripes
What's behind those yellow flags in Little Saigon?
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December 10, 1998
Tourists Trapped
What's behind those yellow flags in Little Saigon?
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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 >>
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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 >>
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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 >>
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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 >>
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January 21, 2010
[UPDATED WITH SENTENCE:] 3-Time GOP Congressional Candidate Delecia Holt Convicted for Defrauding Hotels, Stealing Car
Courtesy of Orange County District AttorneyDeleica Holt's booking photo.Delecia Holt, the 48-year-old Aliso Viejo Republican who ran three times for Congress in Orange and San Diego counties, was released from the jail she's been sitting in since her Oct. 7, 2008, arrest for defrauding Orange Cou ... More >>
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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 >>
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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 >>
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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 >>
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May 17, 2010
Earth Cann, a Casualty in OC's Medical Pot War
Illustration by Simon DavidsonWhile 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 >>
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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.
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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 >>
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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 >>
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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 >>
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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 >>
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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 >>
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February 10, 2011
Did Newport Beach Sperm Attack Inspire New Mexico Case?
Unacceptable sperm usageYou 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 >>
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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 >>
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?
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May 19, 2011
Serial Killer Sues Two OC Deputies for Spitting Incident
Alcala wants $250 from deputiesThough 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 >>
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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 >>
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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 >>
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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 >>
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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 >>
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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.
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October 20, 2011
Ex-Superintendent James Fleming Sues Capistrano Unified School District For Damages
FlemingNearly 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 >>
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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 >>
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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 crimeYou'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 >>
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December 28, 2011
Fullerton Gym Sued For Erect Dick & Anal Snake Incident
Fullerton gym snake?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.Accordin ... More >>
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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 >>
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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 . . .
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January 12, 2012
Fullerton Police Department: As Civil Liberties-Hating 88 Years Ago As It Is Today
As true today as in the 1920sYou'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 >>
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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 >>
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February 10, 2012
Disneyland Sued For Negligence in Jungle Cruise Crash
Skipper: Gilligan!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 ... More >>
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