Teri Sforza

Teri Sforza, Investigative Reporter

[Best Of 2012] The Orange County Register veteran's favorite things about Orange County

Jan Crouch is . . . Dead!?!

That was my assumption about the queen of the Costa Mesa-based Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) when I just opened up the Orange County Register home page.See what I mean on the next page . . .

The Secret to Making $100k a Year: First, Get Hired by an Orange County Sewer District

​If only Ed Norton worked in Orange County instead of the Big Apple. Bus driver Ralph Cramden's sewer-toiling sidekick on The Honeymooners would have a good chance of earning more than $100,000 a year were he climbing down into Orange County's depths today. A newspaper investigation discovered tha ... More >>

Leisure World Seal Beach Forgot to Pay Taxes

​Yesterday, I blogged about a group of Laguna Woods seniors who formed their own medical marijuana collective. They're just a bunch of regular folks who, in complete defiance of ageist stereotypes, are now happily hitting the bong courtesy of cannabis grown at a pair of secret greenhouses.The reas ... More >>

[UPDATED AGAIN: Event TONIGHT, Now SRO and with New Guests] KPCC's AirTalk With Larry Mantle to Host Special on Santa Ana's Gentrification Wars March 28

​UPDATE: All seating for tonight's event is GONE; there is a waiting list, but the better bet is to show up and stand in the aisles to listen. Show up early--doors open at 6 p.m.Also, there are one-and-a-half replacements. Taking the place of Downtown Inc. is SanTana councilmember Busty Bustamante ... More >>

Pilot of Airbus That Nearly Collided with Plane Sees Dark Days Ahead in Skies Above John Wayne Airport

​A cockpit alarm prevented a collision between a small aircraft and an Airbus 319 jetliner in the skies above John Wayne Airport (JWA) this past September.Later, on the FAA's Aviation Safety Reporting System log, the Airbus 319 pilot predicted that the mix of large jets and light aircraft at JWA " ... More >>

Sunday News Notes: Reg Slams Loretta Sanchez

​Local news highlights include:Register against Loretta Sanchez but drags out marijuana stanceThe editorial staff of the OC Register has declared itself for congressional candidate Van Tran, a Republican; U.S. Senate candidate Carly Fiorina, a Republican; and Whitman, yep, a Republican. "From our ... More >>

[UPDATED:] Benny Hinn and Paula White Deny Affair

​SECOND UPDATE: Benny Hinn, End-Times Cultist? Click here for the details. UPDATE: Hinn's new message to followers: I am not having an affair and send me $2 million. (details at end of post) . . .Televangelist Benny Hinn, who resides behind gates in Dana Point and has a church and television studi ... More >>

Register's Watchdog Team Nabs Honor

​The folks over at The Orange County Register's OC Watchdog team submitted just four of their journalist accomplishments to a California Newspaper Publishers Association public service contest and deservedly won first place.Those stories included revelations about:

No Nukes is Good Nukes ... For Now

​The Orange County Register's Teri Sforza has a fascinating post today that answers the question "Will California be frozen out of Obama's nuclear future?" this way: definitely yes in the short term, possibly no in the long term.

Letters From OC Weekly Readers

Has the Decline of the Register Created Space for Nonprofit Site the Voice of OC to Put Down Roots?

Beaten, Bruised and Bankrupt, OC Register Still Has Spunk

​Their numbers have dwindled. Their pay has been cut. They're often strapped with bean-counter goals devoid of editorial meaning. For years, they were forced to work in the same building as Gordon Dillow, and they've constantly watched their corporate bosses invent new ways to lose bundles of prec ... More >>

OC Reg to OC Bishop: Heckuva Job, Brownie

Sorry for not noticing this earlier: in November, Orange County Register reporter Teri Sforza wrote a puzzling post on the Reg's OC Watchdog blog noting that the Catholic Diocese of Orange had nicely recovered from all the payouts courts forced them to give to the victims of its rapin' employees ove ... More >>

Fair Housing Council Caught Stanton City Manager Off Guard

Jake Wager picked up the daily newspaper that Aug. 16 Saturday morning and could not believe what he read. The owners of the Plaza Court Apartments in Stanton agreed to dish out $618,000 to settle a fair housing lawsuit with the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH), the Fair ... More >>

Wednesday's Headlines & Surprises: Total Idiot

Fatal Femmes! In the July 30 issue of Time, Sean Gregory reports on the Fatal Femmes Fighting Championship for all-female mixed-martial arts caged combat. Need I say more? Well, okay. In an enjoyable read based on the event in a Compton casino earlier this month, Gregory describes the brutality and ... More >>

Let Him Eat Tacos

The Boy Monk lets Kusho off easy

The Metamorphosis

John Moorlach re-fights Measure H