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U.S. Department of Justice

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2012

    Dana Point Harbor Boat Captain Admits to Smuggling Aliens From Mexico

    ​A 28-year-old Orange County citizen has pleaded guilty for attempting to smuggle six foreign nationals into the U.S. on a boat to Dana Point earlier this year.Brian Bokkes admits that he was the "captain" of a 1987 Four Winns Pleasure Craft boat that brought the fee-paying, undocumented aliens fr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2012

    Mike Carona's Dirty Vegas Strip Club Pal Whines about Prison Punishment

    ​I was reminded this morning of how far Orange County law enforcement has advanced since the arrest and imprisonment of corrupt Sheriff Mike Carona, the duplicitous character who once dominated local politics.Sandra Hutchens now heads California's second largest sheriff's department and has polish ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2012

    Valerie Plame Comes Out of the Cold to UCI Law

    ​Valerie Plame, whose career as an undercover for the CIA ended when the Bush White House blew her cover in 2003, comes to the UC Irvine School of Law Feb. 17 to give a free talk about her experiences.Now going by Valerie Elise Plame Wilson, to reflect her marriage to former Ambassador Joseph C. W ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2012

    Ali Achekzai, International Serial Rapist, Gets 61 Years to Life

    ​International serial rapist Ali Achekzai, who was convicted of six felony counts last month after Orange County authorities had the 34-year-old extradited from Austria, was sentenced today to 61 years to life in state prison. Before the former Ladera Ranch resident learned his fate, one of three ... More >>

  • News

    October 20, 2011

    Obama's War On Weed

    In a strange about-face, the president tries to hack medical marijuana off at the knees

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2011

    [UPDATED with Fullerton Police Cite People For Honking At Protest:] Kelly Thomas' Story Goes National

    ​UPDATE, SEPT. 10, 6:27 P.M.: Fullerton police officers have had little to no presence at the Kelly Thomas protests outside their building for the past several weeks. Today, however, they stepped up enforcement and issued citations to three motorists who honked as they drove past the protest. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2011

    Calls for Resignation, Recall in Fullerton over Kelly Thomas Beating

    Ed Carrasco​Hundreds of people showed up at the Fullerton City Council meeting last night--as did mobile television vans from every major local station. The overwhelming majority of people present were there to physically and demonstrate their outrage over the July 5 beating of Kelly T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2010

    Remember Dana Rohrabacher's Vehement Defense of His Pal (and Felon) Tom DeLay?

    ​As Tom DeLay moseys into a possible life prison sentence after being convicted today of federal money laundering charges, let us turn to his pal and Huntington Beach's Surfin' Congresstool, Dana Rohrabacher.We'll begin with something spit out of the Mouth That Rohrabachered, followed by a slimy c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2010

    Got Migraines? Try Botox, Says Irvine Drugmaker

    ​There's some good news and bad news for Allergan, Inc. Bad news: The Irvine-based pharmaceutical company tops the list of Department of Justice fraud settlements in the 2010 fiscal year, having lost $600 million in an October lawsuit that accused them of marketing Botox for "off-label" uses.Good ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2010

    Duane Roberts, Green Party Candidate for Senate, Endorses Prop 19

    ​As election day nears, we'll be running more and more coverage of what will likely be the most contentious ballot initiative this November: Proposition 19, which would legalize recreational possession and cultivation of marijuana for residents over the age of 21. Or at least that's what supporter ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2010

    Joe Arapio is Served, California Still Illegaler

    ​Call it delicious irony. Or "See, I told you so." But the same day the feds sued "America's toughest sheriff," human rights pariah and failed OC sheriff kingmaker Joe Arpaio, a new study came out showing more illegal immigrants reside in California than in any other state. And even when you compa ... More >>

  • News

    April 29, 2010

    Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Reign of Terror Becomes Arizona State Policy, Thanks to State Senator Russell Pearce and Governor Jan Brewer

    ​Call it delicious irony. Or "See, I told you so." But the same day the feds sued "America's toughest sheriff," human rights pariah and failed OC sheriff kingmaker Joe Arpaio, a new study came out showing more illegal immigrants reside in California than in any other state. And even when you compa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2010

    Chapman-Buddy John Yoo: Sure, the President Can Massacre Civilians

    Photo by Christopher Victorio Torture lawyer Yoo makes his case at Chapman, flanked by former law dean turned attorney general candidate John Eastman.​There's good and bad news for John Yoo, the former Department of Justice lawyer who served as Chapman University's "Fletcher Jones Distinguished Vi ... More >>

  • Music

    February 4, 2010

    [Mental Notes] The Vacuum Bell Shines, the Eagles and the Department of Justice Suck

    Photo by Christopher Victorio Torture lawyer Yoo makes his case at Chapman, flanked by former law dean turned attorney general candidate John Eastman.​There's good and bad news for John Yoo, the former Department of Justice lawyer who served as Chapman University's "Fletcher Jones Distinguished Vi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 13, 2009

    Just Another Orange County Murder: Joshua Steven Rodriguez

    View Larger MapJoshua Steven Rodriguez, 18, of La Habra, was fatally stabbed on Nov. 1, but his death was not officially deemed a murder until a massive search warrant sweep Thursday morning led to several arrests.Joshua Steven Rodriguez with his mother Yolanda Mansillas and brother Reise Rodriguez ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2009

    La Voz de Aztlan Defends Local Muslims--By Demonizing Jews

    Carreon, at right: Who knew such a venomous man was an beer-bellied, middle-aged pendejo?​If I were a member of UC Irvine's Muslim Student Union, I'd be scared: Hector Carreon is taking up your cause! The sole writer of the notoriously gay-bashing, Jew-trashing La Voz de Aztlán--who has taken to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2009

    Obama Squares Off Against Gays and Birthers in Carter Country

    Photo by Pete SouzaThe Chosen One​U.S. District Judge David O. Carter is working his magic in his Santa Ana courtroom in two cases involving President Barack Obama.One pits The Chosen One against his gay supporters, the other against his nuttiest foes.Carter on Monday dismissed the first of severa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2009

    Outdoor Marijuana Eradication Called "Costly," "Futile"

    ​A sheriff's helicopter was chugging over Cleveland National Forest, about 15 miles off Ortega Highway, three years and one month ago when the pilot spotted a vast marijuana field. Deputies on the ground later confirmed--and cut down--about 1,000 young plants that had been thriving thanks to an el ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2009

    Justice Dept. Inquiry: Chapman U's John Yoo Is a Shitty Lawyer

    Chapman University's favorite torture enabler and "Fletcher Jones Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law," the infamous John Yoo, should face discipline according to his previous employer, the U.S. Justice Department. A New York Times story this morning reports that an internal Justice Dept. inquir ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2009

    John Yoo Stars in a Most Civilized Debate on Torture

    Photo by Christopher VictorioAs John Yoo makes his case, John C. Eastman is hard at think.Two days after Barack Obama's chief of staff said the administration was not inclined to back prosecutions against Bush lawyers who signed off on torture, the president backed off that statement today, saying h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 10, 2009

    Prosecutors Recommend Nine Years in Prison For Mike Carona

    Home Sweet Home?Ex-Sheriff Mike Carona should serve 108 months or nine years in prison for attempting to sabotage a grand jury investigation into abuse of power and bribery at the Orange County Sheriff's Department, according to a brief filed today by the U.S. Department of Justice.The recommendatio ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2008

    Times and Register Anti-Trust or Bust Lust in the Dust

    As merger mania sweeps through the ownership suites of the L.A. Times and Orange County Register, some may find it odd that the fierce competitors: 1) are even considering joining forces, and B) would even be allowed to merge After all, it was not that long ago that those U.S. Department of Just ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 24, 2007

    Friday's Headlines & Surprises: Stale Marijuana?

    Doesn't marijuana go stale? I dunno, but Jim Spray, 51, and Felix Cha (the person, not the tea), 22, want the government to return the pot police officers confiscated two years ago, according to Christine Hanley at the Times. Lawyers for both men told the Santa Ana-based Court of Appeal yesterday t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2007

    Thursday's Headlines & Surprises

    Speed Eating: Would you eat 42 peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwiches in 10 minutes for $1,500? Patrick “P-Rock” Beroletti, a twentysomething-year-old Chicago cook, won the Drum Corps International World Peanut Butter and Jelly Eating Championship this week at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park. (Ear ... More >>

  • News

    August 2, 2007

    Litigating It Old-School

    Former Chapman instructors invoke a Civil War-era law in their multimillion-dollar lawsuit against the university

  • Columns

    June 14, 2007

    !Ask a Mexican!

    'Theyre always little bit more rambunctious'

  • Columns

    November 30, 2006

    Letters

    CNN couldnt do it; the LA Times couldnt do it; no other journalist or major media outlet could do it. Are we to accept that some moonbat reporter from a local free weekly actually sat down and researched the subjec

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2006

    A Waste of $106,641

    Yesterday, the good folks at Think Progress were having a little fun with the White House payroll. Drawing on a list of White House salaries published in the National Journal, the TPers determined the four most overpaid White House staffers. Tucked away between ethics advisers and White House's Dir ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2006

    Beating around the Bush, or not, in Irvine

    Good news for those of us who have never seen the power of a monarchy in action, and the servility it demands of its subjects. President Bush is extending his weekend trip to California, and will be visiting scenic Irvine on Monday. According to the Register, "Bush will speak to the Orange County B ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2006

    Muzzling Troy

    Troy High School in Fullerton has a lot going for it. The combined public and magnet school is known for its high SAT scores, Troy Tech and International Baccalaureate programs, its wins or high placements in the U.S. National Science Olympiad and Western Regional Science Bowl sponsored by NASA/JPL, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 3, 2006

    The Edward James Olmos Pinata

    Goddamn it, for the first time ever in this Tick-Talker's weak Weekly memory, a press release rolls in about Edward James Olmos--on the day that the Day Laborer of Print and Radio Journalism, Gustavo Arellano, is off to New Yawk for his much ballyhooed appearance on NBC's Today Show: Special Victims ... More >>

  • Columns

    November 17, 2005

    Grass or Ass

    No one gets out of Kona Village for free

  • Music

    March 10, 2005

    Live Previews

    No one gets out of Kona Village for free

  • Culture

    November 11, 2004

    The Great Work Continues

    Revisiting Angels In America

  • Features

    October 7, 2004

    59 Reasons Why Bush Sucks

    Why youd have to be a freaking idiot to vote for this guy

  • Features

    September 2, 2004

    Its Snot Unusual

    Im George W. Bush, and I Approve This Destruction

  • Film

    May 20, 2004

    Agit-Docs

    Moviehouses reflect the summer of our discontent

  • Columns

    January 8, 2004

    I Digress

    To make a long story short . . .

  • Columns

    August 21, 2003

    This Slaphappy Summer

    Corndogs and Paella in OC; Braunsweiger in the Governors Mansion

  • News

    June 19, 2003

    An Informed Citizenry

    Corndogs and Paella in OC; Braunsweiger in the Governors Mansion

  • News

    April 17, 2003

    Throwing the Book at Us

    Corndogs and Paella in OC; Braunsweiger in the Governors Mansion

  • Unknown

    December 19, 2002

    Shopping for Armageddon

    Humbuggery at the mall

  • Features

    October 24, 2002

    D

    Humbuggery at the mall

  • News

    June 13, 2002

    Ashcroft to Mueller to Anybody Else

    Humbuggery at the mall

  • Columns

    January 3, 2002

    Oh, Death!

    The year that sucked

  • Unknown

    November 23, 2000

    The Most Serious Election Crisis Ever!

    The year that sucked

  • News

    February 24, 2000

    Who Killed Col. James Sabow?

    Was Marine Corps Col. James Sabow the victim of a military cover-up?

  • News

    December 23, 1999

    Crime Times

    Safety Zone reinforces suburban fears

  • News

    March 25, 1999

    Apple Bonging

    OC's 'War on Drugs': Joke or tragedy?

  • News

    May 28, 1998

    Making Dornans Enemies List

    OC's 'War on Drugs': Joke or tragedy?

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