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News Service Accused of Cultural Insensitivity in Describing Dead Boys in Crash as "Obsessed," "Arabic-speaking," "Middle Eastern"

By describing the two boys who died along with three girls in a Newport Beach Memorial Day crash as "obsessed," "Middle Eastern immigrants" who "spoke Arabic together when they hung out, which was constantly," is the Associated Press displaying cultural insensitivity?If not, asks a media watchdog, w ... More >>

William Ruehle, Ex-Broadcom CFO, Shares His Amazing Government Persecution Story at UCI

"Something happened," William J. Ruehle matter-of-factly tells UC Irvine law students, who spent Wednesday's lunch hour being mesmerized by the former Broadcom chief financial officer's dissection of his virtual lynching by overzealous federal prosecutors. That something was a 2006 report by a Unive ... More >>

OC Bookly: Spring Forward. Fall Behind. Ask a Librarian!

​The canyons and meadows are greening up. The sun lingers in the afternoon sky. Literary Orange and the LA Times Festival of Books are right around the corner.  Springtime, when a middle-aged man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love, and the books arrive.  Lots of 'em.No problem! Br ... More >>

Poets and Politicians: Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera and Governor Jerry Brown

​Governor Jerry Brown named Juan Felipe Rivera, UC Riverside poetry professor of Chair of Creative Writing, as California Poet Laureate on Wednesday, but he's just getting to know the wordsmith. The appointment is a first ever for a Latino in the state and the poet's writings articulate the life e ... More >>

Chapman University Religion and Economics Conference Draws Scholars from Far and Wide

​Chapman University today and tomorrow hosts what is billed as "a major international conference" on religion, economics and culture. Participants include Chapman's Nobel laureate in economics Vernon L. Smith and academics not only from the Orange campus and UC Irvine but Yale, Harvard, Notre D ... More >>

Carson Palmer, QB Pride of Santa Margarita High, Reported Traded to Oakland Raiders

​Those unnamed sources who know everything about everything before you or I say Santa Margarita Catholic High School quarterback stud turned USC star turned Cincinnati Bengals first round pick turned Bengals tackling dummy Carson Palmer has been traded to the Oakland Raiders. If that's true, it's ... More >>

"TextKills Tour" That Began in OC Ends in D.C.

​The CEO and founder of Iconosys, a Laguna Hills company that developed a cell phone safety app aimed at combating texting while driving, rolled into Washington, D.C., in a 36-foot motor home today to end his cross-country "TextKills Tour." The University of Denver, Iowa State University, the U ... More >>

Isaac Robert Longo, the Face of Marijuana Manslaughter?

​Don't be surprised if Isaac Robert Longo becomes a poster child for the evils of driving while high by forces girding to defeat marijuana legalization in California this November.After all, the 33-year-old Placentia man smoked pot before causing a five-car pileup on the 55 freeway in November 200 ... More >>

Mr. Rooney Goes to UCI

Bring me the head of the head head doctor!

A Clockwork Orange

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Playwright Hortua on Making It

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