The scene of a fatal traffic collision in Fountain Valley last year could’ve ended up much more grisly. On Oct. 13, 2017, police officers responded to the intersection of Magnolia and Mint Avenue around 11:35 p.m. They closed off sections of the main street into the morning hours when a black Dodge Dakota barreled at them […]
Orange County Buddhist Church Honors Ancestors With Annual Obon Festival
When the Orange County Buddhist Church plays host to the Obon festival this weekend, it’s a time to reflect on the impermanence of life. The centuries-old Japanese custom remembers ancestors that came before us through bon odori, an immersive dance celebrating the teachings of the Buddha. The parking lot of the Shin Buddhist temple in […]
San Juan Capistrano Intervenes in Lawsuit Over Weekly Public Records Request
A battle in San Juan Capistrano over public records is heating up with the city taking the unusual step of intervening in an even more unusual lawsuit filed against councilwoman Pam Patterson by a political ally. Back in April, the Weekly requested two-and-a-half months worth of correspondences from Patterson under the California Public Records Act (CPRA). While […]
White Supremacist Fight Club’s Apparel Company is Based in Huntington Beach
With a design of a mountain range, tent, and an axe, a shirt for sale on The Right Brand’s online store seems as innocuous as the clothing company’s name. There’s no affront fascist imagery but the words “Alpine Division” scrawled across the shirt offer a clue for those versed in the military history of Benito […]
Longtime Staffer Quits Curt Pringle and Associates, Joins Former VP’s Lobbying Firm
The exodus from Curt Pringle and Associates, a powerful public-relations and government-affairs firm headed by the former mayor of Anaheim, continues. Melinda Andrade, its most recent departure is perhaps the most telling. The experienced public relations director’s decision came shortly after the Weekly published an article in late May charting the lobbying firm’s shocking shakeup, including two […]
OC Activists to March in Irvine Against Trump’s Separation of Migrant Families
A host of liberal groups are coming together on Saturday for a local march and rally in Irvine opposing President Donald Trump’s border policies that separated mostly Central American migrant mothers from their young children. Irvine is just one of more than 650 #FamiliesBelongTogether events taking place in all 50 states across the nation and […]
Local Muslims Denounce Supreme Court Decision Affirming Trump’s Muslim Ban
For days, Muslim-Americans in Orange County anticipated the United States Supreme Court ruling on President Donald Trump’s Muslim Ban with the same plan. As soon as an announcement came, the Council on American-Islamic Relations Greater Los Angeles Area (CAIR-LA) chapter would host a press conference at its Anaheim office with a rally in Little Arabia […]
Another Homeless Man Dies After Encounter With Anaheim Police
Over the weekend, a 46-year-old homeless man died while Anaheim police tried to arrest him. Officers began receiving calls on Saturday around 5:30 p.m. about a man acting “bizarrely” near the 1000 block of West Lincoln Avenue. He reportedly ran in and out of traffic and appeared to want to get struck by a car, […]
Irvine Police to Hold DUI Checkpoint Near Alton and Culver Tonight
It’s officially the first weekend of summer and the Irvine Police Department isn’t wasting any time taking chances with sloshed drivers. They’ll be conducting a sobriety checkpoint tonight between 8 p.m. and 2 a.m. Whereabouts? Drivers will find themselves lined up at the clearly marked checkpoint around the area of Alton Parkway and Culver Drive. […]
OCDA Clears Tustin Police in Fatal Shooting of Troubled Military Vet
Edwin Fuentes, a former infantryman who served during the War in Afghanistan, survived when his Humvee came under fire while deployed. The 25-year-old Tustin resident, who suffered from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) after the war, returned to civilian life only to die in a police shooting during an hours-long standoff last May. After completing an […]
Kaiser Doctor Charged With Sexting High School Cheerleaders on Social Media
A medical doctor who volunteered at Newport Harbor High School sporting events is facing charges of sending two teenage cheerleaders sexually motivated messages through social media. David Lee Haller, a 51-year-old Newport Beach resident, could spend two years behind bars in county jail if convicted of misdemeanor counts of child annoyance. At the time of […]
Anaheim PD Set to Move Forward With New Chief While Past Disputes Settle
Anaheim is poised to make UC Irvine police chief Jorge Cisneros the city’s top cop with an affirming council vote this evening. Following the pressured retirement of former chief Raul Quezada last year, Cisneros would become the second-ever Latino to hold the post in department history. Since 2015, he’s headed UCI’s campus police following a […]
Update: Stormy Daniels CANCELS September Show at Anaheim Strip Club
UPDATE: JUNE 15, 7:00 P.M.: Sorry Stormy Daniels devotees, the porn star won’t be appearing at the Library Gentlemen’s Club in Anaheim on Sept. 13 after all. According to the venue’s owner, she just cancelled the date in order to appear on a British television program instead. Daniels also nixed efforts to reschedule her local […]
AccessCal Seeks a Family Resource Center at Anaheim’s Least-Visited Park. So What’s the Holdup?
Pine trees tower over a patch of grassland at Brookhurst Park in West Anaheim. The acre of park space behind the Brookhurst Community Center is largely shaded by the conifers, but no one takes refuge from the warm sun beneath them. Across the street, brown youth haul their backpacks home from different area schools to […]
OC Cheesecake Factory Restaurants Dinged in $4.5 Million Wage Theft Case
What’s a more staggering number for the Cheesecake Factory than the calorie bomb counts of its namesake desserts? $4.57 million! That’s how much the state of California announced yesterday that it’s holding the company and its subcontractor liable following a three-year wage theft investigation that targeted a number of restaurants in Orange County. The Cheesecake […]
Political Ally Sues SJC Councilwoman Over OC Weekly Public Records Request
A self-described investigative reporter filed a lawsuit last month against San Juan Capistrano city councilwoman Pam Patterson over a California Public Records Act request. Clinton Worthington, who cites his past scribbles as a local columnist in the Capistrano Dispatch and Community Common Sense newspaper in a related temporary restraining order request, isn’t trying to pry Patterson’s […]
Bernie Sanders Speaks with the Weekly on Disneyland and the Fight for Fair Wages
Senator Bernie Sanders gave the cause of Disney Resort workers a boost on Saturday when he spoke before a packed audience at the River Arena in Anaheim. The democratic socialist waved his finger while denouncing income inequality during his speech. He also listened attentively to the stories of Disney Resort workers assembled for a panel […]
Great Moments With Bernie Sanders: Senator Rallies Disney Workers in Anaheim
Hundreds of Disney Resort workers donning the colorful shirts of their respective unions lined up outside the River Arena in Anaheim hours before a Saturday morning scheduled appearance by United States Senator Bernie Sanders. Inside the venue, hurried organizers spoke on headsets in getting everything ready for the rally and panel discussion before doors opened […]
Disney Proposes $15 Starting Wage by 2020 for Some Union Workers, But Not All
On the eve of United States Senator Bernie Sanders coming to Anaheim for a Disney Resort workers rally on Saturday, the Mouse is suddenly feeling generous. The Disneyland Resort decided to bargain in public by announcing a proposal yesterday that seeks to boost the minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2020 for 9,500 hourly […]
Woman Shot Dead by Fullerton PD After Stabbing Therapist
A therapist’s office in Fullerton became the scene of a deadly police shooting yesterday morning. Around 7:34 a.m., Fullerton police received the first of two 9-1-1 calls alerting them to a woman armed with a knife. The second came from a therapist who told dispatchers that a patient had just stabbed her. Police responded to […]
Los Alamitos Avoids Legal Fight Over Latino Voters by Switching to District Elections
Los Alamitos city council made national headlines by taking on the California Values Act and voting to adopt an ordinance opting-out of the “sanctuary state” law in April. Mayor Troy Edgar even started a GoFundMe account in March for anticipated legal expenses, only tallying $25,895 out of a $100,000 goal. The American Civil Liberties Union […]