As the Weekly reported last week, many OC residents were shocked to discover that Ashley Bemis swindled $11 thousand from good Samaritans in the wake of the Holy Fire. According to Carrie Braun, a spokesperson for the OC Sheriff’s Department (OCSD), Bemis created a fake husband named Shane Goodman who Bemis claimed was battling the […]
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Liar, Liar in the Holy Fire Allegedly Faked Marriage, Swindled $11 Thousand
The national media has had a field day in the six days since the OC Register broke the news of how a 28-year-old San Clemente resident named Ashley Bemis fabricated a fake husband to swindle people out of $11 thousand worth of supplies in the wake of the Holy Fire. The media frenzy is both […]
White Trash Jesus Faces Crucifixion for Holy Fire Today
A Trabuco Canyon resident who last week allegedly threatened “this place will burn” is scheduled to appear in court today on charges of igniting the Holy Fire that started there Monday and has so far destroyed 14 structures, forced evacuations of schools and neighborhoods and burned 6,200 acres of land in Orange and Riverside counties. […]
OC Education Worker’s Twitter Page Gone After Harm Wished on Barron Trump
An Orange County Department of Education employee sent tweets that expressed her hope that what happened to Texas school shooting victims Friday would also be experienced by the children of President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan and National Rifle Association spokeswoman Dana Loesch. One tweet mentioned Trump and […]
Disgraced! OVSD Trustees Remove HB Woman From Post Over Bigoted Speech
The controversy over a Huntington Beach resident’s bigoted online comments and offline associations with known alt-right racists came before the Ocean View School District board of trustees meeting last night. Gracey Van Der Mark, a member of the district’s Measure R Citizens Oversight Committee, referred to blacks at a Committee for Racial Justice workshop in Santa […]
Anti-Defamation League Joins Call for HB Finance Commissioner’s Removal
Gracey Van Der Mark somehow remains on the Huntington Beach finance commission even after a controversy erupted around her online bigotry earlier this month. As the Weekly reported, Van Der Mark recently deleted comments on YouTube where she referred to blacks as “colored people” and suggested they dutifully did the bidding of Jews at a […]
DUI? More Like RUI for Luis Alfredo Perez, Who Allegedly Rode Horse on Freeway
First off, we wish Luis Alfredo Perez would change his name to Wilbur because “Oh, Luis” does not have the same zing as “Oh, Wilbur.” For as everyone from here to Churchill Downs knows, a horse is a horse, of course, of course, and no one can ride a horse on a freeway while drunk, […]