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Bloody Orange County Cop v. Lawyer Fight Lands in Federal Court
A violent state courthouse encounter between an Orange County district attorney’s office (OCDA) investigator and a criminal defense attorney tied to the infamous jailhouse informant scandal officially landed inside the Ronald Reagan Federal Courthouse today with both sides using profanity-laced opening statements to portray their clients as the victim in a bloody 2016 ruckus. […]
Driver Digs the Drive and Riders Relish the Ride in 2018 Mazda CX-9 Grand Touring
A recent turnaround trip to the Phoenix area was made quickly, comfortably and classily (?) by a “Soul Red Crystal Metallic” Mazda CX-9. The all-wheel-drive ride arrived on my doorstep (or driveway, to be more precise) with a heap of praise. Car and Driver lists it among the 2018 10Best Trucks and SUVs, and U.S. […]
OC Register Sports Section Publishes Weeks-Old NBA Standings Ahead of Playoffs
The NBA season wraps up tomorrow night with several seeds up in the air and all but one remaining playoff slot left to be determined. But unsuspecting sports fans wouldn’t know it by turning the pages of the OC Register‘s sports section this morning as I did while sitting on the can (TMI?). That’s because […]
More Deputies on Mission Viejo Streets Today Seek Drunk and Drugged Drivers
The Orange County Sheriff’s Department runs a rare Tuesday of DUI “saturation patrols” in Mission Viejo today. Such operations put more deputies on the streets than those already on routine patrols. The extra deputies, who are specially trained through OCSD’s DUI Enforcement Team, concentrate on roads known for drunken and/or drugged driving stops, arrests, crashes […]
Third Wave of Anti-Sanctuary State Council Meetings Slated This Week in OC
They keep coming. City councils in Orange County are passing resolutions, filing court documents supportive of a federal lawsuit and even suing California on their own against its “Sanctuary State” laws. This week, three more city governments will consider taking action in various forms in a revolt first unleashed by Los Alamitos last month. Not to […]
OC’s Anti-Sanctuary State Revolt is On the Wrong Side of History
By Erik Garcia Many cities in Orange County faced a decision to make last week regarding California being a “Sanctuary State.” Fullerton chose to take no action in Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ federal lawsuit against our state’s laws, including SB 54, that offer a measure of protection from deportation to undocumented immigrants. But the city […]
Former HB Detective Convicted of Stealing Money From Coworker’s Retirement Gift
Call it a thin blue crime or an alternative pension plan. The Orange County district attorney’s office announced yesterday that ex-Huntington Beach police detective Mario Ricci pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor county of petty theft for stealing money from a coworker’s retirement gift. In the week between Dec. 8 and Dec. 15, 2o16, Ricci pocketed […]
HB Finance Commissioner Called Blacks “Colored People” Online, Denies Antisemitism
The ranks of Orange County’s alt-right are fractured and in decline a year after the infamous Battle of Berkeley where figures made a name for themselves in pitched streets battles against antifa. But some of the quieter folks are still hanging around under the radar. Despite parading with a band of alt-right agitators who crashed […]
Water Polo Coach Accused of Sexually Assaulting Seven Girls in Los Alamitos
A local water polo coach pleaded not guilty yesterday afternoon to sexually assaulting seven girls during practice at his Los Alamitos club. The Orange County district attorney’s office charged Bahram Hojreh, a 42-year-old Irvine resident, with multiple felony and misdemeanor counts. After his arraignment at West Justice Center yesterday, the investigation continues as authorities believe […]
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Lizard Hair [Hey, You!]
You were the lady with the Amy Winehouse bouffant driving a midnight-blue Rambler Classic down Coast Highway near Don the Beachcomber. I caught up next to you to see if you had thick eyeliner that disappeared into your black hair, and that’s when I saw it. A lizard was perched atop your magnificent ’do. Wonders never […]
Dana Watch: My Favorite Martin
It was revealed a couple of Dana Watches ago that Representative Dana Rohrabacher (R-Putin’s Bareback Saddle) drew a high-powered Republican opponent in former county GOP chairman Scott Baugh. Baugh mentioned in his campaign-entry statement that his ex-friend’s preoccupation with the interests of Russian President Vladimir Putin was an example of the congressman having lost touch […]
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Questions From the Royal Oak [Savage Love]
I visited Royal Oak, Michigan, for Savage Love Live at the Royal Oak Music Theatre. I didn’t get to all of the questions submitted by the large and tipsy crowd—a crowd that skipped the Stormy Daniels interview on 60 Minutes to spend the evening with me (so honored, you guys!)—so I’m going to race through […]
Dominant Santa Ana Landlord Michael Harrah Trips in Original Mike’s Restaurant Lawsuit
Admirers and critics alike consider Michael Harrah, the Newport Beach real-estate developer who owns Original Mike’s Restaurant, one of Southern California’s most daring, colorful entrepreneurs. Harrah bought The Orange County Register headquarters in 2014 and this year attempted to lure Jeff Bezos’ $5 billion Amazon plant to Santa Ana. The 6-foot-6, thrill-seeking, white-bearded, Whittier native […]
Santa Ana Activists Begin Push to Put Rent Control on November Ballot
A coalition of activist groups gathered on the steps of Santa Ana city hall to kick off a campaign to bring rent control to the city. Frustrated by a lack of support from council members, Tenants United Santa Ana (Tú Santa Ana) filed an ordinance with the city clerk yesterday afternoon following a rally. If […]
ACLU Aims Lawsuit At Remorseless Orange County Law Enforcement Bosses in Snitch Scandal
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) today announced a lawsuit against Orange County’s top two remorseless law enforcement officials for continuing to trample the constitutional rights of charged, pre-trial defendants with the illegal use of jailhouse informants. “The Orange County criminal justice system is in disrepair and disrepute,” the ACLU’s Peter Eliasberg and Brandan Hemme […]
Huntington Beach Kicks Off OC’s Second Wave of Anti-Sanctuary State Fervor This Week
More city councils in Orange County are primed to revolt against the California Values Act with Huntington Beach voting to legally challenge it last night. The anti-Sanctuary State backlash is poised to spread to San Juan Capistrano, Aliso Viejo, Fountain Valley and Fullerton this week. Following Los Alamitos’ lead, Yorba Linda and Mission Viejo already […]
Ray Davis, Progressive Ex-Santa Ana Police Chief, Dies at 85
When former Santa Ana police chief Ray Davis spoke with the Weekly last month for a story looking back at his embattled tenure, it proved to be his final interview. The late lawman passed away on Mar. 29 at the age of 85, just day after our article on his legacy published. Davis lead the Santa Ana Police […]
Sheriff Sandra Hutchens Feeds OC’s Anti-Immigrant Frenzy With Latest Stunt
By Erik Garcia Orange County’s riding a wave of anti-immigrant hysteria that’s putting its Know Nothings back in the national spotlight. The Orange County board of supervisors got its turn after passing a resolution last week and joining federal lawsuits that seek to undermine SB 54–California’s “Sanctuary State” law–in building on a momentum that started […]
Will Buena Park’s Most Korean District Help Elect Democrat Sunny Park to City Council?
District elections will be fully in place when Buena Park voters elect three council members this November. The city began scrapping its old at-large system during the 2016 election cycle without getting hit with a lawsuit alleging violations of the California Voting Rights Act like Anaheim with Latinos and Fullerton with Asian-Americans before it. Even […]
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Tattoo Fail [Hey, You!]
I stood for a couple of minutes at an empty appointment desk while you, the guy who was sitting there for the longest time before I came up, was now standing off to the side. We even made eye contact, but you didn’t seem to care enough that the couple of hundred bucks I was […]
Dana Watch: Cannablitz
There is one industry that political opponents of Representative Dana Rohrabacher (R-Putin’s Bongwater) had better not ignore. No, not the space, defense, immigrant roundup, Russian doll or pea green garment-making industries one immediately associates with Rohrabacher. It’s that other one, the cannabis industry or cannabiz. “California’s conservative firebrand and cannabis legalization champion is facing the […]
