UPDATE, JULY 17, 4:36 P.M.: This just in … HARLEY ROUDA STATEMENT ON THE REVELATION THAT ROHRABACHER IS PART OF RUSSIAN SPY INVESTIGATION NEWPORT BEACH, CA — Today, Harley Rouda – Democratic nominee for Congress in California’s 48th District – released the following statement in light of the news that Rep. Dana Rohrabacher met with […]
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Harley Rouda Slightly Leads Dana Rohrabacher in New Poll
First-time candidate Harley Rouda narrowly leads 30-year incumbent Representative Dana Rohrabacher (R-Putin’s push poll) in the 48th congressional district race, according to poll results released this morning. New Jersey-based Monmouth University Polling Institute is conducting polls in hotly contested congressional districts around the country, including California’s 48th district, which had been solidly Republican-leaning for decades. […]
Dana Rohrabacher Turns Up in Sacha Baron Cohen Send-up on Arming Toddlers
UPDATE NO. 3, JULY 17, 10:48 A.M.: Harley Rouda, the Laguna Beach Democrat attempting to defeat Representative Dana Rohrabacher in November, issued a statement this morning concerning the 48th congressional district incumbent’s appearance on Sacha Baron Cohen’s Who Is America?: HARLEY ROUDA RESPONDS TO ROHRABACHER’S PUSH TO ARM CHILDREN NEWPORT BEACH, CA — Today, Harley Rouda […]
Hospital Workers Picket for Better Pay at West Anaheim Medical Center
As temperatures neared 90 degrees on Wednesday, dozens of hospital workers at the West Anaheim Medical Center on the corner of Beach Boulevard and Orange Avenue held an informational picket over unfair wages. For three hours, nurses, hospital technicians and other medical staff clad in red National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) shirts marched in […]
Dana Watch: Riggy Rants
Before he was a Costa Mesa mayor and city councilman, Jim Righeimer was the campaign manager for Representative Dana Rohrabacher (R-Putin’s wet nurse)—which only adds to the sting of Riggy’s recent takedown of his former boss for the conservative National Review. Although Hillary Clinton carried the 48th Congressional District in the November 2016 presidential election, […]
OC Grand Jury says Orange County Emergency Operations Center is Vulnerable in Emergency!
High atop Loma Ridge is the Orange County Emergency Operations Center (EOC). Consider it the main command center during a big disaster. From there, 150 or more emergency responders and public officials can coordinate efforts to deal with anything ranging from a major earthquake to a mass shooting. It’s hard to overstate the facility’s vital […]
Crime Lab Director Says Too Busy to Search for Forensic Science Errors
Bruce Houlihan enjoys puzzles, but the Orange County Crime Lab director is purposely failing to solve one of the biggest riddles of his career: Why did his office quietly give conflicting, pro-prosecution, expert testimony in two cold-case, rape/murder trials? Houlihan met that question—pending at least since 2016, when the Weekly revealed the controversy—with palpable silence […]
Political Fútbol: France vs. ?
FRANCE UPDATE: When last we updated our French cousins, President Emmanuel Macron had just fallen out of love with Donald Trump because, you know, eww. The fact that Macron and Trump had ever played footsy in the first place would be surprising unless you know Macron, who is 39-going-on-Divine-Right. It recently came to light he […]
CALPERS CEO and Sen. John Moorlach to Talk Socially Conscious Pension Investing
John Moorlach and Marcie Frost are not running against one another for office, but they are poised to take different sides on a public policy issue they will discuss Thursday in Huntington Beach. Moorlach (R-Costa Mesa) is the state senator for the 37th district that stretches from Huntington Beach south to Three Arch Bay and […]
Gavin Newsom Brings His Campaign for Governor to Orange Thursday
Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom, who hopes voters in November will promote him to governor, is coming to Orange Thursday afternoon. The Democratic Party of Orange County hosts a meet and greet with the candidate at UA Local 582 Plumbers & Steamfitters Union Hall, 1916 W. Chapman Ave., Orange. Doors open 3:30 p.m. for the event that […]
A Tale of Two Shitties: OC Prospects for Rent Control and Luxury Housing
The Orange County Business Council recently released the results of a poll that is claimed to show that a November ballot measure to expand the authority of local governments to enact rent control on homes and apartments would fail if Orange County voters voted right now. The survey about the so-called Affordable Housing Act, which […]
Orange County Federal Judges Upheld on Thailand Slave Labor Cases
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit today affirmed two Orange County federal judges’ dismissal of lawsuits against Mars, Inc. and Nestlé USA, Inc. for not informing American customers that their seafood products originating from Thailand “may be the result of forced labor” and tied to “human trafficking.” Plaintiffs in the cases […]
Toll Road-ed: What’s Your Malfunction?
Is the Transportation Corridor Agency–aka. the TCA/Toll Roads–maneuvering to become a permanent transportation authority similar to the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA)? Some prominent lawyers and South Countians feel it is. Dan Bane, an attorney representing San Clemente residents who oppose the TCA and SR-241 extension, certainly believes this is so. According to Bane, and […]
Dana Watch: Rouda v. Rohrabacher
The final primary-election count from the Orange County Registrar of Voters determined that Democrat Harley Rouda received the second-most votes in the 48th Congressional District race and will thereby face incumbent Representative Dana Rohrabacher (R-Putin’s massage table) in November. Fellow Democrat Hans Keirstead had the most second-place votes after the June 5 Election Day ballots […]
Political Fútbol: Uruguay vs. France
URUGUAY UPDATE: The first question about this country, the second smallest in South America, is how does one pronounce its name? Do it mellow, my friend, mellow. Mellow just like its flag, which is a gorgeous deep blue and white with a humanoid sun-god creature in the left panel that seems lifted from a Santana […]
33 Percent of Americans are Less Proud to be American Due to Donald Trump: Data
On this Fourth of July, 33 percent of Americans say Donald Trump has them feeling less proud to be an American, according to new data released by a Bay Area public relations. The findings from San Francisco boutique PR agency Bospar indicate that Trump has 24 percent of Americans feeling more proud and 44 percent […]
Political Operative Who Drained $100,000 a Month From OC Park Project Dies
Arnold Forde, one of Orange County’s sleaziest political operatives who helped drain massive public funds intended for the proposed Great Park project in Irvine, died at 82 years old on Saturday, according to the Voice of OC. For many of his final years, Forde lived well off a $100,000 a month, no benchmarks public relations […]
Toll Road-ed: San Clemente Sues, and Bartlett’s Push for the 241
On June 20, the City of San Clemente filed a lawsuit against the Transportation Corridor Agency (TCA)–the agency tasked with the construction of O.C.’s toll roads–in an attempt to force the agency to disclose how much it has spent on pro-toll road lobbying groups. By San Clemente’s estimation, the TCA has spent upwards of $20 […]
Hoag, Edwards Lifesciences Are Bully on Irvine Exploring Community Choice Energy
Any of you residential utility ratepayers remember several years back, when we were allowed to “purchase” our power from someone other than Southern California Edison? And did any of you, like me, choose to go with a company that invested in renewable energy like wind and solar? And did any of you, like me, start […]
Dana Watch: The Anti-Pride Candidate
On June 13, which was eight days after he received more votes than any other candidate in the 48th Congressional District primary election race, Representative Dana Rohrabacher (R-Putin’s ballot box) drew a crowd to Laguna Beach. But the 40 or so people huddled by the Main Beach lifeguard station were not there to cheer him […]
Political Fútbol: Panama vs. Tunisia
PANAMA UPDATE: Nearly seven years ago to the day, Donald Trump stood at a podium in Panama City on the occasion of the opening of his Ocean Club condo complex and thanked Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli. “You’re my friend,” Trump said, and as we know, that is an exclusive group limited to G-list celebrities, homicidal […]
