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Contrary to popular belief, minority children are not overrepresented in special education classrooms but are actually underrepresented, according to the findings of a UC Irvine-Penn State study. ] The reason for this is minority children are actually less likely to be diagnosed with and treated for disabilities than white children with similar academic achievements, behaviors …
Dana Point's Doheny Beach, a strip of sand located just off Pacific Coast Highway, is one of the few places in Southern California where you can go beach camping. It's been popular for decades with sunbathers and families, who each weekend scramble to get first rights to the numerous fire pits that dot the beach …
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The odds of arrest are three times higher for people viewed as black, while those who self-identify as black but are not perceived to be by others are arrested no more often than those who are seen as non-black, according to a new UC Irvine-Stanford study. There must be a Rachel Dolezal joke in all …
Now that the luxe-lonchera craze is nearly over, it's time to go back to the roots to visit where it all began: Main Street in SanTana. Every day, nearly 20 taco trucks park on the thoroughfare's side streets, hawking everything from tacos to regional specialties to more. These are the best: Tacos Radioactivos has a …
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Orange County Superior Court Judge David R. Chaffee has issued a temporary restraining order against the implementation of Santa Ana's Measure BB, which created a lottery system to allow legal cannabis collectives to operate in the city. Chaffee's May 30 move came in response to a series of lawsuits by medical marijuana collectives that failed …
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You'd expect those convicted of crimes to cry for justice–deserved or otherwise–in light of the widespread corruption allegations surrounding the Orange County District Attorney's office. But a former U.S. Senate candidate? Well, yes, of course you would, if the former candidate was Orly Taitz. ] In 2010, the Rancho Santa Margarita lawyer/dentist/real estate saleslady/Das Bootlicker …
DEAR MEXICAN: From what I've seen and heard, Mexicans are very family-oriented. They take the names of their mothers and fathers, live with extended family, take carpooling to the nth degree, and tattoo the names of their children on their bodies. We recently had a party and invited one of our Hispanic friends. She showed …
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MSNBC’s Lockup series–the one that sends camera crews inside jails and prisons to craft hagiographic presentations of cops and showcase the monsters and freaks housed there–came to rescue the scandal-ridden Orange County Sheriff’s Department (OCSD) in 2010. OCSD’s embarrassments included the FBI arrests and convictions of the sheriff and two assistant sheriffs; a deputy caught …
The prayers of family and friends of Robert Lavender III have finally been answered, nearly a year after the motorcyclist nicknamed “Chance Daily” was killed in a Fullerton crash police blamed on an alleged drunken driver. ] Deanna Marie Soto's Release in Crash Death of Robert Lavender III May Be Temporary: Officials Medical assistant Deanna …
With apologies to Larry King, America's Incarcerated Sheriff has been released from federal prison. Mike Carona, the former Orange County lawman the veteran broadcaster dubbed “America's Sheriff” after appearing on King's longtime CNN show to call out a child murderer, is now back home after serving 52 months of a 66-month sentence for felony witness …
As a middle-aged woman, I rarely have a conversation with other middle-aged women in which the subject of movies “for us” fails to come up. As a critic, I don't really think of movies in terms of which ones are “for” me and which are not, but I know what these women mean. They just …
Blues legend Bessie Smith was arguably America's most powerful black woman during her heyday in the 1920s and '30s. Her reign wasn't just based on being the highest-paid African-American entertainer of her generation, but, according to the new HBO movie Bessie, on the freedoms she allowed herself after breaking with social norms and concerns about …
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