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Just when you thought it was safe to come out and drive your privately owned vehicle onto the 405 Freeway….because the OCTA had chosen Option One, what do think that…

. THIS timely dispatch from the Class War comes to us from a good (dissident) friend high up in the UCI Medical Center Administration, who also supports a single-payer healthcare…

. For some people, the main thing is the spaghetti – for others, it’s the great work that Rosie’s Garage has been doing for decades in the La Habra community. …

. One of the more reasonable ideas that’s been suggested – most recently by Renee Balenti at the last Anaheim Council meeting – regarding the various Anaheim police officers who…

  by Matt Leslie, for the Fullerton Rag   It has now been exactly two months since the Fullerton City Council held a session to study different proposed models of overseeing…

. Back during the George W. Bush presidency, many critics of the president  suspected and suggested that VP Dick Cheney was the real president, pulling the strings behind the scenes….

This is great. You’ve probably seen it by now, but when the alien life forms unearth and decode the Orange Juice Blog archive, we want to make sure that they…

. So! Today at 5, THIS happens.  Found in our inbox, this comes from Huntington Beach Visitors Bureau’s snazzy new consultants, Cerell Associates: Save the Bonfire Rings.Com Community Treasures Under…

That’s right, I’m willing, right here and now, to help Tom Daly, of whom I have been critical, burnish his reputation in the Assembly.  Or … not. The background is…

. By John Earl Surf City Voice (video interview at THIS LINK) Mesa Water District isn’t just building colored water treatment facilities and rebranding itself or building up huge cash…

. Emphasis.  Basically, we differ on emphasis.  The environmentalists are right, in this case, but they’re not emphasizing what I think is the most compelling part of the story. They…

. What’s unfolded in the last seven days in Anaheim is flat out embarrassing. “He’s a liar!” “She’s a liar!” “Tell the truth!” “No, you tell the truth!” It’s just…

. SHHH – Can you keep a secret?  You’re not supposed to know this.  I’M not supposed to know this.  But I really think you should know this, if you…

. Anaheim residents!  When you show up early at 4:30 tomorrow to Anaheim City Hall, to speak out against the $158 million “Gardenwalk Giveaway” of THAT MUCH TAX MONEY to…

. A timely battle cry from our friends at San Clemente Green: Greetings! We are at a historic milestone concerning the future of the San Onofre nuclear power plant.  …

. “Scalded like a stripped assed ape with a hot yawl full of butter”…….seems to be the only catch phrase that comes to mind on this wild news day!  The world is…

This one goes out to members of the Democratic State Central Committee (that is, Assembly District Delegates and ex officio members who can attend the annual California Democratic Party convention:…

. The recent news that the remodeling of a community center at Northwood Community Park is now 45% over budget is not surprising at all.   It’s yet another reminder of…

            Last night I went to the Orange County Curfew Sweep,  which is part of the Gang Reduction Intervention Program (G.R.I.P).  G.R.I.P. works with numerous school districts within…

I hesistated, at first, to publish this photo here, but if the professional journalists at TIME Magazine think that it’s OK for an unsuspecting audience, well, then it’s probably OK.  I’m…