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The Voice of OC!Get Vern’s Latest and Greatest…
- John Earl’s Surf City Voice!
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- OC Political. Warning – Jubal sightings
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- Navel Gazing (OC Weekly)
- PETA Calls for USDA Inspection of Ringling Bros. Elephants in Anaheim Due to "Wound"
- Teen Allegedly Makes Threats Before U.S. Open of Surfing Begins; 45 78 Weekend Arrests
- Gustavo on The Tom Leykis Show THIS WEDNESDAY for Monthly ¡Ask a Mexican! Segment
- VIDEO: Santa Ana Police Clobber Burglary Suspect With Batons and Fists
- Electrical Fire in Anaheim Reveals Marijuana Growing Operation
- Kaiser Anaheim Medical Center Slapped with $50,000 State Fine over Patient's Death
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- A Bubbling Cauldron: Costa Mesa blog
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- OC Politics by Pedroza and friends
- The Bryson Chronicles: they lied about her school board attendance record
- 65th A.D. candidate Young Kim to host an election kickoff BBQ on August 2
- The OCTA now says they have to include HOV toll lanes on the 405 Freeway
- Slower than the OCDA Prosecuting a Politician
- Assemblywoman Grove to speak at the Santa Ana Republican Women Federated meeting tonight
- OC unions will rally for abortion rights on July 29
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police brutality Archive
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Sean Paden: A Tale of Two Anniversaries
Posted on July 3, 2014 | 7 CommentsAdapted from a speech given by attorney Sean Paden at the last Fullerton Council meeting, and reprinted with his permission: July 4th and 5th: A tale of two anniversaries There... -
Eleanor Hernandez, woman beaten into brain damage by female Garden Grove police cadet, dies.
Posted on June 29, 2014 | 13 CommentsI met up with Eleanor Hernandez, police beating victim, a week or two ago at Sweetelle Cafe, but before I could write my story about her she up and died... -
Arming Law Enforcement – How Far is Too Far?
Posted on June 9, 2014 | 42 CommentsDo you know what kind of militaristic organization your police or Sherif’s Department is turning into? The New York Times, in a story headlined “War Gear Flows to Police Departments,”... -
The Latest Case for a Civilian Police Commission in Fullerton
Posted on June 9, 2014 | No CommentsOn the evening of June 3 the Fullerton City Council heard a report from Chief Dan Hughes about the arrest of live-streaming “citizen journalist” A.J. Redkey the previous month. Council... -
A Rackauckas Retrospective: Is This the County we want to be?
Posted on May 29, 2014 | 29 CommentsAh, Orange County. California’s ruling bastion of rich white privilege. Populated largely in the 70’s by post-Watts riot White Flight, Orange County has long boasted a voting majority of people... -
The Exoneration of Chris Norby.
Posted on May 16, 2014 | 25 Comments“Permanent War is not a viable way of life, whether abroad or at home,” opined Chris Norby. “Hey, that’s a great epigram for this story, let me write it down!” ... -
Chief Quezada’s Comments on Hernandez Lawsuit Get a Grim Reception in Anaheim’s Barrios
Posted on April 6, 2014 | 30 CommentsHere are comments from Anaheim Police Chief Raul Quezada — someone whom I truly want to respect, because it’s hard to imagine Anaheim hiring anyone much better than him in... -
Orly Taitz: An Examination
Posted on March 31, 2014 | 42 CommentsThe biggest surprise, interviewing Attorney General candidate and famed Rancho Santa Margarita “birther queen” Orly Taitz at her dentist office Friday, was that she spoke passionately and in detail about... -
Kelly Thomas Tragedy Shows: OC needs the “Memphis Model” for dealing with the mentally ill.
Posted on March 18, 2014 | 12 CommentsIn the aftermath of the media scrutiny surrounding the verdict in the Kelly Thomas case the media and bloggers missed an opportunity to ask the question of not just how... -
The Triumph of Paul Lucas pt 3: Keystone Kops, Steele Smith, and remembering Danielle.
Posted on March 4, 2014 | 50 CommentsSpoiler Alert Spoiler After we published part two of this blockbuster four-part series detailing the trials, tribulations, and eventual triumph of our friend Paul Lucas, the always-hateful Dan Chmielewski of... -
The Triumph of Paul Lucas pt 2: Bad Buena Park Cops and Feckless Druggies!
Posted on February 18, 2014 | 63 Comments“…Paul Lucas won’t be the last to have been left drooling and limping pathetically in an erratic loop by one too many encounters with the everlasting car wreck of the... -
The Triumph of Paul Lucas over Dirty Cops and Draconian Drug Warriors, pt 1.
Posted on February 16, 2014 | 33 CommentsWe all know Paul Lucas here – those of us who read blogs, and anyone who’s been involved in local politics over the last decade, especially in the Democratic Party.... -
Is plunging ahead with Laura’s Law the appropriate response to the Kelly Thomas verdict?
Posted on February 11, 2014 | 22 CommentsEvery now and then, over the years, in a masochistic frame of mind, I listen to Rush Limbaugh‘s radio program. There’s the legitimate “hearing the other point of view” thing,... -
Fullerton City Council Meeting Live: Repeated Calls for Police Oversight
Posted on January 21, 2014 | 1 CommentFullerton Rag The Fullerton City Council moved item twelve, an update from Chief Hughes about the trial of two former officers acquitted of charges in the death of Kelly Thomas,...
