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“… he slipped into the first shadows trying to hide a shame which was in the public domain and which everyone commented upon on the street, it gave birth to…

Self-deprecatory humor — that’s what the title of this post is, which I explain given the almost certainty that Dan Chmielewski doesn’t get it — generally does not play well in…

In light of the recent arrests of two registered sex offenders in connection with four murders in Orange County, I’d like to share an article that I originally wrote a…

UPDATE: Meeting was apparently postponed until this morning and was to begin at 10:00. 1. Big Labor Meeting Will Discuss ‘the Greg Diamond Problem’ As the moon rises tonight, it…

  Restaurant employees will file a class action lawsuit in LA Superior Court this Wednesday. Workers allege management at the Daily Grill restaurant, located in the Westin Hotel, has underpaid them by $.40-$.60…

Allan Mansoor’s promised AB 2036 to address the Toll Lanes controversy in our county – let’s say, to bring this important transportation question under democratic control in a county that’s…

Cliven Bundy, the sixty year-old rancher, along with hundreds of “armed” supporters, some  on horseback and wearing cowboy hats, successfully got the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to return his cattle, and retreated from…

Here’s a “cute story” that isn’t cute at all: Slate as an article up right now entitled “Hillary Clinton Ducks Flying Shoe Thrown During Las Vegas Speech” that shows the…

  Rep. G. K. Butterfield of North Carolina  is now co-authoring the bill, Rep. Mike Pompeo introduced last week to prevent states from labeling GMOs.  I spoke with each of…

With a proposed November ballot initiative originating in Orange County to reestablish redevelopment agencies gaining steam, it is important to consider the widespread political failures and mismanagement that led to…

From the Voice of OC, regarding yesterday’s Board of Supervisors meeting: Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk Silva also drew protests from county supervisors for attempting to move a bill authorizing a veterans’ cemetery in…

If you check out the City of Long Beach’s Election Results Page for yesterday’s primary, this is what you’ll see — except that it scrolls, slo-o-o-o-o-o-wly, up the page, and there’s…

Legendary OJ friend Jonathan Adler invites us all to a very special event this evening that you should really consider NOT missing: Please fwd this invitation to all those in…

Here 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…

In these days of Social Media, 24 hour Global News – partisan bends, Global Propaganda – sex, lies and video, National political back-stabbing and the total disregard for the truth;…

This came to us last night from Juice friend and Long Beach City Attorney candidate Matt Pappas: Almost two years ago now, Long Beach Police, using a battering ram and…

Tonight is the Annual Dinner for the Orange County Labor Federation, which I plan to attend.  I’m a longtime supporter of unions, which are one of our sole remaining bulwarks…

    The office of Congressman Mike Pompeo (R-KS) is not commenting on rumors floating around Washington that he is sponsoring a bill to end the GMO labeling debate once and…