Orange Juice

. Many Americans still seem to consider soccer a boring sport.  I know the feeling that some sports can be boring for some people, as I fell asleep the few…

If I said that the reason that Republicans oppose comprehensive immigration reform with a path to citizenship — now being championed by both Democrats and the more bright and reasonable…

1. Torches, Pitchforks, Rumors, and Racism Today has been the first regular work day after the news broke that Brea-Olinda High School math teacher Michelle Johnson, was arrested for allegedly, and let’s remember…

by Matt Leslie for Fullerton Rag There are still drunks starting fights downtown, and the Fullerton Police Department has convinced the City Council that banishing food trucks will help stop…

    I just got through watching the HBO documentary — “Homeless – The Motel Kids of Orange County”. It was on CNN. I decided to watch it, because last…

The news vans were out in force yesterday afternoon at Brea-Olinda High School, in the parking lot during the graduation ceremony for the city’s nearby junior high.  According to my…

. Tomorrow, Saturday, June 15, Orange County’s 72nd Assembly District Alliance will celebrate this year’s Flag Day at the Teamsters 952 Hall in Orange.  [This will be held at noon; …

It’s Graduation Day for many of our babies (however old they may actually be) in grammar school, so I’m going to submit for you approval a couple of stories from…

. From Barack Obama’s defenders you’ll hear a common refrain that, paraphrases, essentially that he really is the same person that ran for office, but it’s just the realities of…

Matt Leslie for Fullerton Rag The Fullerton Police Department has issued an ultimatum to the homeless people living in a camp near the closed Hunt Library facility, ordering them to…

Anaheim’s City Council has decided to attempt to preserve the ability of Anaheim Hills to determine the composition of the City Council by adopting the “Santa Ana plan.”  The allure…

. By a Mel and Galal Kernahan of Laguna Woods;  found yesterday morning on the tables at Los Amigos;  pending permission to reprint but it LOOKED like it was crying…

Maine is the newest state to move forward with labeling GMOs. Last week it was Connecticut. Vermont is not giving up either – even with the threat of a lawsuit by…

. Anaheim’s Corporatist Council Majority.  From top left clockwise: Kris Murray, Lucille Kring, Gail Eastman, Jordan Brandman. (hat-tip to young Jayson Acevedo for noting the Kring-Incredibles resemblance!) Okay. So. This…

Preface First things first.  Anaheim’s City Council meeting is today at 5:00.  They’ll be considering political reform.   (They’re actually starting at 1:00 to go into a closed session, largely to…

Email reveals that Rusty Kennedy, Executive Director of OC Human Relations, quietly lobbied Anaheim Police Chief John Welter for a chance to run that city’s proposed police oversight committee.  According…

Universal Exports was the cover company for James Bond as he skulled around for ”M” in “You Only Live Twice”….about Sato Industries……..a company supposedly seeking a new formula for Monosodium Glutamate. …

Matt Leslie for The Fullerton Rag As the days count down toward the June 15 close of escrow on property purchased by the County of Orange for a homeless shelter…

. Interesting piece here by Larry Agran, writing in “Irvine Matters“.  My views and the views of Mr. Agran are often diametrically opposed but in this situation I wholeheartedly agree…

. by Matt Leslie, from the Fullerton Rag   The Fullerton City Council has voted to close the Hunt Branch library and begin the process of leasing the facility to Grace…