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The Essential Voice of OC- Santana: Sheriff’s Union Seeks to Block Public Access to Misconduct Records
- Santa Ana Grapples With $400,000 Payout, Police Records Destruction, During Leadership Vacuum
- Cox Charities Awards $65,000 in “Innovation in Education” Grants 23 Orange County Schools Received Funding
- Santana: Angels Get to 2020 in Anaheim
- Looking Ahead at OC’s Political Landscape
- La Habra Councilman Tim Shaw Selected as New OCTA Chairman
- Kriz: Thirteen More Homeless Died in OC Last Month
- Top Santa Ana Leadership Leaves as City Preps $400,000 Payout
- Something’s Missing from O.C.’s Major Stages: Hispanics
- Santana: Anaheim Stadium Deal Goes Easy on Angels, Hard on Taxpayers
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- OC Politics by Pedroza and friends
- Senate Republicans announce leadership transition
- Fox’s bid for the 68th A.D. endorsed by the CA State Treasurer-Elect
- Irvine Councilwoman Fox announces her campaign for the 68th Assembly District
- Former U.S. Rep. Sanchez endorses Beth Krom for DPOC Chair
- Senator Bates introduces legislation to fix the CA Motor Voter Law
- Buena Park City Council Member-Elect charged with stealing campaign signs
Mental Illness Archive
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HIS NAME WAS JUSTIN PERKINS.
Posted on November 9, 2018 | 10 CommentsFifth (nearly sixth!) APD fatality this year! -
*sigh* Funeral Fundraiser(s) for Peter Muntean: Friday Tacos, Saturday Carwash.
Posted on May 2, 2018 | No CommentsHelp out an unfortunate family, bereaved by our public servants. -
Peter Muntean, latest APD victim, legally blind, mentally ill, unarmed, 24.
Posted on April 14, 2018 | 51 CommentsEisinger, Magarro and Muntean in 40 days? Is it back to the dark times of 2012? -
OC Homelessness News, and Todd Spitzer’s Dream Journal!
Posted on April 8, 2018 | 14 CommentsAlso find out about the Sixth Supervisor! -
![. . . We were all stunned and shaken last week, to see footage of paranoid schizophrenic Monique “Mo” Deckard, barricaded alone in her apartment, her front yard surrounded by […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/monique-deckard-115x115.jpg "Monique Deckard’s Firing Squad: This is why they won’t let us see Body-Cam Footage.")
Monique Deckard’s Firing Squad: This is why they won’t let us see Body-Cam Footage.
Posted on March 6, 2017 | 12 Comments. . . We were all stunned and shaken last week, to see footage of paranoid schizophrenic Monique “Mo” Deckard, barricaded alone in her apartment, her front yard surrounded by […] -
![. . . Predictably, some of the Santa Ana Civic Center homeless will not use the newly opened transit garage for shelter from the ravages of our occasional rain storms, […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/angry-homeless-1-115x115.jpg "Homeless garage – plenty of parking but… ummm…")
Homeless garage – plenty of parking but… ummm…
Posted on February 2, 2016 | 10 Comments. . . Predictably, some of the Santa Ana Civic Center homeless will not use the newly opened transit garage for shelter from the ravages of our occasional rain storms, […] -
![. . . (With his permission, the Orange Juice Blog reprints the following from Stefan “Bax” Baxter’s Facebook wall. Bax was one of the original, most tireless and articulate protesters […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/bax-kelly-ron-115x115.png "Baxter reacts to the $4.9 Million payment to the father of Kelly Thomas.")
Baxter reacts to the $4.9 Million payment to the father of Kelly Thomas.
Posted on November 25, 2015 | 5 Comments. . . (With his permission, the Orange Juice Blog reprints the following from Stefan “Bax” Baxter’s Facebook wall. Bax was one of the original, most tireless and articulate protesters […] -
![I 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 […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/eleanor-h-2013-115x115.jpg "Eleanor Hernandez, woman beaten into brain damage by female Garden Grove police cadet, dies.")
Eleanor Hernandez, woman beaten into brain damage by female Garden Grove police cadet, dies.
Posted on June 29, 2014 | 14 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 […] -
![. . . “Permanent War is not a viable way of life, whether abroad or at home,” opined Chris Norby. And I shot back, “Hey, that’s a great epigram for […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/norby-at-starbux-115x115.jpg "The Exoneration of Chris Norby.")
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. And I shot back, “Hey, that’s a great epigram for […] -
![In 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 […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/kelly-thomas-memphis-model-115x115.png "Kelly Thomas Tragedy Shows: OC needs the “Memphis Model” for dealing with the mentally ill.")
Kelly Thomas Tragedy Shows: OC needs the “Memphis Model” for dealing with the mentally ill.
Posted on March 18, 2014 | 13 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 […] -
![Every 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, […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/memphis-model-1-115x115.jpg "Is plunging ahead with Laura’s Law the appropriate response to the Kelly Thomas verdict?")
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, […] -
![. Kelly Thomas’ father Ron posted this last night on Facebook, and the Weekly has already picked it up: It is time to share with everyone the news of another […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/kelly-thomas-in-hat-115x115.jpg "Ron Thomas and Bax Baxter: Kelly Thomas’ Name to be Cleared Tuesday night!")
Ron Thomas and Bax Baxter: Kelly Thomas’ Name to be Cleared Tuesday night!
Posted on September 15, 2012 | 61 Comments. Kelly Thomas’ father Ron posted this last night on Facebook, and the Weekly has already picked it up: It is time to share with everyone the news of another […] -
![. . . To many in the Register’s comments sections, the most important thing to know about 23-year-old Itzcoatl Ocampo of the class of 2006 at Esperanza High School — who […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Itzcoatl-copy-115x115.jpg "Of the Aztecs and Marines, the Depressed and Dispossessed")
Of the Aztecs and Marines, the Depressed and Dispossessed
Posted on January 15, 2012 | 41 Comments. . . To many in the Register’s comments sections, the most important thing to know about 23-year-old Itzcoatl Ocampo of the class of 2006 at Esperanza High School — who […] -
![I promised myself that I would refrain from making a post on the Tucson tragedy. So much for restraint. That bastion of integrity and wholesomeness known as Irvine Mayor Pro Tem/Great Park […]](http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/jared-laughner-myspace-photo-155x155.jpg "The Elephant in the Room")
The Elephant in the Room
Posted on January 13, 2011 | 19 CommentsI promised myself that I would refrain from making a post on the Tucson tragedy. So much for restraint. That bastion of integrity and wholesomeness known as Irvine Mayor Pro Tem/Great Park […]