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The Voice of OC!- Irvine Releases New Round of Great Park Depositions
- OC Ahead of the Curve in Obamacare Signups for Non-English Speakers
- State Watchdog Opens Inquiry Into Fire Authority Disclosure Practices
- Great Park Boss: Consultants' Power Over Public Officials 'Was Just Wrong'
- Community Editorial: Brea Council Playing with Fire on Madrona Development
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- John Earl’s Surf City Voice!
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- OC Political. Warning – Jubal sightings
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- Navel Gazing (OC Weekly)
- Daniel Pohl Was Electrocuted While Working for Mission Viejo High School Football Booster
- Santa Ana Officials Say They Got Associated Press to Correct "Erroneous" Water Use Story
- Calvary Chapel Creation Conference Starts Today But Draws Atheist Protesters Thursday
- LA KISS Finishes Inaugural Season a Winner (in Attendance Only)
- Peter David Nitschke, Suspended Attorney Who Ripped Off Clients, Has Hissy Fit in Court
- Great Park Insider: Larry Agran's Corruption, Incompetence Worse Than Previously Known
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- A Bubbling Cauldron: Costa Mesa blog
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- OC Politics by Pedroza and friends
- Irvine Planning Commissioner Lynn Schott announces her campaign for the City Council
- Fisher & Phillips announces new government solutions practice group
- Toll Road Debacle Spawns Phishing Scheme
- The June Primary Election’s turnout data bodes ill for Solorio and Quirk-Silva
- Correa and the Sanchez sisters get back half the money stolen from them
- Linda Sanchez’ Name Calling
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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... -
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... -
Today’s the Day for DIAMOND FOR DA 2014 — If You Want Me to Run, Show Me!
Posted on March 6, 2014 | 4 CommentsToday’s the day when I make a critical decision about my campaign for District Attorney. (That link is to my still-spare website. The only things that really matter there for... -
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... -
I Can’t Stand That No One’s Running Against Tony Rackauckas — So I’ll Do It
Posted on February 26, 2014 | 38 Comments[I just made an announcement on Facebook, so while I'd planned to spend a few hours today polishing my campaign announcement, I'll just go ahead and reproduce that statement here.... -
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,... -
Photos and Video: Rally after Kelly Thomas Verdict at Fullerton Police Department, 1/18/14
Posted on January 18, 2014 | 16 CommentsThere will be more to say about the killing of Kelly Thomas, about the trial, about the rally. For now, here’s an impressionistic sense of what it was like there...
