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The Essential Voice of OC- Panoringan: How Restaurant Ambiance Influences Dining
- Meet The Santa Ana Muralist Who’s Changing The Way People Look At Graffiti
- San Clemente Considers Private Security to Push Homeless People Off the Beach
- With Drops in Critical Safety Nets Looming, OC Hosts a Resource Fair in Santa Ana
- Lost in Translation: OC Cities Shut Out Non-English Speakers From Online Public Meeting Broadcasts
- Santa Ana Eyes Using a Firehouse for Police Program, Some Residents Want Library
- Surf City Bleeds Executive Staff Under New City Council Leadership
- Trench Foot & Infections: Street Medics Treating Homeless People Brace for Storm Aftermath
- Will a Local OC School District Ban an Iranian Revolution Book?
- Federal Judge Denies Huntington Beach’s Requested Injunction Against State Housing Law
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- Summer Camp Guide 2023: Summer is the ultimate balancing act for families
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OC Gallery of MAGA Goofballs and Terrorists!
- Pedroza’s New Santa Ana
- Santa Ana Spring Fest Open House and TeenTime opening set for March 25
- Medi-Cal renewals will impact millions across SoCal and put health coverage at risk
- The OC Sheriff promoted two executives including a new OC Central Jails Commander
- Street takeovers busted by the Tustin and Orange Police Departments
- Turn in your household hazardous waste this Saturday at Saddleback High School
- Learn how to start your own jewelry business on April 22 at the Bowers Museum
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Bureaucracy Archive
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A Disturbing Story of the Fullerton Police Department…
Posted on October 7, 2019 | 5 CommentsBetter think twice about calling a Fullerton cop if you have a missing person situation! -
![. . . Readers of this blog may remember, from last November, that Anaheim’s Public Works Department, motivated by both a $5 million transportation grant and grave concern over how […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/lincoln-harbor-places-115x115.png "Save Lincoln Avenue – the official Questionnaire!")
Save Lincoln Avenue – the official Questionnaire!
Posted on April 14, 2017 | 11 Comments. . . Readers of this blog may remember, from last November, that Anaheim’s Public Works Department, motivated by both a $5 million transportation grant and grave concern over how […] -
![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 […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/mansoor-405-sqs-daly-allen-correa-115x115.png "Mansoor’s new Toll Lanes bill deserves bipartisan support from the full OC delegation.")
Mansoor’s new Toll Lanes bill deserves bipartisan support from the full OC delegation.
Posted on April 14, 2014 | 13 CommentsAllan 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 […] -
![I was just getting ready to write another Toll Lane piece. This one was going to be called “Moving Target: OCTA’s Ever-Shifting Rationales for Making the OC a Toll Lane […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/mansoor-and-405-traffic-115x115.png "Breaking: Mansoor to file legislation stopping OCTA’s plans to make us a Toll Lane County.")
Breaking: Mansoor to file legislation stopping OCTA’s plans to make us a Toll Lane County.
Posted on December 6, 2013 | 17 CommentsI was just getting ready to write another Toll Lane piece. This one was going to be called “Moving Target: OCTA’s Ever-Shifting Rationales for Making the OC a Toll Lane […] -
![This is OCTA Board Chairman Gregory Winterbottom, in his natural state. You may remember him a few weeks ago, when Diana Lee Carey finished a speech with the exasperated cry, […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/winterbottomcrabluminositycopy-e1383965772929.jpg "Toll-Lane Uprising 2: Delay, Kabuki, and the Staggering Arrogance of Chairman Winterbottom.")
Toll-Lane Uprising 2: Delay, Kabuki, and the Staggering Arrogance of Chairman Winterbottom.
Posted on November 9, 2013 | 23 CommentsThis is OCTA Board Chairman Gregory Winterbottom, in his natural state. You may remember him a few weeks ago, when Diana Lee Carey finished a speech with the exasperated cry, […] -
![. . . “First they came for the 405, and I said nothing for I rarely use the 405. Then they came to put toll lanes on MY freeway, […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/No-OC-Toll-Lanes-115x115.png "The Uprising Against O.C. Toll Lanes. Pt 1")
The Uprising Against O.C. Toll Lanes. Pt 1
Posted on November 7, 2013 | 33 Comments. . . “First they came for the 405, and I said nothing for I rarely use the 405. Then they came to put toll lanes on MY freeway, […] -
![. . . Crazy stuff, crazy stuff, what-all the Republican Party is going through. Out in Washington, having held their breath till their faces turned blue and still failing to […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/vern-and-donnelly-115x115.jpg "GOP fault lines: Scott Baugh dice “HOLA,” while Newport Teabaggers fete Minuteman Tim Donnelly.")
GOP fault lines: Scott Baugh dice “HOLA,” while Newport Teabaggers fete Minuteman Tim Donnelly.
Posted on October 27, 2013 | 45 Comments. . . Crazy stuff, crazy stuff, what-all the Republican Party is going through. Out in Washington, having held their breath till their faces turned blue and still failing to […] -
![. So! Today at 5, THIS happens. Found in our inbox, this comes from Huntington Beach Visitors Bureau’s snazzy new consultants, Cerell Associates: Save the Bonfire Rings.Com Community Treasures Under […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/crowd-with-torches-cropped-115x115.jpg "Fire Pits Showdown in HB Friday at 5!")
Fire Pits Showdown in HB Friday at 5!
Posted on May 17, 2013 | 48 Comments. So! Today at 5, THIS happens. Found in our inbox, this comes from Huntington Beach Visitors Bureau’s snazzy new consultants, Cerell Associates: Save the Bonfire Rings.Com Community Treasures Under […] -
![. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY from Vern: All of you Orange County residents who drink water should read the following important piece by John Earl, but since I know how DRY (paradoxically) […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/gus-bad-poseidon-115x115.jpg "“No Water Deal” – Gus needs YOU to finish his work defeating Poseidon’s desalination scam!")
“No Water Deal” – Gus needs YOU to finish his work defeating Poseidon’s desalination scam!
Posted on February 24, 2013 | 2 Comments. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY from Vern: All of you Orange County residents who drink water should read the following important piece by John Earl, but since I know how DRY (paradoxically) […] -
![. Gus Ayer, the former mayor of Fountain Valley (who wrote on the Orange Juice Blog as “Mayor Quimby”) was probably Orange County’s top progressive political strategist and activist. He […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/gus-at-meeting-115x115.jpg "Mayor Quimby’s last piece: Can the Municipal Water District of OC Find A Reason to Exist?")
Mayor Quimby’s last piece: Can the Municipal Water District of OC Find A Reason to Exist?
Posted on February 15, 2013 | 1 Comment. Gus Ayer, the former mayor of Fountain Valley (who wrote on the Orange Juice Blog as “Mayor Quimby”) was probably Orange County’s top progressive political strategist and activist. He […] -
![ON SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT: In an odd career move, ‘former’ Anaheim Deputy Police Chief Craig Hunter is now working in the City Manager’s office where his “official title” is still–surprise, surprise–“Deputy Police […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/craighunter-115x115.jpg "UPDATE: Hiding in Plain Sight: ‘Former’ Anaheim Deputy Police Chief Craig Hunter’s Odd Career Move to the City Manager’s Office")
UPDATE: Hiding in Plain Sight: ‘Former’ Anaheim Deputy Police Chief Craig Hunter’s Odd Career Move to the City Manager’s Office
Posted on October 2, 2012 | 10 CommentsON SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT: In an odd career move, ‘former’ Anaheim Deputy Police Chief Craig Hunter is now working in the City Manager’s office where his “official title” is still–surprise, surprise–“Deputy Police […] -
![You may have noticed – well probably not – that I added a few new blogs to our “blogroll” at the bottom of our front page (and removed a few.) […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Jubal-eyes-flopped-five-115x115.jpg "Failures of California’s “First 5” Commissions (and other additions to our Blogroll!)")
Failures of California’s “First 5” Commissions (and other additions to our Blogroll!)
Posted on April 23, 2012 | 8 CommentsYou may have noticed – well probably not – that I added a few new blogs to our “blogroll” at the bottom of our front page (and removed a few.) […] -
![Damn, this county has been run badly these last few years. I mean, hell’s bells. Who’s been in charge? Are they asleep at the switch? That would be our County […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/mauk-cropped-115x115.jpg "A complete MAUK-ery: The Misrule of Orange County’s CEO.")
A complete MAUK-ery: The Misrule of Orange County’s CEO.
Posted on April 17, 2012 | 31 CommentsDamn, this county has been run badly these last few years. I mean, hell’s bells. Who’s been in charge? Are they asleep at the switch? That would be our County […] -
![. And also, like, what the fuck? Is this what you voted these guys in for? I sat down to write this piece, having been alerted that three of our […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Nelson-Bates-Moorlach-115x115.jpg "What does it mean for the OC, when three of our Supervisors say “Thanks But No Thanks” to $10 million in Federal Healthcare Money?")
What does it mean for the OC, when three of our Supervisors say “Thanks But No Thanks” to $10 million in Federal Healthcare Money?
Posted on March 14, 2012 | 25 Comments. And also, like, what the fuck? Is this what you voted these guys in for? I sat down to write this piece, having been alerted that three of our […]
