John Earl reports….
The Essential Voice of OC- Federal Judge Denies Huntington Beach’s Requested Injunction Against State Housing Law
- Rainstorms Put New Focus on An Orange County Coastline Washing Away
- Will Huntington Beach’s 90-Day Plan to End Homelessness Work?
- Should City Councils Draw Their Own Election Districts? Irvine Discusses Bucking The Trend
- COVID Forged a New Generation of Community Activism Across OC
- Buena Park Officials Consider Holding Landlords Accountable for Apartment Repairs
- From Motel 6 to Affordable Housing: Conversion Underway in Costa Mesa
- This Ramadan, Meet Five of the Newest Members of OC’s Muslim Community
- OC’s Controversial Green Energy Agency Tries Winning Back Public Trust
- Officials Red-Tag Four Buildings and Call for Rail Relocation After San Clemente Landslide
Exclusively published here in installments!
- The Orange Lady – OC Register
- California Picks Generic Drug Company Civica to Produce Low-Cost Insulin
- Orange County scores and player stats for Tuesday, March 21
- Lakers work out centers, say no change to Anthony Davis’ management plan
- Boras Classic South releases bracket for baseball tournament at Mater Dei, JSerra
- Potential 2024 presidential hopeful implores GOP not to overlook California
- Dodgers’ rotation lining up with Julio Urias-Clayton Kershaw as 1-2
- Trump’s potential indictment caps decades of legal scrutiny
- Pacifica hires veteran assistant Kyle Murphy as its football head coach
- UCLA’s David Singleton, Adem Bona are ‘day to day’ heading to Sweet 16
OC Gallery of MAGA Goofballs and Terrorists!
- Pedroza’s New Santa Ana
- The City of Santa Ana is hosting a public budget meeting on March 22
- O.C. Mental Health Services Act three-year plan now available for public comment
- Suspect arrested in Fountain Valley on child porn possession charges
- OCFA firefighters rescued a woman from a car wreck in Irvine this morning
- OCFA firefighters quickly extinguished a fire this morning at an auto parts company
- OCDA Spitzer slams Gov. Newsom for turning the San Quentin prison into a rehab center
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![. . . Vern: We (Surf City Voice and the Orange Juice Blog) have been critical of many members of the Orange County Water District for several reasons: their […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dewane-sheldon-115x115.png "Expense Reports for the OC Water District Incumbents! Are they worth this kind of money?")
Expense Reports for the OC Water District Incumbents! Are they worth this kind of money?
Posted on October 31, 2014 | 2 Comments. . . Vern: We (Surf City Voice and the Orange Juice Blog) have been critical of many members of the Orange County Water District for several reasons: their […] -
![. . . Remember that Flag Day event I played piano for on Saturday? I used to think of it as a Democrat, or as THE OC Democrat Flag […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/alvarez-kelly-oconnell-115x115.png "Scenes from the “Labor” Flag Day: SQS, RINO’s, Teamsters and Toll Lanes!")
Scenes from the “Labor” Flag Day: SQS, RINO’s, Teamsters and Toll Lanes!
Posted on June 17, 2014 | 8 Comments. . . Remember that Flag Day event I played piano for on Saturday? I used to think of it as a Democrat, or as THE OC Democrat Flag […] -
![Final Results (pretty much) Wednesday morning: The best news: Judge Joanne Motoike (right) won by a lot! Board of Education incumbent David Boyd beat his tea-party challenger whatsisname by a […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/terrified-3-e1401803109970.gif "Your June 2014 Primary Election OCD Live-blogging Thread! (Last update Thursday)")
Your June 2014 Primary Election OCD Live-blogging Thread! (Last update Thursday)
Posted on June 3, 2014 | 12 CommentsFinal Results (pretty much) Wednesday morning: The best news: Judge Joanne Motoike (right) won by a lot! Board of Education incumbent David Boyd beat his tea-party challenger whatsisname by a […] -
![SHORT VERSION Vern here. Greg obviously put a lot of thought and research into this guide, and on the races I’m familiar with I MOSTLY agree with him. And in […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/votebox-115x115.jpg "The Orange Juice June 2014 Primary Voter’s Guide!")
The Orange Juice June 2014 Primary Voter’s Guide!
Posted on May 19, 2014 | 80 CommentsSHORT VERSION Vern here. Greg obviously put a lot of thought and research into this guide, and on the races I’m familiar with I MOSTLY agree with him. And in […] -
![When I first heard that popular, termed-out, Costa Mesa Republican councilwoman Wendy Leece was planning to take on entrenched, deeply embarrassing 12-term Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, I thought, “Well, we […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/leece-rohrabacher-115x115.png "Why is Wendy Leece running against Dana Rohrabacher?")
Why is Wendy Leece running against Dana Rohrabacher?
Posted on March 5, 2014 | 49 CommentsWhen I first heard that popular, termed-out, Costa Mesa Republican councilwoman Wendy Leece was planning to take on entrenched, deeply embarrassing 12-term Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, I thought, “Well, we […] -
![Costa Mesa was smacked down in court. Again. Today Superior Court judge Franz Miller ruled against the City twice in the City’s lawsuit to get their Charter amendment on the […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/lisasimpsonloser-115x115.jpg "Why Costa Mesa Just Keeps On LOSING.")
Why Costa Mesa Just Keeps On LOSING.
Posted on March 26, 2012 | 22 CommentsCosta Mesa was smacked down in court. Again. Today Superior Court judge Franz Miller ruled against the City twice in the City’s lawsuit to get their Charter amendment on the […] -
![. Oh, great. Does this mean I have to start showing up to Council meetings now? That damn drunk stoner Monahan. I didn’t want this stupid job. Why the hell […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Bever-punting-cropped-115x95.jpg "A message from Costa Mesa’s new Mayor, Eric Bever.")
A message from Costa Mesa’s new Mayor, Eric Bever.
Posted on March 15, 2012 | 4 Comments. Oh, great. Does this mean I have to start showing up to Council meetings now? That damn drunk stoner Monahan. I didn’t want this stupid job. Why the hell […] -
![. . . So, next month tonight (Tuesday Dec. 6) it’s time for a new mayor in Fullerton, and according to the town’s tradition of mayoral rotation, it should be […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/whitaker-quirk-mckinley-115x115.jpg "Fullerton Mayor Quirk-Silva? Will McKinley and Whitaker keep their words tonight?")
Fullerton Mayor Quirk-Silva? Will McKinley and Whitaker keep their words tonight?
Posted on December 5, 2011 | 15 Comments. . . So, next month tonight (Tuesday Dec. 6) it’s time for a new mayor in Fullerton, and according to the town’s tradition of mayoral rotation, it should be […] -
![. . . Geoff over at A Bubbling Cauldron has the best story on the Costa Mesa “Toes-Only-Moderately-Toasted” Forum . This was one of those fascinating events where you get […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Roy-reynolds-155x155.jpg "Roy Reynolds, Podcar Booster Turned Pollster, and Our Report from “Feet to the Fire”")
Roy Reynolds, Podcar Booster Turned Pollster, and Our Report from “Feet to the Fire”
Posted on April 19, 2011 | 16 Comments. . . Geoff over at A Bubbling Cauldron has the best story on the Costa Mesa “Toes-Only-Moderately-Toasted” Forum . This was one of those fascinating events where you get […] -
![. . . Lest we forget, as we sometimes tend to do down here in the warm womb of central Orange County, our very northwesternmost burgh, let’s check in with […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/octocrop-155x155.jpg "La Habra Hanky-Panky – and not the OctoMom, either!")
La Habra Hanky-Panky – and not the OctoMom, either!
Posted on April 18, 2011 | 11 Comments. . . Lest we forget, as we sometimes tend to do down here in the warm womb of central Orange County, our very northwesternmost burgh, let’s check in with […] -
![. . . fluff, v.t. = to arouse a pornographic actor for a sexual scene. – Urban Dictionary. How far hath the O.C. Weekly‘s star journalist R. Scott Moxley – […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/riggy-bloated-155x155.jpg "The Once-Great R. Scott Moxley Fluffs Jim Righeimer.")
The Once-Great R. Scott Moxley Fluffs Jim Righeimer.
Posted on March 17, 2011 | 66 Comments. . . fluff, v.t. = to arouse a pornographic actor for a sexual scene. – Urban Dictionary. How far hath the O.C. Weekly‘s star journalist R. Scott Moxley – […] -
![Jim Righeimer ran for the Costa Mesa City Council in 2008, the year President Obama got elected. Righeimer lost by almost two thousand voted. He came in fourth, just behind […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Jim-Righeimer-wins-155x155.jpg "Costa Mesa’s voters gave Jim Righeimer a mandate in last week’s election")
Costa Mesa’s voters gave Jim Righeimer a mandate in last week’s election
Posted on November 9, 2010 | 34 CommentsJim Righeimer ran for the Costa Mesa City Council in 2008, the year President Obama got elected. Righeimer lost by almost two thousand voted. He came in fourth, just behind […] -
![Heads on sticks! Heads on sticks! We wanna see those rapacious corporations, and the Republican and DINO politicians who live to serve them and imprison us, with their heads atop […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/dont_tread_on_me-155x155.jpg "“John and Ken’s” 2010 Election Guide – updated with new OC cities!")
“John and Ken’s” 2010 Election Guide – updated with new OC cities!
Posted on October 31, 2010 | 38 CommentsHeads on sticks! Heads on sticks! We wanna see those rapacious corporations, and the Republican and DINO politicians who live to serve them and imprison us, with their heads atop […] -
![. As you may remember, last we left our heroine Costa Mesa Councilwoman Wendy Leece, she was still undecided on how she would vote Tuesday night – whether to accept […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/atlas-pac-155x155.jpg "Wendy Leece defies OC GOP Stalinism. Also, Atlas PAC? Hypocritical douchebags. Oh, the layers of irony.")
Wendy Leece defies OC GOP Stalinism. Also, Atlas PAC? Hypocritical douchebags. Oh, the layers of irony.
Posted on October 31, 2010 | 21 Comments. As you may remember, last we left our heroine Costa Mesa Councilwoman Wendy Leece, she was still undecided on how she would vote Tuesday night – whether to accept […]
