Navel Gazing

Can Alfredo Amezcua Take Down Santa Ana's Perpetual/Invisible/Perpetually Invisible Mayor?

2009-11-21 15:26:53

The Friday night before Thanksgiving isn't exactly the best time to hold a kick-off for a political campaign, but that didn't stop an enthusiastic crowd of about 60 to cram into Libreria Martine...

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Orange County-Born Bid to Recall Inland Empire Legislator Fails

2009-11-20 17:58:25

Corona del Mar attorneys Mike Schroeder and Lee Lowrey have lost their bid to recall fellow GOP member and Hesperia Assemblyman Anthony Adams. The Orange County Register reports that Secretary o...

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[UPDATED] Federal Lawsuit Targets Orange County College District Prayers

2009-11-20 16:03:08

UPDATED WITH RESPONSE FROM LAWYER FOR THE DISTRICT . . . A lawsuit has been filed in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against the South Orange County Community College ...

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Fugitive Buddhist Monk Pleads Guilty, Goes Free Tonight, Brotherhood Case Finally Closed!

2009-11-20 13:43:36

Brenice Lee Smith, the last remaining fugitive from the once-infamous 1972 Brotherhood of Eternal Love case, will be set free from Theo Lacy Prison tonight, having pleaded guilty this morning to...

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Wax On, Wax Off: California Surf Film Festival in Oceanside

2009-11-20 11:55:01

This weekend, Wax On, Wax Off is heading to Oceanside to cover the California Surf Film Festival, presented by Fuel TV. Starting last night, the four-day weekend extravaganza will include live mus...

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What Does the Mayan Calendar Say About Three H's Running for OC Sheriff?

2009-11-20 11:45:54

Hang onto your seats, disaster lovers! The dynamics of the 2010 race for Orange County sheriff changed this week with the candidacy of Craig Hunter, second in command at the Anaheim Police Dep...

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Tough Decision for Angels: Lackey or Figgy?

2009-11-20 11:23:37

The Angels have a tough decision to make: Do they try to keep pitching ace John Lackey or spark plug Chone Figgins? ...

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Flickr Photo of the Week!: Irvine Mud Run 2009

2009-11-20 09:28:18

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Dishney: Tweets From the Park!

2009-11-20 09:00:47

It's Friday! Which can only mean one thing: Time for Tweets From the Park, where we gather all the worst, best, funniest, most disgusting and most confusing tweets from Disneyland Resort all in on...

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WTF? Files: "Anti-Violence" Website "Hit the Bitch" Smacked Down

2009-11-20 08:58:33

The furor over "Hit the Bitch" now prevents you from visiting the supposed "anti-violence website" out of Denmark that allows a mouse-powered (and male-looking) hand to repeatedly smack and sla...

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Drivers Ridicule Toll Road Photo Contest

2009-11-20 08:14:45

An amateur photo contest aimed at promoting Orange County's quasi-private toll roads gave new meaning to drive-by shooting.Folks who left comments on the Transportation Corridor Agencies--or Th...

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Howard F. Ahmanson, Jr. FINALLY has his Blog Up!!!

2009-11-20 07:57:25

For almost a year now, in private email between he and I, fundie-funder supreme Howard F. Ahmanson, Jr. has claimed he was developing a blog to express his views instead of merely haunting Navel ...

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You Better Watch Out . . . Seriously, Santa May Be Delivering More Than Presents

2009-11-20 06:37:37

NEWS ITEM: 'Tis the season of H1N1, so Santas are being told to remove the gloves and wash their hands as much as possible ("Every time you hear a bell, Santa should pump a shot of Purell"), wh...

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[UPDATED WITH SUSPECT PHOTO, MORE DETAILS] Just Another Orange County Murder: Damon L. Nicholson

2009-11-19 17:24:51

View Larger Map UPDATE: Lake Forest 19-year-old Matthew Thomas Dragna will be arraigned in Santa Ana at 1:30 p.m. Friday in the Oct. 23 murder of longtime Hotel Laguna catering manager Damon L. Ni...

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More on OC's Reinvigorated Gay-Rights Movement

2009-11-19 16:00:00

A few ideas I couldn't quite fit into this week's cover story on gay-rights activism in Orange County: - LGBT-rights doesn't necessarily mean LGBT: Most of the LGBT activists working in Orange C...

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