Buena Park –Sixty-six women were honored at an award reception featuring the original play Speaking Up! at the UFCW Local 324 auditorium last night. Top awards were given for Political Courage (Denise Penn, the Anti Human Trafficking Task Force), Community Heroines (Rev. Minh Hanh Nguyen, Gloria Alvarado), and Labor Pioneers (Judy Perez, Nancy Aleccia)....
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I got this note from Irvine City Council member Beth Krom this morning:
I’m Proud To Endorse Shiva Farivar for Irvine City Council 2010!
Shiva Farivar has been an active community volunteer and is currently the
Chair of the Irvine Community Services Commission. She is bright, creative and committed to serving the best interests of all Irvine...
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Here is a look at how the pending budget cuts might hit california counties. These cuts will be devistating to local services. Click HERE for the full document.
General Revenues
Borrow property taxes pursuant to Proposition 1A; $1.982B impact to all locals, allocation unknown
May Revision
$1.982 billion
Delay usual payments to counties to preserve state cash – February to...
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I’m pretty sure I saw State Rep. Chuck DeVore and his wife at the Red Robin at the Irvine Spectrum having a late lunch Monday afternoon; I didn’t notice them until my waitress came back with my check and since he just starting eating, I passed on wishing them a Happy Memorial Day.
Here’s Chuck’s...
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Received this message from the Senator’s office today.
Dear Friend,
Yesterday, President Obama announced that he was nominating Judge Sonia Sotomayor to be the next Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, and I’m extremely pleased!
Along with Senator Olympia Snowe and tens of thousands of friends in the BarbaraBoxer.com online community, I had asked the President...
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The Health Care Agency of Orange County, under direction from the board of supervisors, won’t fund Planned Parenthood’s Breast Health Care Program
UPDATE: We got a call back from HCA spokesperson Deanne Thompson this afternoon regarding the Planned Parenthood grant application. According to Thompson the Health Care Agency has not yet made a final determination...
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Guest Commentary by John Santoianni, President, Harvey Milk Stonewall Democrats – OC
Today’s California Supreme Court decision regarding same-sex marriage is exactly as I expected. Proposition 8 has been upheld and existing same-sex marriages are still valid. Everyone I’ve spoken with today has asked me the same question. How were they able to both validate...
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