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by Andrew Davey • January 7, 2008 • 4 Comments

Hey, everyone! I just got some good news from our friends at Orange County for Obama. Fresh off Barack Obama’s Iowa victory and astonishing New Hampshire success, Team Obama is ready to invest more in California. Apparently, it looks like…

by Sean H. Mill • January 7, 2008 • 14 Comments

Item 85A.Ã‚Â on tonights agenda of the Santa Ana City Council creates an ad hoc committee of the council which will explore changes to the current meeting structure and take a closer look at the issue of televising and webcasting the…

by Chris Prevatt • January 7, 2008 • Comments Off

I have written a few times on the matter of Janet Nguyen and her problems living as a fiscal conservative, but this is getting downright fishy. Last month, December 11, 2007 to be precise, Orange County Board of SupervisorÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s Chairman…

by Chris Prevatt • January 6, 2008 • Comments Off

I wrote last week that Sheriff Mike Carona is returning from his self-imposed leave of absence to active duty on Monday, January 7, 2008. There have been a variety of opinions from the talking bloggers (excluding John Fleischman and the…

by Andrew Davey • January 6, 2008 • 1 Comment

Are you ready to celebrate something very special happening soon? Would you like to join many other local progressives in remembering 35 years of reproductive freedom in this nation? Oh yes, and would you like to see the fabulous scholar/blogger/pundit…

by Andrew Davey • January 5, 2008 • 9 Comments

The risk levels are “clearly too high, and unacceptable, relative to breathing air here in Southern California,” said Barry Wallerstein, executive officer at the South Coast Air Quality Management District, which released the study. “The acceptable risk level is really…

by Dan Chmielewski • January 4, 2008 • 4 Comments

I love the post-caucus spin. Truth be hold, Obama wasn’t the winner last night. Democrats were the winners. More than 200,000 Democrats showed up for the caucuses last night, only 100,000 more than expected. Republicans mustered about 125,000. This from…