Orange County

An OC GOP insider gave me the scoop tonight on what really led to Republican Robert Hammond quitting the primary race for the 69th Assembly District - at the very last minute,…

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I decided today to pull papers for Area One of the Orange County Board of Education.  The only candidate who has thus far qualified for the ballot is Ken Nguyen, who is…

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As reported in an earlier post today, Republican Robert Hammond has withdrawn from the race for the 69th Assembly District, according to the OC Political Blog.  He is running instead for the Orange County…

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"The Orange County Board of Supervisors will meet Monday in an emergency closed session to discuss whether they should refer allegations of sexual misconduct against Santa Ana City Councilman Carlos Bustamante to District Attorney Tony…

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  For Immediate Release: March 9, 2012 Contact: Deanne Thompson, 714-834-2178, dthompson@ochca.com TIME CHANGE IS A REMINDER TO PREPARE FOR EMERGENCIES (Santa Ana) - When it’s time to change the…

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For Immediate Release: March 9, 2012 For More Information Contact: Carol Chamberlain - office: (916) 319-2069, mobile: (916) 804-5355 State Assemblyman Solorio's 2007 Legislation Authorizing Bond Sales to Build New…

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"Ten years after California's Orange County Register named Yvette Cabrera a news columnist after the newsroom's Latino Task Force complained that the paper's white, conservative columnist wasn't the "cross-section of…

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Orange County Mobile Home Conference, March 16 State Senator Lou Correa, as Chair of the Senate Select Committee on Manufactured Homes & Communities, is inviting mobile home owners and renters and…

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I wrote a post recently bemoaning the lack of Latino candidates for the Orange County's Board of Education, in the Latino-dominated First District, which is currently represented by Republican Long Pham.  Now…

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City of Santa Ana, Downtown Orange County Contact: Captain Marc Stone, PIO at (714) 319-4657, Sergeant Jose Gonzalez, City of Santa Ana PIO at (714) 822-4415 Advisory: Historic Contract Signing…

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A new phone poll of voters in the 69th Assembly District, conducted by Democratic candidate Tom Daly's campaign, shows that newcomers Julio Perez  and Francisco Barragan need to drop out now, or they are going…

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This has been a bad week in Orange County, with two Santa Ana public school teachers arrested and facing sex charges with high school students at Godinez High and the…

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Unbelievable.  Another Santa Ana public school teacher has been arrested for making sexually suggestive comments to students, the day after a wrestling coach and biology teacher, Joseph Manuel Orduna, was arrested…

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For Immediate Release: February 29, 2012 For More Information Contact: Carol Chamberlain - office: (916) 319-2069, mobile: (916) 804-5355 Assemblyman Solorio Urges Residents to Apply For Earned Income Tax Credit if Eligible "The sooner…

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UPDATE: The OC Register's online article about this has some interesting comments, here. Joseph Manuel Orduna, an Irvine resident and wrestling coach/teacher at the Santa Ana Unified School District's (SAUSD) Godinez…

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