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8 hrs ago | orangejuiceblog.com | Apedroza

Orange County Fair Update

Here is an update from Jim Porterfield, of “Stop Government Greed,” regarding the ongoing shenanigans of the greedy Orange County Fair Board:

I want to personally thank each of you for your support and concern regarding the OC fair board. Though I had to re-focus on my work, I have still pursued this issue with a vengeance, and luckily things are starting to move in the right direction.

Here is a brief update and request for you to “spread the word” one more time:

Click here to read the rest of this article.

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12 hrs ago | The Modesto Bee

Man pleads not guilty to stabbing Villa Park teen

A homeless man has pleaded not guilty to stabbing a 14-year-old girl on a street in Villa Park.

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Related Topix: Villa Park, CA, Los Angeles Metro, Orange County Metro

Wed Aug 20, 2008

The Press-Enterprise

OC priest gets 6 months in jail for taking teen to motel

A Roman Catholic priest accused of trying to molest a boy he was asked to counsel was sentenced Wednesday to six months in jail.

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Related Topix: Roman Catholic Church, Religion, Santa Ana, CA, Orange, CA, Anaheim, CA, Los Angeles Metro

UPI

Judge: Nudity all good at California beach

A judge in Orange County, Calif., has temporarily stopped a measure aimed at stopping people from stripping down to their birthday suits at an area beach.

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Related Topix: Los Angeles Metro, Orange County Metro, San Diego County, CA

The Modesto Bee

OC man may have to pay $22 million for investor scam

A man cleared of charges that he slipped a date-rape drug to a former Olympic gold medal skater has been tentatively ordered to repay $22 million for an alleged investment swindle.

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Related Topix: Newport Beach, CA, Los Angeles Metro, Orange County Metro, Santa Ana, CA

The Modesto Bee

OC man allegedly attempts to hire deputy as hitman

Authorities allege that a 30-year-old Orange County man tried to hire an undercover deputy to kill his ex-girlfriend so he could have custody of their 5-year-old son.

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Related Topix: San Clemente, CA, Los Angeles Metro, Orange County Metro

Tue Aug 19, 2008

The Orange County Register

Transient to be arraigned on charges of stabbing girl

" A 50-year-old transient with a lengthy arrest record is scheduled to be arraigned today on charges of the unprovoked stabbing of a 14-year-old Villa Park girl while she was walking home Sunday with a friend ...

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Related Topix: Orange County Metro, Villa Park, CA, San Francisco County, CA, Los Angeles Metro

North County Times

Day laborers settle lawsuit against OC deputies

SANTA ANA, Calif. - Day laborers reached a tentative settlement with the Orange County Sheriff's Department in an unusual harassment lawsuit that saw workers take their case to federal court, an attorney said.

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Related Topix: Santa Ana, CA, Orange County Metro, Los Angeles Metro, Lake Forest, CA

San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Former police officer arrested in holdup

A man arrested for allegedly robbing a La Habra bank last week is a former Pasadena police officer.

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Related Topix: Orange County Metro, Whittier, CA, Vincent, CA, West Covina, CA, Covina, CA

KCBS-TV Los Angeles

Judge Rejects Motion To Delay Murderer's Trial

An Orange County judge has rejected a motion by the Mexican government to delay the penalty phase of the trial of a convicted murderer.

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Related Topix: Los Angeles Metro, Orange County Metro, Santa Ana, CA

From On High

Out Of The Mouths Of ... Liberals

And this babe is about as liberal as they come. Washington Post columnist Sally Quinn on last week's debate in which John McCain crushed his opponent: By the time McCain finished his interview with pastor Rick ...

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Related Topix: US Politics, John McCain, US News, Los Angeles Metro, Orange County Metro, 2008 Presidential Election

Mon Aug 18, 2008

Huntington Beach Independent

Man found shot to death in alley

The name of a dead man shot in an alleyway behind a Huntington Beach apartment complex has not yet been released, authorities said.

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Related Topix: Huntington Beach, CA, Los Angeles Metro, Orange County Metro

The Modesto Bee

Girl, 14, stabbed, wounded by stranger in OC

Authorities say a 14-year-old girl was stabbed and wounded by a stranger as she walked home from breakfast with a friend's family in Orange County.

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Related Topix: Villa Park, CA, Los Angeles Metro, Orange County Metro

Guardian Unlimited

Sharing stage, Obama and McCain split on abortion - AP

The men's comments came at a two-hour forum on faith hosted by the minister Rick Warren at his megachurch in Orange County, Calif.

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Related Topix: Los Angeles Metro, Orange County Metro

Sun Aug 17, 2008

KNBC-TV

Police: Blood Trail Leads To Likely Mother Of Baby Found In Trash

An Orange County woman is in custody Saturday after a newborn girl was found in a trash bin.

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Related Topix: Los Angeles Metro, Orange County Metro, Laguna Niguel, CA

The Orange County Register

Wig, demand note lead to arrest of bank robbery suspect

The wig, duffle bag and robbery demand note found stashed inside a stolen car in San Clemente Tuesday was enough for authorities to slap the cuffs on a suspected bank robber, accused of holding up five banks in ...

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Related Topix: San Clemente, CA, San Diego County, CA, Los Angeles Metro, Orange County Metro

The Orange County Register

Laguna Niguel woman arrested after baby found in trash

Investigators have arrested Shawn Sepulveda, a 38-year-old Laguna Niguel woman, on one count of attempted murder after an 11-year-old girl found a newborn baby tossed away inside a large dumpster this morning, ...

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Related Topix: Laguna Niguel, CA, Los Angeles Metro, Orange County Metro, Mission Viejo, CA

Sat Aug 16, 2008

Modesto Bee

McCain and Obama face questions about their faith

In this July 12, 2006 file photo Rick Warren, a pastor of Saddleback Valley Community Church in Orange County, California is seen in Seoul, South Korea.

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Related Topix: Los Angeles Metro, Orange County Metro, South Korea, World News, Rick Warren, Vocal

The Modesto Bee

OC apartment owners settle discrimination suit for $618,000

STANTON, Calif. AP) - Owners and managers of a Stanton apartment complex will pay $618,000 to settle claims that they discriminated against families with children.

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Related Topix: Stanton, CA, Los Angeles Metro, Orange County Metro

AMNY

2 gang members sentenced to death for torturing, killing California college student

Ronald Tri Tran and Noel Jesse Plata, both 33, were sentenced Friday in Orange County Superior Court for the November 1995 slaying of 18-year-old Linda Park in Irvine.

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Related Topix: Los Angeles Metro, Orange County Metro

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