Orange County Metro News

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:

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

He clashed with their leaders in his 2000 campaign. He struggled to gain their votes during the 2008 primaries.

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

A 38-year-old Laguna Niguel woman was charged with attempted murder today for allegedly placing her newborn daughter in a trash bin, where the crying infant was found by her 11-year-old sister.

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.

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.

Police Wednesday were searching for two men who assaulted a clerk during a robbery at a Los Alamitos liquor store, authorities said.

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.

A coalition of environmental groups filed a federal lawsuit Monday against Southern California's anti-smog agency accusing it of unlawfully allowing companies to pollute by selling them invalid emission ...

" 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 ...

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.

A Costa Mesa man's pre-trial hearing for allegedly threatening his ex-wife, possessing explosives and endangering a child has been moved to Los Angeles County because Orange County judges have all recused ...

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

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

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 ...

Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama appeared together for the first time during the presidential campaign season at Pastor Rick Warren's Saddleback Church in Orange County, Calif on Saturday.

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.

Two men who tortured an Irvine college student to reveal where her family kept valuables and then strangled her in her home were sentenced to death Friday after one killer apologized to the woman's family.

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