UPDATE, SEPT. 4, 6:13 P.M.: Add a third man placed behind bars today for alleged sex crimes with a minor, and this one is a teacher at Santa Ana High School. DMV (left); Santa Ana Police Department Something of a before and after look at teacher Alvar Albert Gonzalez.
Anaheim continues to be a doggy dogg world! Josue Rivas / OC Weekly Homeless at La Palma Park before Fido and friends took over
At Tuesday's city council meeting, Mayor Pro Tem Lucille Kring spoke candidly about the benefits of dog parks. She championed hooch hangouts as a great recreational boost to the city that also drive away those pesky homeless folks. The Voice of OC jotted down her priceless "dogs first" parks policy. "It's wonderful for the dogs. It's wonderful for the owners, and it really keeps the homeless out," says Kring!
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Ping Li, the San Clemente massage parlor owner convicted of sexual battery of four women, was sentenced Thursday to a year and five days in jail, three years formal probation, restitution, a $500 payment to the Victim Witness Emergency Fund and the kicker: mandatory lifetime sex offender registration.Orange County District Attorney's office Ping Li was the owner of Massage Clover in San Clemente.
The thrust of the Mexican-in-Chief's 2006--and, if memory serves--award-winning--cover story "Gunkist Oranges" was that few had heard of the historic Citrus War on 1936 in Orange County. A Labor Day celebration and memorial unveiling in Costa Mesa aims to keep us and future generations from forgetting.Illustration by Bob Aul/OC Weekly This means citrus war!
Sasha Azoqa/OC Weekly Cherie shreds
By Sasha Azoqa
Cherie the French Bulldog has had an adventurous journey. She grew up in a home that didn't treat her with the love she deserved and found her way into the open arms of the French Bulldog Rescue. She soon discovered her forever home with Amy and Dan Nykolayko in Newport Beach and after visiting the beach a few times, she couldn't stay out of the water.
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The Tustin, Fullerton, La Habra and Santa Ana police departments hold sobriety checkpoints tonight as Orange County Avoid DUI Task Force's "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" campaign continues through Labor Day, one of the bloodiest times on local roads.Photo by flickr user duncan No way to spend Labor Day weekend.
With three suspects in custody in lieu of at least $1 million bail each, the Anaheim Police Department sought the public's help Wednesday in tracking down a fourth suspect in the July 26 stabbing of a man who confronted a group of taggers.DMV Have you seen Jacob Antonio Weiss?
This week's feature story, "David Koenig Has Exposed the Disneyland Secrets Mickey Doesn't Want You to Know About," mentions how much the September 1984 strike by cast members was a gut punch to employee morale, resulting in many of the stories that turn up in the author's books.
UPDATE, SEPT. 2, 2:46 P.M.: Since the announcement Tuesday of a federal indictment against attorney Stephen Young Kang of Newport Beach for allegedly defrauding Ottogi America Inc. of Gardena, more alleged victims have emerged, according to the government.Ottogi Ottogi America Inc. is not so happy with attorney Stephen Kang.
People unfamiliar with the criminal-justice system in Orange County may suspect the process almost always functions correctly. Obeying constitutional rights, police and prosecutors pursue only guilty defendants. Juries issue verdicts while in possession of all key facts, and judges leave their biases at the courthouse door before ruling. Even if something goes awry, a court of appeal will take corrective action.Bob Aul/OC Weekly
That rosy scenario is too often a fantasy, according to a 752-page report filed Aug. 26 by Assistant Public Defender Scott Sanders in People v. Daniel Wozniak, a gory double murder. For more than two years, Sanders has conducted an in-depth probe of courthouse shenanigans, making bombshell revelations and ruffling feathers. The findings aren't speculative. Naming names and identifying wrongdoing with time-stamp precision, he's made the case that law enforcement is plagued with dishonest characters willing to cheat even in death penalty cases and commit perjury to cover up corruption.
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