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Nude Sunbathing Can Be Banned, Rules California Court

AP | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: San Onofre State Beach, Nude Sunbathing, Orange County, California Courts, California State Park, Roy Stearns, Nude Beach, Politics News

SAN FRANCISCO — California's highest court is allowing the state to tell sunbathers they can be punished for enjoying public beaches in the buff...

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Chinese Fall at Carnegie Hall

Charles Fabius | Posted 10.19.2009 | New York

Read More: Quentin Shih, Shen Wei Dance Arts, Carnegie Hall, Orange County, Chinese Culture, 3, 2008 Olympics, New York News

It will be interesting to see how Ancient Paths, Modern Voices resonates with the actual Chinese communities largely present both in NYC and Orange County.

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You Ain't Nothin' But a Blue Dog

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Talking Points Memo, Brentwood, Orange County, Jane Harman, Iraq War, Loretta Sanchez, Los Angeles, Blue Dog Democrats, Politics News

I'm glad to know that Reps. Harman and Sanchez have joined the growing call for a public option. But for the life of me, I do not understand what took Jane Harman so long.

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Why Is Obama Firing Dan Choi?

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Krxa, Billboard, Long Beach, Kfi, Humor, Charles Karel Bouley, Karel, Kgo, Advocate, Huffingtonpost, Gay, Lt. Dan Choi, Barack Obama, Politics, Orange County, Radio, Orange County Blade, Kngy, Dan Choi, Knx, Comedy, Politics News

Dan Choi's poignant point fell on deaf ears at his hearing and while he is still an active soldier, he has been recommended for discharge under Don't Ask, Don't Tell, something the Commander in Chief could halt.

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Hypocrisy, Lies and Videotape

Michael Sigman | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mark Sanford, Bill Clinton, John Ensign, Family Values, Orange County, David Lynch, Larry Craig, Mike Duvall, Republicans, Conservatives, Sex, Politics News

The closer we look at the self-righteous leaders of the Right, the more we see the ugliness of -- well, let's use Mike Duvall's euphemism -- inappropriate story telling.

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With Time, Equality Will Blossom Even in Orange County

Chris Prevatt | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: California Gay Marriage, California, Proposition 8, 2010 Elections, 2012 Election, Prepare to Prevail, Orange County, LGBT Rights, Congressman Bob Dornan, Barack Obama, Gay Marriage, Marriage Equality, Politics News

Orange County, like the rest of California, has grown more diverse and more moderate over the last generation. Yet its reputation as a conservative, antigay bastion persists, despite evidence to the contrary.

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Danny Pang Dead: Financier Under Investigation Dies

AP | CHRISTOPHER WEBER | Posted 11.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Taiwan, Finance, Banks, Pang Dead, Orange County, Ponzi Scheme, Danny Pang, Pang, Private Equity Management Group Inc., Private Equity Management Group LLC, Fbi, Dead, California, Business News

LOS ANGELES — Danny Pang, an Orange County financier accused by federal regulators of defrauding investors out of hundreds of millions of dollar...

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Mike Duvall: Recorded Sex Comments Cost California GOP Lawmaker His Job

AP | JULIET WILLIAMS | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Assembly Ethics Committee, California, Brea, Michael Duvall, Lobbying, Audio, Kcal-Tv, Sacramento, Mike Duvall, Lobbyist, Sexual Comments, Orange, Sex, Orange County, Mike Duvall's Comments, Anaheim, Republican, Yorba Linda, Gop, Fullerton, Placentia, Politics News

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A scandal involving a family-values legislator caught boasting about his sexual escapades with his lobbyist mistresses crea...

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Assemblyman Apologizes For Comments About Spanking Lobbyists

Arthur Delaney | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Orange County, Mike Duvall Comments, Lobbyists, Gop, Mike Duvall, California State Assembly, Lobbyblog, Business News

California state assemblyman Michael Duvall has issued an apology for having a lewd and lascivious conversation that was picked up by a hot mic during...

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Violent Criminals, Prison Cutbacks and the Women Who Suffer The Consequences

Danielle Cavallucci | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Women's Rights, Violence Against Women, Low-Level Drug Offenders, Criminal Justice System, Orange County, Domestic Violence, Cutbacks, Politics News

Once again, the system operating under the auspices of service, protection and justice has failed.

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Stopping the Every-13-Second Foreclosure Clock

Bertha Lewis | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Orlando, Foreclosures, Mandatory Mediation, Acorn, Orange County, President Obama, Bertha Lewis, Foreclosure, Philadelphia, ACORN Home Defenders, Home Foreclosures, Politics News

In America, a family is losing its home every 13 seconds.

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ACORN Pushes For Mandatory Bank-Homeowner Mediation

Jerry Waxman | Posted 05.30.2009 | Eyes & Ears

Read More: Bank Negotiations, Orange County, Acorn, Subprime Mortgages, Judge Stoker, Judge Perry, Osceola County, Mortgage Crisis, Ee, Eyes & Ears News

Organizers for ACORN held a press conference on the steps of the Osceola County Courthouse in Kissimmee, Florida on Tuesday, April 28 at 1:00 PM to in...

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Whaaat?

Murray Fromson | Posted 05.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Los Angeles Times, Orange County, David Axelrod, Tom Malinowski, Rahm Emanuel, Barack Obama, Luong Vu, Cold War, New York Times, Norm Eisen, Vietnam, Media News

If you wonder what you'll be missing when newspapers vanish, consider these two stories that deal with the infuriating decisions rendered by the bureaucrats in the service of the United States.

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Crazy High-Speed Chase: Woman Tries To Run Down Cops; Gets Out Of Vehicle While It's Moving (VIDEO)

AP/Fox News | Posted 05.11.2009 | Home

Read More: Orange County, Stupid Criminals, Long Beach, Los Angeles-California, Scion Car Chase, Car Chase, Car Chases, Car Chase Scion, California Car Chase, Long Beach Car Chase, Orange County High Speed Chase, High Speed Chase, High Speed Chase Los Angeles, High Speed Chase Orange County, High Speed Chase California, High Speed Chase in California, Home News

(SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO) LOS ANGELES - A driver tried to ram a Long Beach car, prompting an hour-long, high-speed chase Friday in which the woman drov...

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Letter to The Supervisors Who Cut Planned Parenthood's Funding

Danielle Cavallucci | Posted 04.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Religion, Women's Rights, Women's Health, Orange County, Funding, Supervisor, Planned Parenthood, Politics News

You ought to be ashamed of operating under such a thin veneer of religious ideology without offering the women who patronize Planned Parenthood an alternative.

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"Billions of Dollars to the Banks, Yet We're the Ones That Are Homeless."

Robert Greenwald | Posted 04.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Orange County, Foreclosure, Fighting for Our Homes, John Conyers, Economy, Cramdown, Politics News

Conyers' proposal is a simple, modest fix that will help keep hundreds of thousands of families in their homes. This bill is a win for every homeowner in America.

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Tomlin: Classically Funny, Always OUTspoken

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 03.28.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: California Gay Marriage, Laugh-in-Tv-Show, Rick Warren Invocation, Afghanistan, Richard Nixon, Karel, Charles Karel Bouley, Vietnam War, Orange County, Martha Mitchell, Jane Wagner, California Prop 8, Iraq, Lily Tomlin, Rick Warren Saddleback Church, Entertainment News

Lily Tomlin does not wear the "comic legend" moniker easily; probably because she doesn't have time to reflect on four decades as a strong, out female in the male dominated world of stand-up comedy.

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California's Water Problems Weren't Caused By a Fish: We Need a 21st Century Water Policy for Fish and People

Doug Obegi | Posted 02.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Rain, Low-Flow Showerheads, Drought, Water Demands, Natural Resources Defense Council, California, Fish and Wildlife Service, Precipitation, Orange County, Snow, Water, Nrdc, Toilets, Levees, Environment, Green News

California is at a crossroads; it can either follow its old course toward drought and an insufficient drinking water supply, or it can commit to a new, smart-water solution for the 21st century.

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Steve Searles, The Bear Whisperer: Shooing Urban Bears Away Humanely

planetgreen.discovery.com | Posted 02.27.2009 | Green

Read More: California, Orange County, Steve Searles, Animals, Bear Whisperer, Bears, Urban Bears, Green News

Born in Orange County, California, Searles is a former hunter who began working with the Mammoth Police Department in 1996. Now, instead of using tran...

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Mr. Obama Disagrees

Paul Jenkins | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama, Hate Crimes, Chicago, Incest, Brooklyn, Washington, Ron Kirk, White Supremacy, Same-Sex Marriage, California, Jewish Issues, Bailout, Inauguration, Rick Warren, Ohio, Nation of Islam, African-American Issues, Bill Clinton, Islam, Rape, Campaign Finance, Colombia, Pennsylvania, Pedophilia, Jeremiah Wright, Catholicism, New York, Sister Souljah, Religion, Labor, Cnn, Hilda Solis, Orange County, Aryan Nation, Ethanol, Bestiality, Gay Issues, Rick Warren Invocation, Rick Warren Saddleback Church, Obama Invocation, Barack Obama Rick Warren, Obama Inauguration, Rick Warren Obama Invocation, Invocation, Politics News

Obama's choice of Rick Warren to give the invocation at his inauguration is dreadful. His explanation is even worse. He shrinks Warren's statements about gay people down to a "disagreement," as if we're talking about ethanol subsidies.

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Caylee Marie: More Than a Flyer

Michelle Bart | Posted 01.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Cindy Anthony, Michelle Bart, Caylee, Orange County, Fox News, Caylee Anthony, Casey Anthony, Orlando, George Anthony, Living News

Caylee Marie Anthony is more than just a flyer; she is a daughter; a granddaughter; a niece. Would you give up on your own child? Don't ask this family to give up on theirs.

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Stiglitz on War Cost, Economic Outlook

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 12.16.2008 | Business

Read More: Joseph Stiglitz Iraq, James Galbraith, Economy, Lawrence Lindsey, Texas, Bailout, New York City, Eps, Gordon Brown, Orange County, John Kenneth Galbraith, Phil Gramm, Cost of War, Economists for Peace and Security, Tarp, Texas Observer, Business News

conomics Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz spoke Friday at a fundraiser for Economists for Peace and Security (EPS), which was created to study the "full costs of war and conflict."

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Battle For The West: Californians Strike Nevada

Ryan Rivera | Posted 11.03.2008 | Home

Read More: Polls, Nevada, John McCain, Washoe County, Battle for the West, Voter Registration, Orange County, Barack Obama, California, Canvassing, Girl Scout Cookies, Home News

Sen. Barack Obama stumps in Reno September 30 - Getty Images Two new polls have Sen. Barack Obama ahead of Sen. John McCain in Nevada. An InsiderAdv...

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Debbie Cook and Larry Kissell: Two Progressive Democrats for Congress

Erik Ose | Posted 09.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Cafta, Jack Abramoff, Congress, Right Wing Republicans, Debbie Cook, Huntington Beach, ’08 Congressional Races, General Election, Online Fundraising, Offshore Oil Drilling, California, Blue America PAC, Dccc, Larry Kissell, 2008, Democratic National Convention Denver, Big Oil, Ca-46, Plant Closings, Donna Edwards, U.S. House of Representatives, Global Warming, North Carolina, Democratic Convention, Robin Hayes, Progressive Democrats, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher Torture, Democratic National Convention, Sustainable Energy, Democrats, Al Wynn, Manufacturing Job Losses, Education, House Challengers, U.S. House, Orange County, Netroots, Republicans, Nc-08, Politics News

These contests will help determine whether the party can hold off Republicans' attempts to seize back control of Congress, or add seats to the Democratic majority they gained in 2006.

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Street Racing Kills -- Help Me Stop It

Steve Parker | Posted 07.29.2008 | Living

Read More: LA Times, Green Beret, San Diego, Nitrous Oxide, Bloods, Santa Monica, Gas/Electric Hybrid, Rodney King, Lapd, Otis Chandler, Mayor Tom Bradley, Phoenix, Long Beach Grand Prix, Hydrogen Fuel Cell, Hulk Hogan, LA County Sheriff, Nbc, Maryland, National Hot Rod Association, Christmas Trees, Illegal Street Racing, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Crenshaw Boulevard, Orange County, Environment, Big Willie Robinson, Vietnam, Crips, Brotherhood Raceway, Mustang, Ventura, Whipnotic, Nhra, Living News