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The Vietnamese newspaper Saigon Nho will have to pay $4.5 million in damages for defamation of a rival publication, Nguoi Viet Daily News, a landmark decision for an ethnic media landscape where rumors and red-baiting often make their way into print.
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A jury Monday awarded Nguoi Viet Daily News $3 million in damages in a defamation lawsuit against a rival newspaper, Saigon Nho.
The Orange County District Attorney’s office has been investigating crimes allegedly committed by Mayor Miguel Pulido in his property swap with a city contractor. The statute of limitations on one of those crimes runs out Jan. 4.
Residents of a now bulldozed RV Park in Garden Grove are suing the Department of Finance over relocation expenses
Candidates for First District supervisor will go head-to-head at a community forum Jan. 6 at Rancho Santiago Community College.
Despite being one of the most park-poor cities in the county, Santa Ana still employs a team of five armed park rangers, a vestige from the 1980s and 1990s, when crime rates were spiraling.
While another year-round shelter proposal was shot down, other important progress was made.
City leaders are once again considering options to regulate the catering and produce vending trucks that dot city streets and offer everything from heads of lettuce to tacos and gummy worms.
County Chief Operating Officer Mark Denny might not get appointed as acting CEO next month when County CEO Mike Giancola goes out on medical leave.