The Westminster City Council Wednesday night approved an encroachment permit that would allow Signal Hill Petroleum to conduct seismic tests in a bid to find oil reserves, after nearly two years of negotiating over concerns that vibrations from the tests could damage aging city pipes.
Yearly Archives: 2015
Posted inCommunity Opinion, Countywide, Health & Wellness, Housing & Homelessness, Transportation
ACLU’s Misguided Lawsuit Against Laguna Beach
Laguna Beach’s City Manager, John Pietig, responds to ACLU’s suit against the city for its handling of the homeless calling the ACLU’s action is “ill-advised” and vowing that the City Council will “vigorously” defend the itself against the suit.
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, Top Stories
Wozniak Lawyer Chronicles 30 Years of Alleged Abuses by Local Law Enforcement
In a mammoth motion, the public defender for Daniel Patrick Wozniak, the Costa Mesa man accused of a 2010 double murder, argues that his client shouldn’t face the death penalty because his constitutional rights have been violated by county law enforcement.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Top Stories
Lost in the Deportation Labryinth
The day Marisa’s 14-year-old son was taken into custody from Orange County’s juvenile hall by immigration authorities in the summer of 2012, she set about trying to get answers.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Investigative, Top Stories
Lost Boys: A Battle Over the Constitutional Rights of Undocumented Minors
Advocates say U.S. immigration officials routinely violate the constitutional rights of juveniles by interrogating them in juvenile detention before informing them of their rights.
Posted inCommunity Opinion, Countywide, Health & Wellness
ACLU: Voters Support Greater Police Transparency
Poll of likely voters shows they favor public access to police misconduct reports, body cam footage.
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, News Briefs, Top Stories
County Hires Expert to Help Create New Sheriff’s Oversight Model
Michael Gennaco’s contract was approved on a split 3-2 vote, with supervisors Shawn Nelson and Michelle Steel opposing.
Posted inCommunity Opinion, Countywide, Garden Grove, Los Alamitos
Red Light Cameras to Stay in Los Al, Garden Grove for … now
National Motorists Associations asks city officials to reconsider stand on the controversial devices.
Posted inCountywide, Investigative, Lake Forest, News Briefs, Top Stories
Former OC GOP Chairman Denies Lake Forest Councilman Offered Him Cash
In response to allegations by Lake Forest Mayor Scott Voigts, Scott Baugh writes in an email that Councilman Adam Nick never tried to give him cash or bribe him, only that Nick tried to hire him for “political or legal advice.”
Posted inGovernment, Top Stories
Supervisors Draw Fire With Closed-Door Decision on Labor Negotiations Law
The supervisors abruptly reversed course on plans to suspend a labor negotiations ordinance that was largely invalidated by a judge.
