Tuesday, county supervisors will pick between a longtime hospital lobbyist and a former lawyer for a hospital chain, which will give the industry two of the board’s 11 seats.
Author Archives: Tracy Wood
Tracy Wood oversaw Voice of OC’s civics reporting, including county and city government, the Orange County Transportation Authority, CalOptima, Anaheim, Santa Ana and other community coverage.
Tracy was a government reporter, foreign correspondent in Asia, California investigative reporter and editor. She covered the California legislature and governor’s office for both United Press International and the Los Angeles Times. As a UPI reporter, she was one of the few women combat correspondents during the Vietnam War. She joined the Los Angeles Times in California where she was an investigative reporter for 17 years, covering political and government corruption. Later she became the Orange County Register’s Investigations Editor, leading the paper’s investigations team when it broke the story of former Orange County Sheriff Michael S. Carona’s ties to Nationwide Auction Systems founder and former Assistant Sheriff Donald G. Haidl.
She won numerous awards for investigative reporting and in 2001 was named Los Angeles Print Journalist of the Year by Sigma Delta Chi, the professional journalism association.
Wood and eight other women reporters from Vietnam co-authored “War Torn, Stories of War from the Women Reporters who Covered Vietnam” (2002 Random House). She was also part of the Los Angeles Times staff team that won the 1993 Pulitzer for coverage of the Rodney King riots. The Pulitzer was for spot news coverage for balanced, comprehensive, penetrating coverage under deadline pressure of the second, most destructive day of the Los Angeles riots.
Posted inCountywide, Fullerton, News Briefs, Top Stories
No Domestic Violence Charges for Fullerton Officer Acquitted in Kelly Thomas death
The Orange County District Attorney’s office doesn’t have enough evidence to convict Ramos, a DA spokeswoman told the OC Register.
Posted inFullerton, News Briefs
Officer Involved in Thomas Beating Arrested on Domestic Violence Charges
Manuel Ramos, a former Fullerton police officer who was acquitted of felony charges in the beating death of mentally ill transient Kelly Thomas, was arrested last month for domestic violence, according to KABC.
Posted inFullerton, News Briefs
Cal State Fullerton’s Controversial Spokesman Quits
Christopher Bugbee has resigned, apparently after he violated a restriction regarding his contact with the student newspaper.
Posted inCountywide, Fullerton, Health & Wellness, Top Stories
Previously Sealed Report Sheds New Light on Thomas Beating
Three of the four Fullerton police officers primarily involved in the beating death of mentally ill transient Kelly Thomas violated a series of department policies, according to an internal affairs investigation report.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Investigative, News Briefs, Top Stories
State Watchdog Gives DA Light Reprimand Over Financial Disclosures
The Fair Political Practices Commission said it was satisfied with District Attorney Tony Rackauckas’ response to revelations that he had allowed his chief of staff Susan Schroeder to avoid filing financial disclosures, but told him not to let it happen again.
Posted inFullerton, Health & Wellness, Top Stories
Civil Rights Case Lingers Four Years After Thomas Beating Death
The father of the Kelly Thomas is hopeful civil rights charges will be brought against the Fullerton cops who beat his son to death. But experts say the odds are against it.
Posted inCountywide, Investigative, News Briefs, Top Stories
DA’s Chief of Staff Hustles to Fix More Errors in Conflict of Interest Forms
Susan Kang Schroeder, chief of staff to District Attorney Tony Rackauckas, late Friday filed 14 pages of amendments to her five years worth of overdue conflict of interest reports.
Posted inCountywide, Investigative, Top Stories
DA’s Chief of Staff Files Incomplete Conflict of Interest Forms
Susan Kang Schroeder rushed to file five years worth of overdue public conflict of interest statements Wednesday after her failure to disclose was scheduled for a public discussion by the Board of Supervisors.
Posted inCountywide, Investigative, Top Stories
Supervisors Urged to Fine DA’s Chief of Staff if She Fails to Disclose Possible Conflicts
Susan Kang Schroeder must retroactively file five years worth of conflict of interest reports under plan urged by County Counsel Nick Chrisos.
