Hao-Nhien Vu is a writer in Little Saigon who covers politics and culture and was known for his popular blog. In this week’s column explains the special connection that Vietnamese boat people feel they have with Syrian boat people.
Category: Corrections
Stories filed under Voice of OC corrections before 2017, when the newsroom tracked corrections by category. Corrections now go in the correction field on the story itself and appear at voiceofoc.org/corrections.
Posted inCorrections, News Briefs, Santa Ana
Court Hearing on Pot Shop Raid Video Continued to Aug. 13
A court hearing to consider a temporary restraining order on a video showing Santa Ana police officers misbehaving during a raid of a marijuana dispensary was continued to next Thursday to give attorneys for the city of Santa Ana more time to respond.
Posted inCorrections, Garden Grove, Investigative, News Briefs
Garden Grove Hands Over Documents to DA in Nepotism Probe
Garden Grove city officials handed over records in April in response to a request by the District Attorney’s office, which is investigating allegations of nepotism and Brown Act violations.
Posted inCorrections, Government, Health & Wellness, News Briefs, Top Stories, Transportation
Supervisors to Revisit Controversial Ambulance Contracts
The process for awarding the contracts, which cover about 800,000 people in 19 cities, has been drawn out.
Posted inCorrections, Countywide, Top Stories
Six Nguyen Donors Admitted to Political Money Laundering
Donors to Supervisor Janet Nguyen admitted to investigators that they received reimbursements for campaign contributions, according to court documents filed by the state’s Fair Political Practices Commission.
Posted inCorrections, Government, Top Stories
DA Files Criminal Charges Against County Assessor
Prosecutors are charging Webster Guillory with three felony counts of filing false nomination papers, according to a news release put out Tuesday by the DA’s office.
Posted inCorrections, Countywide, Investigative, Top Stories
Bates Hires County Exec Under Investigation
Supervisor Pat Bates has hired a top county government executive currently under investigation by the human resources department to become her new chief of staff and may be leaning on auditors to look the other way.
Posted inCorrections, Santa Ana
Pulido Pulls Election Papers for Mayor’s Race
Miguel Pulido may seek to extend his 20-years as mayor of Santa Ana.
Posted inCorrections, Government, Investigative, Top Stories
County to Renew Contract With Firm Sued By Feds
Officials are scheduled to grant a welfare management contract to a well-connected firm that was sued by the federal government for aiding an alleged Medicaid fraud scheme.
Posted inCorrections, Countywide, Top Stories, Transportation
County Supervisor Candidates Short on Specifics at ‘Feet to Fire’ Forum
Contenders for the 2nd District had trouble detailing plans for pension reform and other issues.
