Lawyers are likely to argue that engineering professor Tatsuya Suda cannot be prosecuted for taking illegal payments because the UC system is a sovereign entity.
Tag: UC Irvine
Posted inCountywide, Health & Wellness, Top Stories
Is Fracking in Orange County’s Future?
Signal Hill Petroleum has been quietly obtaining permits to test for oil deposits in the central county, also the location of a huge drinking water aquifer.
Posted inCountywide, Investigative, Santa Ana, Top Stories
PBS Video: Santa Ana Manager Under Misconduct Investigation
We discuss the controversial findings, along with other hot topics in local government.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Investigative, Irvine, Top Stories
Ex-UCI Scientist Faces Unprecedented Criminal Charges
Tatsuya Suda, who until January had been a member of the UC Irvine faculty for more than 25 years, has been charged with six felony counts.
Posted inHealth & Wellness, Irvine, Top Stories
Grants Will Create New National Autism Center in OC
The $15-million Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders of Southern California is expected to be a leader in fight against autism.
Posted inHealth & Wellness, Top Stories
Many in OC Will Still Be Uninsured Despite New Health Care Law
As many as 370,000 residents — about 13 percent — could remain without health insurance when the law takes full effect in 2014.
Posted inEducation, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Schools Where Dental Clinics and Algebra Classes Share a Hallway
Healthcare is increasingly moving into schools, a trend that supporters say improves the health of needy families.
Posted inGovernment, Health & Wellness, Investigative, Top Stories
Budget Cuts Force Higher Fees for Cuidar’s ADHD Services for Parents
A local nonprofit that was charging $20 to help low-income families cope with the disorder will now charge $150.
Posted inCountywide, Irvine, Top Stories
Understanding Kids’ Fitness From in Utero to the Soccer Field
Questions for Dr. Dan Cooper, director of UC Irvine’s Pediatric Exercise Research Center.
Posted inCountywide, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Michael Montoya: ‘Change the Environments That Make People Sick’
Mexican-Americans suffer from high rates of type 2 diabetes, but
the reasons are environmental, not genetic.
