ARB throws couple in jail
JULY 15, 2010 By ANTHONY PIGNATARO For Kening Ma of Ontario, bail was set at $150 million. His wife Shirley Ji got a slightly better deal – a mere $75 million. These are, to say the least, extraordinary figures. The
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Direct De-mockery
Laura Sucheski: Supporters of “traditional marriage” may soon have the opportunity to legally ban divorce. That’s right… ban it. As of today, proponents of the 2012 California Marriage Protection Act may begin collecting signatures to get their proposal on the
Read MoreSF blocks condo expansion
JULY 14, 2010 By PATRICK RYAN San Francisco’s condominium lottery attempts to protect tenants from eviction, but it continues to discourage home ownership through delay and bureaucratic inefficiency — something evidenced by the city’s latest attempt to allow more residents
Read MoreAnother Tacky Newspaper Blunder
Katy Grimes: Political campaigns get nasty. That’s not news. We expect the gloves to come off and a good fight between candidates to ensue. However, when the attacks turn intensely personal, some operatives just don’t know when to shut up.
Read MoreOakland Protesters, Outsider Looters
Katy Grimes: The Oakland protestors upset over the “involuntary manslaughter” verdict of Johannes Mehserle’s murder trial of victim Oscar Grant, have a reason to be upset. Many city residents feel that it could have been any of their kids shot
Read MoreWrist-slap in Grant case
Steven Greenhut: It’s easy to understand why many people in Oakland believe that it’s impossible to get a fair shake from the justice system, after a Los Angeles jury came back with an involuntary manslaughter verdict in the murder trial
Read MoreOT bill could hurt farm workers
JULY 7, 2010 By KATY GRIMES Agriculture workers aren’t the only employees exempted from the state’s overtime laws, however, SB1121, authored by Sen. Dean Florez, D-Shafter, would remove the overtime exemption for agricultural employees only. “SB 1121 would change the
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Justice for Oscar Grant?
Steven Greenhut: When I’ve written about controversial police shootings in my time as a columnist and editorial writer for the Orange County Register, I would always get the predictable response from police officers, their unions and their supporters. I wasn’t
Read MoreAssemblyman backs Steele
From Steven Greenhut: Assemblyman Chris Norby, R-Fullerton, has weighed in on the latest controversy over Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele, who has gotten himself into some hot water with GOP war hawks over a sensible statement Steele made about Afghanistan.
Read MoreHillary's July 4 conversion
Steven Greenhut: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, during her tour of Eastern Europe, warned, “[W]e must be wary of the steel vise in which governments around the world are slowly crushing civil society and the human spirit.” That’s true, of
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