AltWeeklies Wire
Planned Parenthood Gets Squeezed Out in Orange Countynew
Anti-abortion-rights activists and the Orange County Board of Supervisors teamed up to cut off funding to Planned Parenthood.
Talking to a Beauty Queen (No, Not That One) About Gay Marriage and Morenew
Pageant queen Felix Ayala, a.k.a. Frida Marin, talks about Proposition 8, the U.S. military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, President Barack Obama and the future of gay rights.
Orange County's Mexican Consul Sparks Protests, Burns Bridgesnew
Allegations of nepotism, elitism and favoritism all at the hands of Carlos Rodriguez y Quezada and his deputy consul have swirled throughout the county and the Spanish-language media since last summer. The situation heated up just before Christmas, when half a dozen longtime employees were fired without warning or reason and banned from setting foot in the consulate office.
OC Weekly |
Daffodil J. Altan |
02-24-2009 |
International
Ending a Gang Rivalry, or Catching Bystanders in Its Net?new
Is a popular legal weapon putting an end to a 30-year-old gang rivalry in South Orange County, or catching innocent bystanders in its net?
OC Weekly |
Daffodil J. Altan |
02-03-2009 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: gangs, Orange County
Doctors Without Borders' Mary Jo Frawley is a Collector of Lessonsnew
Frawley, 53, pays close attention whenever and however she can to what someone in front of her or some new experience may be teaching her.
OC Weekly |
Daffodil J. Altan |
12-09-2008 |
International
Orange County's Cells from Hellnew
One nurse says her futile efforts to improve the women's infirmary at the Orange County Central Jail Complex have broken her body and haunt her dreams.
OC Weekly |
Daffodil J. Altan |
10-07-2008 |
Crime & Justice
San Juan Capistrano's School Colorsnew
In San Juan Capistrano's schools, white kids are painted into one corner, Latino kids into another. How did this happen?
I Want My Midwife!new
The list of Orange Count hospitals that allow midwife-assisted births just got shorter -- but moms-to-be and midwives aren't taking it lying down.
Eat, Drink and Be Gay Married!new
After 27 years together, one couple finally has its big, fat, Mexican, recovering-drug-addict, HIV-positive, ex-transgender gay wedding.
Under Wrapsnew
Many of Dr. Brian West's patients didn't know he was in the California medical board's substance-abuse-diversion program. At least six of them claim they're paying the price.
Tags: Health & Science
Sister Knows Bestnew
If the nuns in charge of the St. Joseph Health System are so pro-labor, why are some of their employees determined to unionize?
OC Weekly |
Daffodil J. Altan |
12-04-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Show Me the Dineronew
Latino students and faculty question how Cal State Long Beach's $2.8 million grant -- meant to help Latinos -- is being spent.
Tags: Education
A Union-Busting Habitnew
The sisters who run St. Joseph Health System are often pro-labor -- but apparently not at their hospitals.
OC Weekly |
Daffodil J. Altan |
08-21-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Portable Pole Mogul Turns Brass Into Goldnew
Keith Scheinberg says demand for dance poles is skyrocketing, especially for the kind you can take apart, throw into a rifle-sized suitcase and set up at home.
OC Weekly |
Daffodil J. Altan |
07-10-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
