AltWeeklies Wire
The Needle Doctornew
Dr. Robert Sears, author of The Vaccine Book, finds the middle ground in America's war on vaccinations.
Anaheim's Tragic Kingdomnew
Two officer-involved killings ignite the city's long, hot summer that has been years in the making.
OC Weekly |
Gustavo Arellano |
07-27-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Riots in the Land of Disneynew
Anaheim Police fire rubber bullets at crowd after officer-involved shooting.
OC Weekly |
Amber Stephens |
07-23-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Another Cops-Beating-Homeless-Man Storynew
It isn't just the Kelly Thomas killing in which cops believe they have the right to execute a citizen during a scuffle.
OC Weekly |
R. Scott Moxley |
05-18-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Bullies In Bluenew
Long before Fullerton police officers beat Kelly Thomas — a scrawny homeless man with a history of mental problems — to death, the city's cops ran roughshod over anyone and everyone.
OC Weekly |
Marisa Gerber |
11-30-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Vaya Con Momnew
After their mother was deported to Mexico, the Brito children embarked on a two-year journey trying to navigate life in the United States on their own.
OC Weekly |
Marisa Gerber |
10-25-2011 |
Immigration
In Alabama, "Mexican" is Considered an Offensive Wordnew
A thrift store in Birmingham requested the removal of an alt-weekly rack because the word "Mexican" appears in the column, ¡Ask a Mexican!
OC Weekly |
Gustavo Arellano |
10-19-2011 |
Race & Class
Med-Pot Dispensary Owners Caught in War on Weednew
Joe Byron and Joe Grumbine thought they were doing the people of Long Beach a favor. Then they became targets in the city's weird war on weed.
Ruben Vives, Former Illegal Immigrant, Wins Pulitzer Prizenew
What a wonderful "chinga tu madre" at the Know Nothings of the world who insist illegals can't make anything of themselves in this country! What a beautiful "arriba" to those of us who know undocumented youngsters can and do make something of themselves in this country--if only they have a chance!
OC Weekly |
Gustavo Arellano |
04-20-2011 |
Immigration
The Real Squatters of OCnew
Can you really just show up at a multimillion-dollar beach home and move in without buying it or paying rent? Apparently, yes.
Cutting Through Smoke Surrounding California's Prop. 19new
Recent polls show marijuana legalization will go down in flames in California on Nov. 2, while some interpreting those surveys claim many voters saying no to pollsters will punch yes to Prop 19 once inside the voting booth, paving the way to victory.
Tags: California, Proposition 19
Make a Run for the Altarnew
What's a little marriage fraud between amigos? It's a felony, sure, but in the absence of real immigration reform, some young, assimilated illegal immigrants see it as their best path to citizenship.
OC Weekly |
Gustavo Arellano |
07-11-2010 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
The Crucifixion of Juareznew
On the front line of the U.S. war on drugs, a Mexican city bleeds to death.
OC Weekly |
Susana Hayward |
04-30-2010 |
Immigration
Tags: El Paso, Ciudad Juarez
"Green" Company to Pay $15 Million for Pollutingnew
Safety-Kleen System Inc., a national distributor of cleaning solvents, has agreed to a $15 million settlement for violations of air quality regulations.
OC Weekly |
Megan Brescini |
04-20-2010 |
Environment
Tags: Safety-Kleen, Tony Rackauckas
Milo the Witch Finds Toil and Trouble at Ralphsnew
He told them from the start they were hiring a witch. Milo Shiff had to tell them. He had to make sure they wouldn’t require him to cut his curly, gray-white hair. He had to tell them he couldn’t mutilate the flesh of mammals or birds—which didn’t turn out to be a problem, since they weren’t hiring him for the deli counter.
