AltWeeklies Wire
The Not-So-Secret Sharernew
The content-sharing deal between the OC Register and MediaNews hasn't led to cuts at the Reg -- yet.
Tags: media
House of Painnew
Arther Masaoka fought to stop the city of Tustin from bulldozing his home and lost. But were his problems of his own creation?
OC Weekly |
Derek Olson |
03-25-2008 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
If DNA Evidence Doesn't Fit in Orange County, Alter It?new
In the wake of a November 2005 OC Weekly article detailing how a 20-year-old Buena Park man faced prison for a robbery/carjacking he didn't commit, prosecutors asked the Orange County Sheriff's Department crime lab to alter key exculpatory evidence.
OC Weekly |
R. Scott Moxley |
03-18-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
California Prosecutors Asked Crime Lab to Doctor DNA Resultsnew
In a controversial robbery case that sent an innocent 20-year-old California man to prison in 2005, prosecutors told a forensic specialist in a sheriff's crime lab to claim falsely that the man's DNA had been found at the crime scene.
OC Weekly |
R. Scott Moxley |
03-14-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
These Colors Don't Wash Feetnew
Little Saigon's Nguoi Viet Daily News earns anti-commie wrath -- again.
Tags: media
Did Crimes Kamran Mashayekhi Witnessed Put His Life in Danger?new
Some law-enforcement officials aren't so sure.
OC Weekly |
Derek Olson |
02-26-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
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
Lady Killernew
An Orange County jury ponders this question: Who is the right-handed man who murdered Minnie Smith?
OC Weekly |
R. Scott Moxley |
12-18-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Beasts of Burnin'new
An outlaw animal-rights group targets a bank branch in its war on animal testing.
OC Weekly |
Nick Schou |
12-04-2007 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues
Crossing the Thin Blue Linenew
Police expert slams Orange County Sheriff's Department for "cowboy" attitude and "fatal errors" that led to a street execution.
OC Weekly |
R. Scott Moxley |
12-04-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
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
Just a Random Femalenew
Robbin Brandley's confessed killer sits on death row. So why don't her parents consider the case closed?
OC Weekly |
Nick Schou |
11-27-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
She's The (Under) Sheriffnew
Indicted by the Feds, Michael S. Carona slides his most loyal soldier into temporary command at the Orange County Sheriff's Department.
OC Weekly |
R. Scott Moxley |
11-14-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
