Santa Ana Councilmember Jessie Lopez is fighting for her political life in a recall scheduled for November 14. Not a day goes by without she
On Monday, the Democratic Party of Orange County published this statement condemning the savagery of the surprise Hamas terrorist attacks on Israel. In addition to
UNITE-HERE Local 11, the militant hotel workers union whose co-president The Democratic Party of Orange County, chaired by Ada Briceno, has been holding rolling strikes
Few people know what “cryptid” means, but everyone has heard of a cryptid: Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, the Mothman. We should include in that
California’s powerful labor unions want to force employers to pay their workers to strike against them. That’s the gist of new legislation sponsored by the
Will Alfonso Alvarez resign from the Santa Ana Unified School District Board of Education in the wake of his July 29 arrest for drunk driving,
Democratic politicians flock to union picket lines like moths to flame – even here in Orange County. When a union calls a strike and pickets
Former La Habra Mayor Tim Shaw penned a guest column for OC Independent last August in which he warned about the city’s bleak financial outlook.
At its March 28, 2023 meeting, the Santa Ana Unified School District Board of Education approved spending $500 for Trustee Rigo Rodriguez to join a
On March 28, the Santa Ana Unified School District Board of Education unanimously approved paying for the $186 annual dues for Trustee Alfonso Alvarez’s membership
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