Imagine that a CEO announces that a top spot in the company is open. That spot’s power is enormous, nearly everyone who holds it becomes
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
Santa Ana’s roll-out of its controversial Rental Registry program has been encountering a growing chorus of criticism from both housing providers and tenants, particularly around
On September 19, the Santa Ana City Council will consider whether to allow non-citizen residents – both legal residents and those who are living in
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
In Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984, a small garbage chute used for censorship was referenced as a “memory hole.” That phrase has been used ever since
Does embattled Santa Ana Councilmember Jessie Lopez have a job? It’s not an idle question and the answer carries serious policy implications. It’s impossible to
Buena Park Councilman Jose Trinidad Castaneda was removed last night as the city’s representative on the Orange County Power Authority Board of Directors during a
The Santa Ana City Council on Tuesday certified the qualification of the petition to recall Councilmember Jessie Lopez and set the election for November 15.
Former Anaheim Mayor Harry Sidhu has pled guilty to four federal charges stemming from an FBI investigation into his role in the now-dead sale of
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