Wednesday, May 2, 2012
The Mission Viejo dentist's Republican rival for secretary of state did not commit fraud because he once registered as a Democrat, according to the court.
Mission Viejo dentist Orly Taitz has lost another high-profile court battle. An appeals court issued its decision Tuesday that Taitz was not the victim of voter fraud or election fraud in her 2010 battle against fellow Republican opponent Damon Dunn. Taitz and Dunn were competing for the Republican nomination for secretary of state. Taitz lost to Dunn on June 8 during the Republican primary and then sued Dunn June 17, claiming fraud. Dunn later lost to incumbent democrat Debra Bowen. Taitz made headlines last year for arguing in court that President Barack Obama is not a U.S. citizen. She lost that case, too. In the most recent case, Taitz claimed Dunn ran against her unfairly because he had voted as a democrat in Florida in the past. She …
Monday, April 9, 2012
California researchers develop model of how dementia spreads
Filmmaker James Cameron proclaimed that he had opened a “new frontier” when he reached the Mariana Trench’s Challenger Deep last month, 200 miles below the surface of the ocean. Quietly and with less fanfare, California researchers have unlocked an important discovery about the human frontier of the brain, detecting new information about how dementia spreads. Scientists at the University of California, San Francisco concluded that Alzheimer’s disease, as well as other forms of dementia, may move directly between connected neurons in the brain. The degree of connectedness between a nerve region in the brain and a disease “hot spot,” or epicenter, appears to have the strongest influence on how the degeneration of neurons occurs in people …
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Chastising the city leaders for becoming overly politicized, Terry Anderson announced plans to run in the November election for a seat on the Lake Forest City Council.
Six years on the city's Planning Commission have only whetted Terry Anderson's appetite for public service. Decrying political acrimony among city leaders, Anderson announced his intent to run for one of two seats opening up on the Lake Forest City Council in November. Anderson, a financial advisor who runs a money management firm in Laguna Hills, addressed his supporters during a small, private gathering at his Lake Forest home this weekend. The "lack of collegiality" on the current council is among the factors pushing him to run, Anderson said. His years on the generally amiable Planning Commission have cemented his belief in the importance of "meeting in the middle" when it comes to city business. "The Planning Commission has done that …
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Residents are invited to visit with the candidate Sunday at Bagels & Brew in Lake Forest.
Kathy Zechmeister has been going to bat for Lake Forest since...well, since it was still El Toro. From pushing for incorporation to participating each year in the city's Fourth of July festivities, the 25-year resident has been heavily involved in Lake Forest activities. Now, Zechmeister plans to run in the November election for City Council. Until recently, city governance appeared to run smoothly, she explained to Patch in a phone interview. "I've thought about [running for council before] but everything seemed to be flowing well," she said. "All the sudden, it changed." Attending recent City Council meetings persuaded Zechmeister it's time for some new leadership. "Their decisions appear to be emotionally based rather than factually or …
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Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Poll: How would you spend a full day in the Magic Kingdom?
It could be a Disney fanatic's dream or -- if you somehow get stuck listening to "It's a Small World" the entire time -- a mind-destroying nightmare. Starting early Wednesday, Disneyland and its Florida sibling will celebrate leap year by staying open 24 hours straight. That's the equivalent of 1,440 great moments with Mr. Lincoln. Officially dubbed "One More Disney Day," the Mickey Mouse house marathon runs from 6 a.m. Feb. 29 to 6 a.m. March 1. What will guests do with a full day in the Magic Kingdom? Here's what several visitors to Disneyland's website said: And now, dear readers, it's your turn. Take our poll...
Sunday, February 26, 2012
GOP members tell Californians not to give up hope.
Tim Pawlenty, former governor of Minnesota and presidential hopeful, told California Republicans on Saturday that it is possible to elect a conservative candidate in a state often deemed too liberal and overlooked by most campaigners. Pawlenty spoke to about 250 supporters at the California Republican Convention, about half the number that attended Newt Gingrich’s speech earlier in the day. “If I can be a conservative governor in Minnesota, we can do it anywhere,” he said, noting that Minnesota has elected liberal politicians such as Al Franken and Walter Mondale. He told Californians that they live in the most entrepreneurial and innovative state in the country, and they must fight to keep it that way, arguing that only lower taxes and …
Saturday, December 31, 2011
State cuts sharks a break in 2012. Among the other new laws are those applying to credit checks, tanning beds, child booster seats, caffeinated beer and sobriety checkpoints.
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Saturday, December 31, 2011
The state of California has many new laws for 2012. Among them, California students will be the first in the U.S. to receive mandatory classroom instruction about the contributions of gays and lesbians to the development of the United States. New laws applying to handguns, booster seats, cough medicine and employment credit checks are also in the mix of 2012 California laws. List of new California laws: Employment Credit Check Law With a few exceptions, the use of consumer credit reports by employers when hiring will now be prohibited. Sports Schools will now be required to remove from play a student athlete who sustains a possible concussion, and mandates that the player receive medical clearance before returning to competition. Sobriety …
Thursday, December 22, 2011
ProPublica uncovers a secret scheme to protect liberal incumbents, including in Orange County.
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Thursday, December 22, 2011
By Olga Pierce and Jeff Larson ProPublica This spring, a group of California Democrats gathered at a modern, airy office building just a few blocks from the U.S. Capitol. The meeting was House members only -- no aides allowed -- and the mission was seemingly impossible. In previous years, the party had used its perennial control of California's state Legislature to draw district maps that protected Democratic incumbents. But in 2010, California voters put redistricting in the hands of a citizens' commission whose decisions would beguided by public testimony and open debate. The question facing House Democrats as they met to contemplate the state's new realities was delicate: How could they influence an avowedly nonpartisan process? Alexis …
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Local architect Kenneth Carrell, who served as a Planning Commissioner for four years, is running for Lake Forest City Council in 2012.
Four years on the city's Planning Commission merely served to whet his appetite for public service. Kenneth Carrell, an architect who operates a small home-based firm, is getting a campaign to run for City Council in 2012 under way. He is the second resident to announce interest in challenging the two incumbents whose terms are up a year from now. Dwight Robinson, the campaign manager for Councilman Scott Voigts, announced his intention to run in August. Carrell, an Orange County resident since childhood, moved to Lake Forest in 2000. Soon after, he was appointed to the Planning Commission, where he served for four years. In 2006, Carrell left town and, reluctantly, his seat on the Planning Commission, to relocate to nearby Ladera Ranch, …
Monday, October 31, 2011
Officials are advised not to talk about agenda items with businesses and other parties outside official meetings. The issue will be discussed at Tuesday's City Council meeting.
The city attorney is asking Lake Forest City Council members to limit, and in some cases cease, talking about city business with merchants and other interested parties outside of formal meetings. Private conversations might be influencing officials' votes, according to an item submitted by attorney Scott Smith for the council's Tuesday evening meeting. Smith wants council members to either stop discussing upcoming meeting topics altogether, or come up with an alternative policy under which such communications would be formally disclosed. "The only way to provide 100 percent assurance of these due process protections is for Council members not to meet with appellants, or for that matter, discuss the substance of a hearing with anyone—…
Yeparoo
9:10 pm on Monday, May 7, 2012
Emken? Never heard of her. But Thanks for the post regarding the "republican" primary. You must be quite the political junkie. If it were not for your post, no one in California would know about this. I'll look that up to see if that is in 2012. Diane Feinstein is the Republicanish senator here, we really don't need an Emken. Besides, California isn't interested in Repub primaries. What we are … more ›