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U.S. DOJ stops monitoring OC district attorney’s use of jailhouse informants

Press Telegram 24 Dec 2025
Federal civil rights officials have ended their oversight of the Orange County district attorney’s use of jailhouse informants, confident that the office has sufficiently reformed its practices. The U.S ... Among the changes made by Spitzer ... .
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Impatience, frustration with attorneys push some Eaton fire survivors to SCE compensation program

Redlands Daily Facts 19 Dec 2025
Days after the Eaton fire destroyed the home she rented in Altadena, Liz Huston hired an attorney — a decision she now regrets ... The attorney responded by slapping a lien for services on whatever she gets from SCE, Huston said ... 7, 2025 ... Related Articles.
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Jury awards $13.1 million to parents of man killed after stabbing Riverside County deputy

Daily Bulletin 16 Dec 2025
A federal court jury has awarded $13.1 million to the parents of a mentally ill man who was fatally shot in the back after stabbing a Riverside County sheriff’s deputy with a screwdriver ... Although Jeffrey Monroy stabbed Cpl ... Related Articles ... .
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Death behind bars: County jails embrace reforms to save lives, but will they work?

Daily Breeze 12 Dec 2025
Second of two parts. Every death inside Southern California’s county jails is put under a microscope. Every cause of death is analyzed, every lapse in services or employee misstep is scrutinized. The question then becomes ... 9 in L.A ... Also see ... Part 1 ... L.A.
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Death behind bars: Who’s dying in Southern California county jails — and why

Orange County Register 05 Dec 2025
First of two parts. Every five days, on average, someone dies in the jails of Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino or Riverside counties. Broken bodies, broken minds and substance abuse are at the root of most of the nearly 500 deaths since 2020 ... 1 of 4.
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OC law enforcement watchdog director leaves office with mixed reviews

Orange County Register 22 Nov 2025
Once again, Orange County’s law enforcement oversight agency is in flux with the departure this month of Director Robert Faigin ... He now heads the Santa Ana-based Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law ... Faigin said Thursday, Nov ... .
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Eaton fire victims ask Gov. Newsom for help persuading SCE to provide housing relief

LA Daily News 14 Nov 2025
A group representing thousands of Eaton fire victims is asking Gov ... In a Nov ... Chen added that the housing relief should come with no strings attached, meaning desperate survivors should not have to forfeit their right to sue to receive the money ... .
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Artists Cruz and Olivia Ortiz’s latest venture, studio-coffee shop Casa Pink, offers harbor for creatives

San Antonio Current 14 Nov 2025
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Flooding closes ICU at OC Global Medical Center for nearly a month

Orange County Register 12 Nov 2025
The intensive care unit at Orange County Global Medical Center — one of three trauma centers in a county of 3 million people — has been shut down for nearly a month because of flood damage from the October rains ... Related links ... .
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Lawsuit accuses Chapman University of allowing anti-Semitic threats by pro-Palestinian group

Orange County Register 06 Nov 2025
Two former Jewish students have filed a federal lawsuit accusing Chapman University of allowing anti-Semitism bullying on campus by pro-Palestinian activists ... 28 on behalf of Eli Schechter and Talya Malka ... After the Oct.
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Lawsuit accuses California university of allowing anti-Semitic threats by pro-Palestinian group

The Mercury News 06 Nov 2025
Two former Jewish students have filed a federal lawsuit accusing Chapman University of allowing anti-Semitism bullying on campus by pro-Palestinian activists ... RELATED ... Suspected driver of U-Haul at center of Oakland protest shooting charged.
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OC revokes Orange County Global’s designation as a stroke-receiving center

Orange County Register 04 Nov 2025
Orange County Global Medical Center has lost its county designation as a stroke center nearly four months after health officials placed the facility on suspension following reports of poor medical care ... Workers want more guidance on what to do ... .
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Prop. 36 one year later: Thousands more prosecuted, but is it working?

The Mercury News 03 Nov 2025
Prosecutors in three Southern California counties have charged more than 13,000 people under Proposition 36, the tougher-on-crime law passed overwhelmingly a year ago this week, according to data collected by the Southern California News Group ... Prop ... .
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Nearly 400 Eaton fire compensation claims made with Edison in first days of plan

LA Daily News 01 Nov 2025
Edison received 184 claim applications for its newly launched Wildfire Compensation Plan in its first three days, with dozens more in the pipeline, officials said this week ... Also see ... Related Articles ... City Editor Ryan Carter contributed to this report.
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CalOptima audit of defunct property deal finds no evidence of kickbacks

Orange County Register 30 Oct 2025
Independent investigators hired by CalOptima Health found no wrongdoing by disgraced former Orange County Supervisor Andrew Do in a $29.5 million property deal that went sour during his tenure on the agency’s board of directors ... Related links.
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