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Spitzer: Deny hiker treatment option
A rescued hiker who was arrested after methamphetamine was allegedly found in his car should not enter a program that allows first-time offenders to avoid jail, an Orange County supervisor said Wednesday. County Supervisor Todd Spitzer argued in a news...Tags: Labor Legislation, Crime, Law and Justice, Career and Workplace, Methamphetamine (drug), University of California, Irvine
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Newport to ask judge to close recovery homes
Newport Beach's city attorney said Monday that the city plans to ask a judge this week to close seven recovery homes found to be operating outside of the law. The proposal comes after an Orange County Superior Court judge ruled Thursday that...Tags: Lawyers, Alcohol Addiction, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Lindsay Lohan
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It's A Gray Area: Incarceration is not always the best option
One thing that starkly sets the United States apart from other Western industrial countries is our incarceration rate. Today our country has more than 2.3 million people in jail or prison, which means that, with about 5% of the world's population, we have...Tags: Justice System, Mental Health, Crime, Law and Justice, Prisons, Punishment
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Hearing on dock fees delayed
A hearing scheduled for Thursday afternoon that could have decided the fate of a lawsuit alleging that the Newport Beach City Council broke a state transparency law while enacting a series of dock fee increases was postponed until June. An Orange... -
It's A Gray Area: A bigger House is more representative
Here is an idea that was suggested to me on the campaign trail — and the more I think about it, the more it makes sense. See if it does to you. Article I Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution specifies that each member of the House of Representatives...Tags: Lobbying, Politics, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. House of Representatives
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Ruling: St. James must return church to Episcopal diocese
The long-disputed St. James Anglican Church campus in Newport Beach belongs to the larger Episcopal Church Diocese of Los Angeles, an Orange County Superior Court judge ruled last week. St. James members split from the Episcopal Church nine years ago...Tags: Religion and Belief, Anglicanism, Christianity
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It's A Gray Area: Government is not the road out of poverty
The road to success for communities struggling with poverty is generally not hard to find, or even to travel. All it requires is a firm reliance upon yourself instead of government. To drive that point home, candidly ask yourself what government has...Tags: China, Peace Corps, Justice System, Taiwan, Crime, Law and Justice
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Group says not to pay dock fees
Opponents to a fee increase for Newport Harbor's residential docks are urging affected homeowners to ignore them. But the city said anyone who doesn't pay could face a 10% penalty. Stop the Dock Tax and the Newport Beach Dock Owners Assn. plan to send...Tags: Government, Politics, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Public Officials
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State Lands Commissions delays Newport decision
The California State Lands Commission has agreed to postpone its decision on whether Newport Beach can create a special harbor fund. The city's request was on the consent agenda for the commission's April 26 meeting, but will now be heard June 21,...Tags: Allan R. Mansoor, Lawyers, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges
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It's A Gray Area: Government is meddling in health care
Since my last column about health care appeared in this space, the system has continued to gallop toward disaster. Today, under the federal government's "leadership," we often pay several times more in the United States for the same prescription drugs...Tags: Government, U.S. Navy, Health and Safety at Work, Lyndon B. Johnson, National Government
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Judge blocks accused killer from transferring property
An Orange County Superior Court judge on Tuesday prohibited a man accused of killing a Newport Beach doctor from transferring ownership of his property to relatives, according to an attorney for the victim's family. Stanwood Elkus, 75, of Lake Elsinore,...
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Driver guilty of manslaughter in Newport doctor's death
A motorist pleaded guilty Friday to accidentally hitting and killing a Newport Beach doctor as she bicycled with her husband along Newport Coast, court records show. Michael Jason Lopez, 40, of Anaheim, admitted in Orange County Superior Court in...
Tags: General Practitioners, Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, Crimes, Murder
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