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, 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 …
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Measure B passes with 55 percent of the vote.
To B—that is the answer. By a comfortable margin Tuesday, voters in San Juan Capistrano gave developers the go-ahead to build a disputed 500-horse equestrian center, hundreds of homes and commercial, office and retail outlets just south of the San Juan Hills Golf Course. Of the 30 percent of registered voters who cast ballots in the citywide special election, 55 percent said yes to Measure B, edging out those who believed the project clashed with the town’s “rural” lifestyle. Supporters—an array of movers and shakers including the local Chamber of Commerce, a majority of the City Council and the California Realtors Association—celebrated their victory at El Adobe in downtown, the same spot where they launched their $145,000-plus campaign …
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Live election results for Measure B.
FINAL: Voter turnout was 30.7 percent As of 9:30 p.m.: (24.2 percent voter turnout) As of 8:05 p.m.: San Juan Capistrano voters today headed to the polls to decide the future of a development project that includes hundreds of homes, an office building and equestrian center while preserving acres of open space. Measure B will determine future development of two sites in the city, including the Distrito La Novia and San Juan Meadows projects. Supporters argue the projects will be much less dense than a 1998 plan that has already been approved. Opponents say the projects are still too dense, will increase traffic, send water rates soaring and harm already existing businesses. Read more about Measure B and the election: - City News Service …
As of 7 p.m. the polling place turnout is 5.06 percent of the more than 19,000 registered voters in San Juan Capistrano.
Updated at 2:30 p.m. with new voter turnout numbers. Updated again at 8 p.m. with more voter turnout information. Despite some “eerily quiet” polling places early Tuesday morning, one polling clerk said he expects a “phenomenal” turnout in today’s special election. At the Volkswagen dealership—one of the polling locations for the precinct that encompasses those residents who live near where the disputed Distrito La Novia-San Juan Meadows development would occur if Measure B is upheld—more than 100 voters had already cast ballots by 11 a.m. Polling clerk Stephen Moser said he could see as many as 800 people by the time polls close at 8 p.m. The total number of voters in his precinct, No. 49612—bounded by San Juan Creek Road and Camino …
Election results will be reported starting at 8:05 p.m. today.
Polls open at 7 a.m. today for the more than 15,000 registered voters in San Juan Capistrano to cast their ballots on Measure B. Before the voters is whether the resolution passed by the City Council in November approving changes to the San Juan guide for long-term growth, its general plan, should be upheld—a YES vote. The changes include approval of a mixed-use community along the north and south Sides of La Novia Avenue, east of Valle Road: an equestrian facility; commercial/residential/office spaces and 94 homes, 50 apartments and up to 130 condos. If the changes are dismantled—a NO vote—then the development rights will revert back to those approved in the 1980s: a 300-bedroom hotel and conference center, zoning for a public-…
A report on Measure B campaign expenditures and spending through May 21.
At last count, landowners aiming to keep alive a disputed mixed-use development along La Novia Avenue raked in $138,547.53 more than the small coalition of San Juan Capistrano residents who oppose it. Yes on Measure B, a committee funded by Lake Forest-based developers Advanced Real Estate Services, built a campaign chest of $145,634.02 in donations and spent $121,454.03 between April 24 and May 21. In comparison, Citizens for Sensible Development, a committee formed to oppose the ballot measure starring in today's special election, garnered $7,086.49. The citizens group, which organizers said is led by a handful of residents, had spent $7,086.49. The California Association of Realtors is supporting a yes vote. The group's Issues …
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 ›