Could Marijuana Combat America’s Obesity Problem? We all have heard about how obesity is a national concern. But isn’t the fact that more than one-third of American adults (78 million) are obese more than just a “concern”? Or that 13 million children are growing up obese? Such statistics seem to have been blatantly staring at … Read more

Help Raise Awareness About Domestic Violence in Orange County Although it’s Halloween, we’d like to take this opportunity to talk about domestic violence again, as it’s the last day of Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Domestic violence doesn’t always happen behind closed doors, and the violence can escalate to deadly levels, as we all saw this … Read more

“MySpace” Rapist Sentenced to 15 Years Another noteworthy, criminal case in Fullerton this week, moving from violence by police to violence against women. In a victory for three Orange County women, and rape victims everywhere, Jason Ara Erpinar, 22, has been sentenced to 15 years in state prison for rape attacks he committed between August … Read more

Attempted Murder or Postpartum Depression? On Monday, something very shocking happened at the Children’s Hospital of Orange County, something not expected to occur at a medical facility. A woman dropped or threw her 7-month old baby out of the parking garage’s fourth story. The first reaction would be that this woman is clearly a cold-blooded … Read more

Irvine Cove Robbery by White Supremacists This case is not showing white supremacists in their best light-that is, if there is a “good” light for white supremacists to be shown in. We doubt it, but the white supremacists may try to make a case. They won’t use this one as an example, though. Here’s a … Read more

Drinking and Driving ARE Deadly Even when you don’t do both at the same time. Let this case be a warning to you: After you’ve been drinking with friends, never criticize their driving. Unless you want to get stabbed in the neck, like Samuel Valdivia. Mr. Valdivia was found stabbed to death in his apartment … Read more

Pepper Spray: It’s for Shopping, Not Just Protests Yes, we’re talking about pepper spray today, and it’s not all about Occupy Wall Street, Los Angeles or any UC school campus (we’re talking to you, police at UC Davis!). It is all about what happened on Black Friday at a Porter Ranch Wal-Mart. The story: Shoppers … Read more

Gun Control in the Wake of the San Bernardino Shootings In the aftermath of the devastating mass shooting in San Bernardino, we find many reactions-of fear, mourning and, naturally, a questioning of current gun control policies. Though the tragedy of this shooting and the others like it can hardly be pared down to gun control … Read more

Death Penalty for “Innocent” Home Depot Killer Whether or not you feel that the death penalty is a good idea, it is hard to dispute that Jason Russell Richardson is not guilty-even though he interrupted the emotional and moving victim-impact statement from the victim’s widow with a cry of “I didn’t kill her husband!” Between … Read more

Suspect Arrested in Yorba Linda Double Homicide Car alarms are annoying. Do car manufacturers actually think that residents are calling the police when an alarm goes off? No, we feel guilty, make sure it’s not ours, then curse the person who either set it off, or isn’t turning it off. We don’t pay attention anymore. … Read more