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When OC Accused Newport Beach Attorney Of Dodging Malpractice Debt

Many regarded Phillip Greer as the poorest veteran attorney of California, known for representing Orange County Republicans with many difficulties. The list of Greer’s embattled clients included Congressperson Ed Royce, State Assemblyperson Janet Nguyen, and Orange County Board of Supervisor member Shawn Nelson. Attorney Greer lived for years in a costly Newport Coast residence near...

Throwback: When OC Activist Filed Lawsuit About YouTube Dislikes

In 2018, Kenneth Strawn filed a lawsuit that alleged that people who disliked his videos on YouTube trampled his rights as a US citizen. A conservative activist from Orange County, Strawn used to rant against Jewish people, African-Americans, unlawful immigrants and lesbians when supporting former President Donald Trump. Strawn claimed that Charlottesville resident Simone Tartaglia...

Throwback: When Lawyer And Cop Battle Landed In OC Federal Court

In April 2018, the Ronald Reagan Federal Courthouse witnessed an altercation between a defense lawyer and an OCDA investigator connected to the 2016 jailhouse informant scandal. Norm Watkins and Jerry Steering used swear words as they portrayed their clients Dillon Alley and James Crawford as the victims in a 2016 ruckus. Judge David Ormon...

When Estate of Nicholsons And Family Of Murdered Maid Competed In Court

maid allegedly murdered by nicholson family member

Imagine that you reside in a gated community in Newport Beach and that your drug-addled and pampered son has been contemplating murder for a while now. In this case, what would be your legal duty to keep everybody away from that residence for fear of an act of murder? That question was pending in an...

Throwback: When Marijuana Smell Landed OC Gangster In Legal Trouble

Alan Batalla imprisoned for marijuana smell

In 2017, Santa Ana Police Department officers spotted suspicious activity, which included burning marijuana’s smell, at a hotel as well as a hangout for street gangsters. One of them, Alan Batalla, ran into those police officers and got into an argument with them before acting as per their commands. As an F-Troop gang member, Batalla...

Meet Taylor Green, The Founder Of Cosmetic Mafia

Taylor Green Posing, Cosmetic Mafia founder

In 2019, Taylor Green from San Clemente was not your average teenager. She balanced her high school life, part-time work and entrepreneurial career in a way that few teenagers could do. In February 2019, Green made a line of makeup products known as Cosmetic Mafia. In 2018, she researched what the most productive way...

Scariest People Of Orange County In 2019

Orange County, 2019 Scary people list, Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson’s famous album ‘Thriller’ was released around 40 years ago. MTV premiered the ‘Thriller’ video over a year into its release. Therefore, 2019 marked the 36th anniversary of Jackson’s Thriller video and 37 years of his album. Back then, OC Weekly published a list of Orange County’s scariest people in tribute to MJ’s...

Learnings From Struggle Of Undocumedia For Accountable Leaders

Undocumedia coordinator reveals troubling accusations about cofounder

A moment of truth arrived for Undocumedia as its coordinator Karla Estrada Sanchez revealed information about the years of misbehavior that its joint-founder Ivan Ceja instigated. After the revelation of Sanchez, other companies and victims shared their stories of being alongside or collaborating with Ceja, which reinforced her original accusations. For the uninitiated, Undocumedia is...

The Connection Between Gary Kent And Once Upon A Time In Hollywood

Writer-director Quentin Tarantino’s 2019 film ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ earned multiple nominations for the 2020 Academy Awards. More than that, the movie has been popular among the public and critics. In some ways, there is a connection between the Joe O’Connell documentary Danger God and the Tarantino film (more on this later). Tarantino’s...

The Divided Plays Punk Rock Genre Love Tracks For Working Class

Orange County’s new band The Divided has what it takes to make a mark in the streetpunk genre. The band offers crunchy and thick guitar riffs, many powerful vocals, and precise drumming. Those features make The Divided’s sound is similar to the old working-class bands that worked in Oi! genre music. The first album...