Vern Nelson

3 weeks ago | pasadenastarnews.com | Vern Nelson

There's this charming thing that dogs do, some of them: after relieving themselves, maybe on grass, on dirt or concrete, they give a little kick, as though they were covering up their mess. It's just a thoughtless gesture, passed down through countless dog generations, and no grass or concrete is actually moved. But they feel they've done their due diligence, and trot on carefree.

3 weeks ago | ocregister.com | Vern Nelson

Prop. 36 is California’s light at the end of a crime-ridden tunnel: Now we need to fund it.

3 weeks ago | orangejuiceblog.com | Vern Nelson

photo by Jeff Gritchen, 2023, OC Register Ha, we got the headline out first (Judge Holcomb lets you use your phone in the courtroom as long as you’re not recording) but I’ve been too busy to write out my notes till now (next day) so here are the basics from the Voice and Register: Voice of OC’s Spencer Custodio (who remembers dirty aspects of the Stadium deal even I had forgotten!) and Sean Emery writing at both the LA Daily News and the Register When I walked into the courtroom, the first...

1 month ago | orangejuiceblog.com | Vern Nelson

Federal prosecutors are asking for a sentence of eight months in prison for former Anaheim Mayor Harish “Harry” Sidhu, a sentence they insist is “sufficient, but not greater than necessary, to punish defendant, promote respect for the law, deter others from committing similar crimes in the future, and avoid sentencing disparities.” Many of us in Anaheim who lived through Sidhu’s time in power, and spoke up when nobody was listening, feel it is insufficient.

1 month ago | orangejuiceblog.com | Vern Nelson

Yes, as CalMatters began last week, “Gerry Serrano wanted to keep it all.” I bet you thought we’d heard the last of the Santa Ana Police Union’s grasping flame-throwing President, and so did I.