Orange Juice Blog

2 weeks ago | orangejuiceblog.com | Vern Nelson

Chief Parra says no porn in HB Library…well then how do you explain this Demon Teacher? (Just asking questions here.)This Tuesday is an important Special Election Day in two coastal OC towns – the Newport school board race which we’ve been covering, and Huntington Beach’s Measure A & B, regarding whether or not the town’s beloved 50-year-old central library should be under the control of the (certifiably insane) City Council.

3 weeks ago | orangejuiceblog.com | Vern Nelson

“Ha,” sneered Kim, “I’ve seen more vulnerable than you.”“I want to be very clear that I understand how important Medicaid is for many in our community to access health care services. As this process moves forward, I will continue to make clear that a budget that does not protect vital Medicaid services for the most vulnerable…will not receive my vote.” – Young Kim, 2/26/25, before voting to pass the Medicaid-stripping “Big Murderous Bill.” Our emphasis.

3 weeks ago | orangejuiceblog.com | Vern Nelson

Andrea McElroy, OCGOP chief Will O’Neill. We discount at our peril Will’s determination to keep Newport an OCGOP fiefdom. So! Ten more days in the Newport Mesa USD special election – an election that’s costing the district half a million and didn’t need to happen, but here we are. Tuesday June 10 we’ll find out whom voters in & around Balboa & Corona Del Mar prefer on their school board – the solid Kirstin Walsh or the controversial Andrea McElroy.

1 month ago | orangejuiceblog.com | Vern Nelson

Open Thread time! And there’s never a dull moment in Orange County (at least, if you’re easily amused.) Here is a little flotsam and jetsam from the last few days that you may want to sound off about!WHO’S THAT DANDY? (Who’s that dandy, lovely dandy…)Why, it’s Republican politician Matt Harper! Remember him?

1 month ago | orangejuiceblog.com | Vern Nelson

If the most recent Fullerton police killing, of Jose Naranjo Cortez, was reminiscent of the 2011 killing of Kelly Thomas (homeless guy beaten and suffocated to death by a pile of Fullerton cops), the one before THAT, the fatal FPD shooting of Pedro Garcia last March, was more reminiscent of the fatal 2020 FPD shooting of Hector Hernandez.