WED. OCT. 31: PAUL TIBBETS AND THE ENOLA GAY
Tues | Oct 30 Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona is indicted on federal corruption charges that could land him in prison for 105 years. That’s a long time for anyone, let alone someone known as “America’s Sheriff.” I mean, I don’t know a lot about prison—my friend [...]

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I will never stop loving the Orange County Sheriff

ILLUSTRATION by LUKE MCGARRY
I have loved Orange County’s sheriff, Mike Carona, since the first time we never met. He had come into the OC Weekly’s office in Costa Mesa, where your District staff once toiled and imbibed, to meet with our editorial riffraff. “Where’s Commie Girl?” he [...]

The dangers of mixing (criminal) business and pleasure
In addition to giving us a chance to reflect on the power of good journalism (see Will Swaim’s post below), the federal indictments of Sheriff Mike Carona also bring up many important legal and political issues. But it was one of the case’s more tawdry details that [...]