Too, too logical
Yesterday, I posted something about a CalTrans crew working (or rather not working) on Seventh Street. Next to that post, Google’s algorithms popped up ads for companies selling traffic cones, signs and for a car rental agency. The logic of the algorithm is something less than logical: it’s not really likely, is it, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Our Scott Moxley shot the sheriff
Back when your District Weekly staff was part of the OC Weekly, our colleague R. Scott Moxley wrote countless stories about corruption in the Orange County Sheriff’s office. Now, news that Moxley had it right from the start: federal authorities have indicted Sheriff Mike Carona–Larry King once called him America’s [...]