CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
August 23, 2010 | By Raja Abdulrahim, Los Angeles Times
At a recent fundraiser for Democratic state Assembly candidate Phu Nguyen, tables at the Santa Ana restaurant featured signs recognizing various sectors of the community. Vietnamese. Korean American. School employees. "Arab American Community," read a placard at another table. Though the table at Emerald Bay Restaurant was only partially filled with Arab Americans, it underscored an unusual twist in a state Assembly race in central Orange County — a fight between a Vietnamese candidate trying to woo the Arab American vote and a well-known city mayor accused of denying his Egyptian heritage.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
September 15, 2009 | Dana Parsons
Denis came to the meeting in the community clubhouse with a four-page statistical analysis. Howard came with a cocktail. Perhaps it was inevitable that they would eventually get testy with each other. "Are you going to overtalk me, or am I going to overtalk you?" Howard said at one point, as neither would yield as they reacted to a woman's comment. "Well, I guess you're going to overtalk me," Denis said, adding, "I'm still going to take five minutes when she's done." "You can take 10," said yet another person in the crowd.
OPINION
December 18, 2007 | Gustavo Arellano, Gustavo Arellano is a contributing editor to Opinion, author of the book "¡Ask a Mexican!" and a staff writer for the OC Weekly.
STOP ME if you've heard this one before. Some time ago, immigrant men invaded our tranquil municipality. As long as they quietly toiled, residents tolerated their presence. But once these hombres went out on the town, people became furious. "Their numbers, appearances and were strange and frightening," wrote one observer. Employers had to teach them how to use restrooms; after payday, the men swarmed into stores, frightening customers and merchants.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
November 2, 2007 | Janet Wilson, Times Staff Writer
My little creek-stone house in Modjeska Canyon is fine. Thanks for asking. I received scores of e-mails from worried readers after writing dispatches last week about returning from my East Coast wedding to find that our home stood in the path of the Santiago fire. I was lucky; eight of my neighbors weren't. Now life is moving in the direction of normal. The roads are open, the army of firefighters is leaving and most of our neighbors are back at home in our beautiful little forest canyon.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
August 21, 2007 | Jennifer Delson, Times Staff Writer
Each week for 27 years, members of Los Amigos of Orange County have met to share stories, collect money for those in need and dabble in local politics. It's a loose-knit kaffeeklatsch led by the 74-year-old owner of two plumbing and building materials companies who ends each meeting in a prayer circle.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
August 8, 2005 | Kimi Yoshino, Times Staff Writer
An uprising is brewing at Leisure World Laguna Woods: Residents are picketing, meetings are attracting hundreds and petitions signed by more than 4,000 people are demanding better fiscal management. "This too shall pass" is the mantra of frustrated retirement community officials, who have pledged to keep smiling. "It is a very vocal group," said Harry Curtis, president of the community's governing board. "I'm not sure that it's a long-term deal."