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December 18, 2012[UPDATED with Newport-Mesa Meeting:] Irvine Holds Town Hall on School Shootings
See the update at the end of this post on a Newport-Mesa Unified School District special meeting this afternoon.ORIGINAL POST, DEC. 18, 6:08 A.M.: In the wake of the mass shootings in Newton, Connecticut, the City of Irvine is holding a town hall meeting dedicated to school shootings and city prepar ... More >>Blogs
November 2, 2012Robert Allan Lehmann Gets Double Life for Slayings of Ex-Wife and Former Father-in-Law
"It was an abomination, it was pure evil, it was criminal," Theresa Ford, an elementary school principal, said of the monster who took her husband of 39 years and their daughter. It was an "unconscious" act by someone who popped too many pills and drank too much beer, countered the monster, Ford's f ... More >>Blogs
October 26, 2012Jennifer Piatti, Costa Mesa High School Band Booster Treasurer, Accused of Stealing $40k
Strange transactions involving the funds of the Costa Mesa High School Band Booster Club led to a complaint to police, an investigation and Thursday arrest of the nonprofit's treasurer.Jennifer Border-Piatti was held on suspicion of embezzlement after a search warrant was served on the 50-year-old's ... More >>Blogs
October 15, 2012Newport Beach School Officials Try to Suspend Student for Bringing Kombucha to School
I am not a fan of kombucha, the fermented drink that health nuts swear by, but that doesn't mean I'm going to impose my beliefs on others. If people want to drink that fizzy stuff, then God bless them. If a mom wants her child to drink some, awesome. But woe is the idiotic school official who catche ... More >>Blogs
September 6, 2012William Douglas Agopian Admits to Being OC's Latest Pig at the Public Trough
Move over, Robert Rizzo and Jeffery Hubbard: another public official who lives in Orange County but worked in Los Angeles County is corrupt as hell. William Douglas Agopian resides in Santa Ana, but the 61-year-old was the chief business officer with the Lynwood Unified School District, from whom ... More >>Blogs
July 3, 2012[UPDATED with PETA Virtual Dissection Bid:] Anti-Vivisection Group Demands Facebook Remove Harbor High Students' Dead Cat Photos
See update at end of this post about People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) offering to donate "virtual dissection equipment" to Newport-Mesa schools.ORIGINAL POST, JULY 3, 2:15 P.M.: The nonprofit pressuring Newport-Mesa Unified School District officials to intervene to stop Newport Har ... More >>Blogs
June 26, 2012Newport Harbor High School Students Outed for Being Real Cut-Ups with Cut-Up Cats
I remember the first time my young self encountered a flip cat in the wash near my desert home. I took a stick to flip over the dead feline baked hard by the hot sun, saw the fat maggots still gorging themselves after having eaten half of "Whiskers" and ran like hell in fear.More hardening with age ... More >>Blogs
April 17, 2012Mom of Bullied Student Helps Develop An Anti-Bullying Course At Cal State Fullerton
It's been nearly three years since Karyl Ketchum battled district administrators in court after football players at Corona Del Mar High threatened to shoot and rape her then-17-year-old daughter, the lead actress in the school's production of "Rent." Ketchum enlisted the help of the ACLU to file a l ... More >>Blogs
February 27, 2012[UPDATED with Already Out of Jail:] Jeffrey Hubbard, Ex-Newport-Mesa Schools Chief, Gets 60 Days, Probation, Restitution
UPDATE, FEB. 27, 1:58 P.M.: After serving four days of his 60-day sentence, former Newport-Mesa Unified School District superintendent Jeffrey Hubbard was reportedly released from jail early this morning. The judge had previously indicated Hubbard would be freed by mid-March due to overcrowding. ... More >>Blogs
October 11, 2011Jeffrey Hubbard, Newport-Mesa Schools Chief, Indicted on 3rd Misappropriation of Funds Count
Fortunately for Newport-Mesa Unified School District chief Jeffrey Hubbard, his school board has stood by him amid charges and embarrassing evidence (love pledges and oral-sex references exchanged with and racy photos of a fellow administrator he allegedly gave secret financial bonuses to) relate ... More >>News
September 1, 2011It's Gotten Costa Messy In Costa Mesa
Scenes from the civic dissolution of America's latest public-employee battlegroundBlogs
July 19, 2011OC Skateboarding League Banquet Doubling As a Fundraising Dinner
Year one of the Orange County Skateboarding League is completed. The contests are completed, the judges scores have been tallied and all that remains is an end-of-season banquet to celebrate the top performers.And hopefully the OCSL can make a little extra money to keep it all going.On Thursday, ... More >>Blogs
July 15, 2011[UPDATED with Unusual Defense:] Emily and Father Russell Ford, OC Homicides Nos. 12 and 13: Her Ex-Husband Held
UPDATED, JULY 15, 12:30 P.M.: 36-year-old Robert Allan Lehmann is due at Harbor Justice Center in Newport Beach today for a preliminary hearing tied to the murder counts he faces for allegedly executing his former wife and father-in-law in May.It will be lonely at the defense table as a judge las ... More >>Blogs
July 4, 2011Roger Carlson, Former Daily Pilot Sports Editor, Has Newport Harbor High Press Box Named After Him
The Newport-Mesa Unified School District has approved naming the press box at Newport Harbor High School after former Daily Pilot sports editor Roger Carlson.Blogs
May 5, 2011[UPDATED with Arraignment Details:] Emily and Father Russell Ford, OC Homicides Nos. 12 and 13: Her Ex-Husband Held
DMVEmily FordUPDATE, MAY 5, 11:28 A.M.: The Orange County District Attorney's office (OCDA) just announced that Robert Allan Lehmann will be arraigned today for the murders of his ex-wife Emily Ford and her father Russell Ford. The 36-year-old Costa Mesa resident has been charged with two felony ... More >>Blogs
January 20, 2011Jeffrey Hubbard, Newport-Mesa Schools Chief, Denies Affair, Claims Trustees Approved $20,000 Stipend
Despite the sexy-time chatter--pet names, love pledges and oral-sex references--e-mailed between Newport-Mesa Unified School District's superintendent and a subordinate from his days leading the school system in Beverly Hills, Jeffrey Hubbard maintains he did not have a relationship outside work ... More >>Blogs
January 14, 2011Karen Ann Christiansen, Tied Up in Scandal With Newport-Mesa Schools Chief Jeffrey Hubbard, Provides Ugly Police Mug of the Week
Karen Ann Christiansen, why the long face?Could it be because not only are you dealing with the embarrassment of serious financial misconduct charges but the publication of sexy-time emails exchanged between you and co-defendant Jeffrey Hubbard, the Newport-Mesa Unified School District superinten ... More >>Blogs
December 14, 2010[UPDATED:] Jeffrey Hubbard, Newport-Mesa Schools Chief, Subject of Closed Session Over Beverly Hills Criminal Charges
Update, December 14, 11:26 a.m.: The Newport-Mesa Unified School District Board of Education emerged from closed session last night and did . . . drum roll, please . . . nothing!Board president Karen Yelsey said "no reportable action" was taken. So, behind closed doors, only non-reportable actio ... More >>News
November 19, 2009Safer Schooling Through Handball at Costa Mesa High School
Update, December 14, 11:26 a.m.: The Newport-Mesa Unified School District Board of Education emerged from closed session last night and did . . . drum roll, please . . . nothing!Board president Karen Yelsey said "no reportable action" was taken. So, behind closed doors, only non-reportable actio ... More >>Blogs
September 9, 2009UPDATED: ACLU Announces Settlement of Suit Tied to Corona del Mar High's Production of "Rent"
Photo by Matt Coker Karyl Ketchum and Mike Wiggins talk about the hell their 17-year-old daughter Hail endured at Corona del Mar High School last school year.Three varsity football players at Corona del Mar High School posted a video on the school's Facebook page in January in which they describe ... More >>Blogs
March 18, 2009ACLU Suing Newport-Mesa Schools Over "Rent" Debacle
MOVING UP AND UPDATING WITH DISTRICT REACTION, MORE BACKGROUND.Newport-Mesa Unified School District officials say they were attempting to resolve a complaint stemming from the staging, cancellation and re-staging of the musical Rent at Corona del Mar High School when they learned today the American ... More >>
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