Chispa Blog
SanTana Cop Pay Raise and Misconduct Record Decisions Threaten to Break Public Trust
On January 31st, the City Manager and Police Chief made a joint statement in response to the Santa Ana Police Department’s (SAPD) request to destroy
Santa Ana Police Department Moves To Destroy Officer Misconduct Records
This year began with a new state law, SB 1421, going into effect and giving the public access to exclusive police records of misconduct and
Karla Cordero’s Poetry Is A Call To Home
Poet Karla Cordero’s backyard in carlsbad, california holds sugar snap peas, broccoli sprouts, and young to towering sunflowers that greet you as you sit down.
Will Todd Spitzer Be a Rubber Stamp DA on Police Brutality, Too?
In the “Blue Wave” that hit Orange County, the District Attorney continues to bleed red, with a bit of sweetness. Republican Todd Spitzer defeated twenty-year
A Conversation With West Anaheim’s Poet, Jesus Cortez
“…Poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence. It forms the quality of the light within which we predicate our hopes
Check out “Deport This!” A Partnership Column with OC Weekly and OC Immigrant Youth United!
Last March, I joined Denise de la Cruz and tallest Mexican in Orange County, Gabriel San Roman, to talk immigration for OC Weekly’s OC Speakly
