California

New Topic

561 topics

Page 1 of 19
- Jump to page:
1
2
3
4
5
…
19
Next

Announcements

Replies

Views

Last post

Introducing OCConnectTube!

Last post by Omar Bongo « Sat Dec 05, 2020 3:07 pm
Posted in Welcome and Board Announcements
Replies: 5
by John Q. Public » Fri Dec 04, 2020 1:03 pm » in Welcome and Board Announcements

Well, sort of.

I finally found a plugin that plays videos that we can upload from our own devices. Now we can share all those kewl cat videos our...

5 Replies

44987 Views

Last post by Omar Bongo
Sat Dec 05, 2020 3:07 pm

Topics

Replies

Views

Last post

California Fires

Last post by John Q. Public « Wed Jan 22, 2025 9:40 pm
Replies: 10
by ShiftyMutt » Sat Jan 11, 2025 8:37 pm

Newsom has launched a web page for Fire Facts to combat the misinformation about the California fires so people have correct data and information....

10 Replies

261 Views

Last post by John Q. Public
Wed Jan 22, 2025 9:40 pm
Lessons Learned From a Fiery Decade in L.A. (keep fire retardant)

Last post by Hanna « Wed Jan 15, 2025 1:42 pm

by Hanna » Wed Jan 15, 2025 1:42 pm

(snip)

Before he drove off, he said something I’ve never forgotten. “You know you’re going to have to fight a wildfire one day to save this...

0 Replies

96 Views

Last post by Hanna
Wed Jan 15, 2025 1:42 pm
IRS: California wildfire victims qualify for tax relief; various deadlines postponed to Oct. 15

Last post by Hanna « Wed Jan 15, 2025 1:37 pm

by Hanna » Wed Jan 15, 2025 1:37 pm

WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service announced today tax relief for individuals and businesses in southern California affected by wildfires and...

0 Replies

101 Views

Last post by Hanna
Wed Jan 15, 2025 1:37 pm
Party on, California!

Last post by John Q. Public « Mon Dec 30, 2024 9:33 pm
Replies: 2
by John Q. Public » Wed Dec 25, 2024 11:53 am

Two new laws in 2025:

Senate Bill 969, authored by state Sen. Scott Weiner, will let local governments designate “entertainment zones,” where bars...

2 Replies

111 Views

Last post by John Q. Public
Mon Dec 30, 2024 9:33 pm
Say Goodbye to Hollywood’s Progressive Prosecutor

Last post by berry365 « Tue Nov 19, 2024 2:16 am
Replies: 4
by Hanna » Mon Nov 11, 2024 8:36 pm

From the Wall St. Journal. By Will Swaim, the former editor of the OC Weekly.

Elected in November 2020, after the George Floyd summer, Mr. Gascón...

4 Replies

688 Views

Last post by berry365
Tue Nov 19, 2024 2:16 am
EARTHQUAKE!

Last post by ShiftyMutt « Mon Aug 12, 2024 2:53 pm
Replies: 48
by Red » Fri Mar 28, 2014 8:11 pm
1

2

3
WOW! That was a good one.

Costa Mesa!
48 Replies

11324 Views

Last post by ShiftyMutt
Mon Aug 12, 2024 2:53 pm
Why do we do keep doing this?

Last post by John Q. Public « Sun Jul 07, 2024 4:35 pm
Replies: 6
by ShiftyMutt » Sat Jul 06, 2024 10:41 am

Contributing to the already polluted air

Starting fires in an already dry state

Traumatizing dogs

Why do we keep doing it?

6 Replies

1450 Views

Last post by John Q. Public
Sun Jul 07, 2024 4:35 pm
New laws for 2024

Last post by John Q. Public « Mon Jan 01, 2024 8:53 pm
Replies: 1
by John Q. Public » Fri Dec 08, 2023 8:58 pm

Lots of them. These are just some that caught my eye.

AB 2188 : Makes it illegal for an employer to discriminate or penalize an employee based on...

1 Replies

846 Views

Last post by John Q. Public
Mon Jan 01, 2024 8:53 pm
Huntington Beach Man

Last post by John Q. Public « Fri Dec 22, 2023 5:23 pm
Replies: 6
by John Q. Public » Wed Dec 23, 2020 8:43 am

Because our own Florida deserves its own topic.

A former Huntington Beach Police Department crime scene investigator has been charged with stealing...

6 Replies

2258 Views

Last post by John Q. Public
Fri Dec 22, 2023 5:23 pm
California's Gold?

Last post by John Q. Public « Wed Dec 06, 2023 7:49 am
Replies: 3
by ShiftyMutt » Tue Dec 05, 2023 11:50 am

Or maybe a lithium rush?

This is intriguing. The Big Stinky Lake might be a global savior.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently revealed...

3 Replies

838 Views

Last post by John Q. Public
Wed Dec 06, 2023 7:49 am
STORMWATCH!!!

Last post by John Q. Public « Mon Aug 21, 2023 7:07 am
Replies: 7
by John Q. Public » Fri Aug 18, 2023 2:20 pm

Just gotta say it since we're now officially on our first-ever Tropical Storm Watch.

For our friends from out of town, STORMWATCH!!! is something of...

7 Replies

988 Views

Last post by John Q. Public
Mon Aug 21, 2023 7:07 am
LAPD Chief bans thin blue line flags

Last post by Wabash « Wed Jan 18, 2023 7:16 am
Replies: 1
by John Q. Public » Tue Jan 17, 2023 10:17 pm

Over the last few years, you might have noticed a growing concentration of “Thin Blue Line” flags in law enforcement spaces, on the back of patrol...

1 Replies

938 Views

Last post by Wabash
Wed Jan 18, 2023 7:16 am
California, Never a Slave State, Considers Reparations

Last post by John Q. Public « Fri Jan 06, 2023 6:47 pm
Replies: 1
by Hanna » Sun Jan 01, 2023 6:32 pm

Op-ed that appeared in the Wall St. Journal, written by... Will Swaim, the former editor of the OC Weekly!

Poor people—including poor black...

1 Replies

1101 Views

Last post by John Q. Public
Fri Jan 06, 2023 6:47 pm
Cal State Humboldt becomes Cal Poly Humboldt

Last post by John Q. Public « Wed Jan 26, 2022 10:29 pm

by John Q. Public » Wed Jan 26, 2022 10:29 pm

Not sure if it will have to arm wrestle Pomona for the No, the other one designation or if it will be satisfied with No, the one up by Oregon. For...

0 Replies

1293 Views

Last post by John Q. Public
Wed Jan 26, 2022 10:29 pm
Free Range Bacon and other new laws

Last post by John Q. Public « Sat Jan 01, 2022 10:48 am
Replies: 1
by John Q. Public » Thu Dec 30, 2021 12:07 am

Those krazy California voters approved a ballot measure requiring pigs to have more space, and since most of our puerco comes from the Midwest, the...

1 Replies

1207 Views

Last post by John Q. Public
Sat Jan 01, 2022 10:48 am
Gavin Newsom recall

Last post by Wabash « Tue Dec 14, 2021 6:45 am
Replies: 50
by broman » Wed Feb 03, 2021 7:39 am
1

2

3
Rating: 2%

Odds of recalling Newsome?
50 Replies

7749 Views

Last post by Wabash
Tue Dec 14, 2021 6:45 am
California to ban gas lawn mowers, leaf blowers and chainsaws

Last post by John Q. Public « Mon Oct 11, 2021 11:44 am

by John Q. Public » Mon Oct 11, 2021 11:44 am

More from our Libs Might As Well Be Campaigning For Republicans Department:

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a bill on Saturday that moves...

0 Replies

6435 Views

Last post by John Q. Public
Mon Oct 11, 2021 11:44 am
Would Republicans do a better job of regulating marijuana?

Last post by John Q. Public « Sun Oct 03, 2021 7:14 pm

by John Q. Public » Sun Oct 03, 2021 7:14 pm

Sort of the same thinking that the State Insurance Commissioner should never be a Republican, and as usual, behind a paywall on a paper none of us...

0 Replies

1532 Views

Last post by John Q. Public
Sun Oct 03, 2021 7:14 pm
In Orange County, the Recall’s Defeat Echoes Years of G.O.P. Erosion

Last post by John Q. Public « Sun Sep 19, 2021 5:36 pm
Replies: 4
by Hanna » Sat Sep 18, 2021 7:18 pm

(snip)

In 2018, Democrats flipped four House seats in Orange County, turning the county entirely Democratic for the first time in the modern era....

4 Replies

2024 Views

Last post by John Q. Public
Sun Sep 19, 2021 5:36 pm
Space Station Heads Up

Last post by ShiftyMutt « Wed Aug 04, 2021 9:35 pm
Replies: 2
by ShiftyMutt » Wed Aug 04, 2021 7:12 pm

Does anyone pay attention to when the Space Station flys over?

It’s flying over So Cal tonight. It takes 2 minutes to get from San Fransisco to the...

2 Replies

1386 Views

Last post by ShiftyMutt
Wed Aug 04, 2021 9:35 pm
Human composting may be coming to California

Last post by John Q. Public « Tue Jul 13, 2021 7:04 am
Replies: 2
by John Q. Public » Mon Jul 12, 2021 9:45 pm

I've heard of natural burial (which is also illegal in most states) but I'd never heard of composting. Sounds kind of icky but to each his own, I...

2 Replies

1408 Views

Last post by John Q. Public
Tue Jul 13, 2021 7:04 am
Nick Taurus- 45th District

Last post by joefutbol « Tue Jul 13, 2021 5:55 am
Replies: 3
by broman » Mon Jul 12, 2021 9:29 am

A far-right congressional candidate in Orange County, California called on his supporters to “Confront Katie Porter” in an Instagram post that...

3 Replies

1556 Views

Last post by joefutbol
Tue Jul 13, 2021 5:55 am
Federal judge overturns California’s ban on assault weapons

Last post by John Q. Public « Mon Jun 21, 2021 7:55 pm
Replies: 4
by John Q. Public » Sat Jun 05, 2021 4:41 am

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge Friday overturned California’s three-decade-old ban on assault weapons, ruling that it violates the...

4 Replies

1724 Views

Last post by John Q. Public
Mon Jun 21, 2021 7:55 pm
A real wonder of urban renewal

Last post by John Q. Public « Tue Jun 08, 2021 6:21 pm
Replies: 4
by John Q. Public » Mon Jun 07, 2021 10:50 am

Okay, name this town. You'll never get it.

LancasterBoulevard_myantelopevalley.jpg
lancaster-blvd_aerial_tamaraleigh.jpg

Answer in the next...

4 Replies

1649 Views

Last post by John Q. Public
Tue Jun 08, 2021 6:21 pm
Okay, where do the jobs come in?

Last post by John Q. Public « Mon Apr 19, 2021 9:52 pm

by John Q. Public » Mon Apr 19, 2021 9:52 pm

(CNN)An innovative agriculture startup plans to open an indoor vertical farm in Compton to help bring more jobs and loads of fresh produce to the...

0 Replies

1682 Views

Last post by John Q. Public
Mon Apr 19, 2021 9:52 pm
California to Investigate L.A. County Sheriff's Department

Last post by John Q. Public « Sat Jan 23, 2021 12:55 am
Replies: 3
by Omar Bongo » Fri Jan 22, 2021 9:48 pm

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra on Friday announced a state civil rights investigation of the perpetually troubled Los Angeles County...

3 Replies

1688 Views

Last post by John Q. Public
Sat Jan 23, 2021 12:55 am
Judge rules that the DMV can't censor license plates that are in bad taste

Last post by John Q. Public « Thu Nov 26, 2020 12:33 am
Replies: 2
by John Q. Public » Wed Nov 25, 2020 9:55 pm

Very strange, but understandable, ruling on this.

QUEER, SLAAYRR license plates are OK, says judge. Thanks to the First Amendment, the state of...

2 Replies

1635 Views

Last post by John Q. Public
Thu Nov 26, 2020 12:33 am
Yesterday on the 405

Last post by Wabash « Mon Aug 24, 2020 10:48 am
Replies: 2
by Hanna » Mon Aug 24, 2020 8:36 am

Don't know if it is still there

2 Replies

2529 Views

Last post by Wabash
Mon Aug 24, 2020 10:48 am
Police - It's starting

Last post by Fordama « Sat Jul 18, 2020 12:52 pm
Replies: 5
by cruiser » Wed Jul 15, 2020 8:42 am

The city of Berkeley PD will eliminate traffic stops by their Police department, will use an unarmed
force of civilian city workers to do the action,...

5 Replies

2561 Views

Last post by Fordama
Sat Jul 18, 2020 12:52 pm
Money talks more to some than others

Last post by Omar Bongo « Fri Mar 13, 2020 10:57 pm
Replies: 17
by cruiser » Thu Mar 12, 2020 9:31 am

So, with all the Coronavirus going on around the world and the virus can stay in the air
for several hours, why hasn't entertainment parks, like...

17 Replies

4476 Views

Last post by Omar Bongo
Fri Mar 13, 2020 10:57 pm

New Topic

561 topics

Page 1 of 19
- Jump to page:
1
2
3
4
5
…
19
Next

Return to Board Index

Forum permissions

You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Orange County Forums

California

Forum permissions

Who is online

California

Forum permissions

Who is online

Login • Register