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OC Watchdog
Quick-hit reports on how your elected officials, doctors, charities and others are doing their jobs and spending your money.
Street of broken dreams
Foreclosures and forced sales mar West Camile Street.
VIDEOSLIDE SHOW
Justice by geography
Orange leads the state's counties in bypassing juvenile court and directly charging youths as adults.
VIDEOAUDIO
High roller of home loans
Daniel Sadek's Quick Loan Funding wrote $3.8 billion in subprime loans. It appears his luck has run out.
SLIDE SHOW
Death sentence
Inmate was murdered after he was mistakenly thought to be a child molester.
Grand Jury to probe jail death
More 2007 investigations
Squeezing millions from pennies
The press releases were catchy, the stock sales were brisk, and today a $1,000 stake is worth just trillionths of a penny.
UPDATE: Ellis sells Winsted for $2,000
Strong medicine
A rule-breaker fights for the mentally ill. But some say he has gone too far.
UPDATE: Psychiatrist to step down from Santa Ana foundation post
2006
Bad bets
Drug testing is supposed to keep horse racing honest, but in California violations have doubled since 2000.
  • Update: Stiffer penalties for drug violations urged
  • Road to nowhere
    How the California Department of Transportation took land it didn't need and became one of the state's biggest slumloards.
    Unanswered cries
    Darian Robinson's story reveals weaknesses in a struggling state bureaucracy that cares for more than 76,000 abused and neglected children.
    From Adam to Azzam
    The Register traced Adam Gadahn 's roots back to his grandfather in Santa Ana in search of clues about this mysterious al Qaida spokesman.

    Care home's license at risk
    A lawyer says Paragon Gardens is 'a good facility,' despite its 57 citations from state regulators since June 2005.
    Troubles at Capistrano Unified School District
    Capistrano Unified retired head charged with using public funds to create ‘enemies lists' and sway elections.

    Paper-thin protection
    California's restraining order system offers protection to victims of abuse. But clerical glitches, confusing regulations and disregard for law leaves many vulnerable and in danger.
    Premium on information
    Unregulated petition workers, some with criminal records, also collect personal data.
    Network of Deception
    The king of telemarketing fraud in Orange County, Mitch Gold, is behind bars, but associates have raised tens of millions of dollars for charity. Almost none of it went to a worthy cause.
    O.C. voters were duped into GOP registration
    Petitioners lie, cajole and commit forgery while duping more than 100 O.C. residents into joining the Republican Party.
    Flawed records conceal medical treatment
    Doctor insists correct medication was given.
    Many schools getting less bang for bonds
    Nearly half of Orange County's school districts with voter-approved taxpayer bonds have had to make significant cuts in their construction projects
    Misplaced Faith
    AIDS patients lost out when the county gave an untested pastor federal grant money without a review of his checkered past.
    Bailout may end up costing taxpayers $7 million
    Debts from a fund once run by Chriss Street may end up costing taxpayers $7 million.

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    2005
    Unequal Protection
    A report card on law enforcement found a wide disparity among police agencies in how well they prevent crime and respond to it.
     
    Quake alert goes unheard at schools
    Most school districts had not seen a list of O.C. buildings that may be at risk.
     
    Major Money, Singular Sway
    Those who sign the big checks have agendas: power or profit or ideology or pleasure – even better government.
     
    Part-time work, full-time pay
    The governor denounced state jobs that pay $100,000 for two meetings a month. Why has nothing been done about it?
     
    Questionable campaigning
    Gov. Schwarzenegger has used taxpayer-funded resources on numerous occasions for campaign goals, despite laws meant to curb such activity.
    Scrutiny of governor raised
    Umberg to look at Schwarzenegger's use of staff, funds. GOP criticizes Nuñez's action.
    Perks fill out city managers' compensation
    Running a town earns officials home loans, SUVs and free gas.
    O.C. superintendents in elite pay class
    School districts say the salaries are simply the cost of getting the right people for difficult executive jobs
     
    2004
    Right to know
    An Orange County Register investigation looks at the ability of citizens to get public records from government agencies in Orange County.
    Toxic Treats
    The trail is marked by poisoned children, confidential tests and a failure to protect the public health.
    Gymnasts in pain
    Current and former U.S. national team members -- almost all girls in their early and mid-teens-- portray a culture rife with abuse
    Cracks in the foundation
    Documents riddled with apparent forgeries and fraud gave rise to Huntington Beach's condo conversion controversy.
    A Deadly Mixture
    A case involving two O.C. men illustrates a rise in alcohol-related boating deaths
    2002
    Missing the mark
    California's $1 billion attempt to measure what its students learn relies on a system so filled with loopholes that it is misleading, could reward the wrong schools and fails to account for about one in six children.
    2001
    FRAUD IN THE DMV
    An Orange County Register investigation revealed the ease with which a criminal can secure a duplicate of someone else's license from the DMV.
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