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Labor law symposium at the UCI School of Law set for Feb. 22-23

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Re-Imagining Labor Law: Building Worker Collectivities After the NLRA

Symposium Jointly Sponsored by UC Irvine School of Law and the Labor Law Group

February 22-23, 2013 | UC Irvine School of Law

The goal of the symposium is to think about alternatives to the Wagner Act and employment law models of workplace protection. Eminent and rising scholars, experienced lawyers, and lawyers engaged in working with worker centers and other new types of organizations have been asked to consider fundamental questions: What are alternatives to or improvements upon the Wagner Act model of majority unions and workplace collective bargaining? What institutional structures could be or have been created to provide dignity, opportunity and protection to work? Continue reading→

O.C. DUI Summit set for Feb. 27, in Irvine

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SAPD DUI Checkpoint

MEDIA ADVISORY: OC DUI SUMMIT SET FOR FEB. 27 IN IRVINE

Nearly 30% of OC Fatalities, Injuries in 2011 Crashes Involved Alcohol

WHO: The Orange County DUI Task Force (Automobile Club of Southern California, County of Orange Health Care Agency, MADD-OC and a coalition of
community groups/agencies working to prevent alcohol and drug impaired driving in county), the Center for Public Policy at Concordia University and Third District OC Supervisor Todd Spitzer, author of the Steve Ambriz Act. Continue reading→

Irvine Children, Youth and Families Advisory Committee Seeks Applicants

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News Release, City of Irvine, Public Information Office
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, PRESS RELEASE # 13/02/11
Member-at-Large Recruitment, Contact : Public Information Office 949-724-6077, pio@cityofirivne.org

Subject: Irvine Children, Youth and Families Advisory Committee Seeks Applicants

IRVINE, CA (February 11, 2013): The City of Irvine is accepting applications to fill two community member at-large vacancies on the Irvine Children, Youth and Families Advisory Committee (ICYFAC). Comprised of 15 members, the ICYFAC is an advisory body to the Community Services Commission and provides ongoing review and evaluation of the Irvine Strategic Plan for Children, Youth and Families. Continue reading→

Former Beckman High asst. basketball coach arrested for lewd conduct with a child

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Zachary Reeder

Irvine Police Department Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, PRESS RELEASE: 2/10/13
Contact : Julia Engen, Lieutenant 949-724-7112, jengen@cityofirvine.org

Subject: Man Arrested for Lewd Conduct with a Child

IRVINE, CA (February 10, 2013): On Saturday, February 09, 2013, Irvine Police Detectives arrested Zachary Reeder (1-28-83) of Orange for lewd conduct with a child, possession and distribution of child pornography, and child annoyance. Continue reading→

Why did Agran spend almost half a million on his failed mayoral campaign?

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agran machine

From the OC Politics Blog

Irvine Council Member Larry Agran spent about $468,500 of his own money and still lost the mayor’s seat to Steven Choiby nearly 4,000 votes, according to Frank Mickadeit over at the O.C. Register.

That is a lot of money!  How Agran was able to come up with all of that is a good question.  He is a lawyer by trade and apparently he teaches on occasion at various colleges.  So how has he amassed a fortune so large that he could blow threw almost half a million dollars last year in a quest to become the Mayor of Irvine again? Continue reading→

Autopsy results show murdered Irvine couple were shot multiple times

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SHERIFF-CORONER DEPARTMENT
COUNTY OF ORANGE, CALIFORNIA

NEWS, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Jim Amormino, (714) 647-7042

Autopsy Results for Victims in Irvine Shooting

SANTA ANA, California (February 6, 2013) – The Orange County Coroner’s Office performed autopsies on the two victims found dead in a parking garage in Irvine on Sunday, February 3. Continue reading→

After 12 years, Irvine City Council brings back prayer

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Irvine Councilman Larry Agran opposed the proposal to start council meetings with prayer.By: Rhea Mahbubani, TCN

After a dozen years without starting its meetings with prayer, the Irvine City Council will again invite religious leaders to say an invocation before plunging into government business.

After debating separation of church and state, the council agreed on a 3-2 vote to again begin meetings with a nondenominational messages. Continue reading→

Irvine soccer coach to be arraigned for lewd conduct with a teenage girl

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Ian Matthew Ebert

Orange County District Attorney Press Release
For Immediate Release: January 25, 2013
Contacts: Susan Kang Schroeder, Chief of Staff, Office: 714-347-8408, Cell:714-292-2718
Farrah Emami, Spokesperson, Office: 714-347-8405, Cell: 714-323-4486

SOCCER COACH TO BE ARRAIGNED FOR UNLAWFUL LEWD CONDUCT WITH UNDERAGE TEEN GIRL

NEWPORT BEACH – A club soccer coach is scheduled to be arraigned today for unlawful lewd conduct with a minor girl. Ian Matthew Ebert, 26, Los Gatos, is charged with three felony counts of lewd acts on a child and faces a maximum sentence of four years and four months in state prison and mandatory lifetime sex offender registration if convicted. Ebert is out of custody on $100,000 bail and is scheduled to be arraigned today, Jan. 25, 2013, at 12:00 p.m. in Department H-1, Harbor Justice Center, Newport Beach.

Between Aug. 1, 2012 and Dec 8, 2012, Ebert is accused of working as a soccer coach for a private club in Irvine. On three occasions, the defendant is accused of engaging in unlawful lewd conduct with a girl between the ages of 14 and 15 years old, with whom he had intermittent contact through the club. Continue reading→