Archive for August 18th, 2016

The Press-Enterprise: Whose poll is it anyway in Pete Aguilar vs. Paul Chabot race?

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Paul Chabot

Republican congressional candidate Paul Chabot.

By JEFF HORSEMAN / STAFF WRITER
Published: Aug. 17, 2016 Updated: 4:05 p.m.

Unless it’s an ultra-competitive toss-up race, there’s typically not a lot of publicly available polling for congressional elections.

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Filed under: Campaigns, Democrats, Elections, In the News, Pete Aguilar, Politics, Polls, Republicans, State of California, U.S. House of Representatives

The Orange County Register: O.C. judge offers to step out of murder trial; both sides say no

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Judge Thomas M. Goethals speaks and agrees to continue Steven Bruno's sentencing on Thursday to January 23 in Santa Ana. Bruno was found guilty for the murder of his father to Ernest Bruno by an Orange County Superior Court jury. ////ADDITIONAL INFO: - 05.IRVfathermurdersentence.1218.ks - Day: Thursday - Date: 12/18/14 - Time: 9:34:45 AM - Original file name: _KSB3279.NEF - KEN STEINHARDT, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER -- Bruno’s attorney Leonard Matsuk - Deputy District Attorney Cynthia Herrera

Judge Thomas M. Goethals during a 2014 case. (Ken Steinhardt / Staff Photographer)

By Sean Emery / Staff Writer
Aug. 17, 2016 – Updated 10:08 p.m.

SANTA ANA – An Orange County judge offered to remove himself from a murder trial Wednesday, only to learn that attorneys on both sides want him to stay on a case that involves allegations of prosecutors falsifying evidence.

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Filed under: County of Orange, Courts, In the News, Law Enforcement, Legal, State Superior Court, Tony Rackauckas

Los Angeles Times: Some Fed policymakers believe economy may be ready for another interest rate hike, minutes show

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The headquarters of the Federal Reserve in Washington, D.C., in 2015. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Jim Puzzanghera
August 17, 2016

Some Federal Reserve policymakers said at their most recent meeting that the economy appeared ready for another small increase in a key interest rate, according to an account released Wednesday.

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Filed under: Business, Economy, Federal Reserve System, Finance, In the News, U.S. Government