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Longtime Anaheim Union High School District Trustee Anna Piercy Dies
Anna L. Piercy, a longtime Anaheim Union High School District Trustee and former Cypress mayor, died Monday after a battle with cancer leaving a vacant seat on the school board. Board President Annemarie Randle-Trejo announced her passing at Tuesday’s board meeting and staff and trustees took time to remember her...
Raiders to Train in Costa Mesa, Officials Expect $1.3 Million Tax Revenue Boost
The Las Vegas Raiders NFL football team will host a pre-season training camp this summer at Costa Mesa’s Jack R. Hammett Sports Complex and pay for upgrades at the facility’s public sports fields. City Manager Lori Ann Farrell Harrison said she estimates the move will bring in $1.3...
Weinstein: Vote for Rent Control as if Life Depends on It—Because It Does
The affordable housing crisis is an existential threat to our way of life in California. It is also a literal threat to hundreds of people in Orange County. The most recent OC Point in Time count found 5,718 people are unsheltered. According to the Sheriff’s Department, the number of deaths among people experiencing homelessness more than tripled between 2012 and 2021. Voice of OC reports 511 homeless people died in 2023.
San Clemente Finalizes Switch to District Elections
Voting in San Clemente will soon look very different after city officials switched from at-large elections to district elections after facing the threat of a voting rights lawsuit. San Clemente officials grappled with issues faced by city officials throughout Orange County during the switch to district elections: How to draw...
Fountain Valley Allows Digital Freeway Advertising; Will Drivers be Distracted?
The freeway skyline in Fountain Valley may soon change as officials move to allow local car dealerships to advertise their services with electronic billboards on the freeway. Yet the move sparked questions about what the change will mean for future freeway signage in the city and if the sign could distract drivers.
Housing Horses at the OC Equestrian Center is Getting More Expensive
Orange County equestrians are protesting spiking rental rates for horse stalls at the OC Fair & Event Center. They’re also pointing to a 2022 maintenance contract with a street sweeping company that critics have called out as too costly. Last month, the OC Fair board voted 3-2, with one...
Two New Members Appointed to Orange Unified School Board After Recall
Orange Unified School District board members chose two new colleagues Thursday night, filling vacancies left after a recent recall removed two trustees from office. Sara Pelly and Stephen Glass were both appointed on a 4-0 margin in a special board meeting. OUSD school board member John Ortega was absent from the meeting.
Jury Finds Buena Park Police Used Excessive Force in Killing of 19-Year-Old
Buena Park is set to pay out $3.5 million after a jury found two police officers used excessive force when they shot and killed a 19-year-old man in 2019 when he was pulled over with expired tags after robbing the Shell gas station he worked at. David Patrick Sullivan, whose...
Mosko: Home and Business Owners Alert – Property is Not Insured Against Radiological Accidents at San Onofre
Many residents of Orange and San Diego counties were relieved when the nuclear power plant at San Onofre was permanently shut down in 2013. This naïve thinking, that the plant posed risks to people and property only while the reactors were operational, was challenged in the Register’s March 31 article by lead reporter Terri Sforza in which two nuclear experts weighed in on the dangers of storing 3.6 million pounds of nuclear waste onsite at San Onofre.
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