Stages Ends Eight-Year Drought of ‘Silence! The Musical’ with an O.C. Premiere
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PREVIEW: Created at a New York City fringe festival, the “unauthorized parody” musicalizes and pokes fun at the intense 1991 suspense thriller “Silence of the Lambs.”
County Government
OC Breaks Ground on First Municipal Mental Health Treatment Campus
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Plans call for mental health and drug addiction treatment programs to be available to all county residents, regardless of who their insurance provider is, which officials said would be the first facility in the nation to do so.
Fullerton
Fullerton To Study Authorizing Legal Pot Shops
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Legal pot shops could come to Fullerton after the City Council decided to study the issue and revisit it in March to decide if they want to move forward on it. Meanwhile, the city is struggling to address the illegal shops operating in the city.
Aliso Viejo
Soka’s Latest Art Show Features Local Artists Pushing the Boundaries of Their Mediums
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REVIEW: Two O.C.-based artists, Gregory Gallardo and Joel Woodard, shine at Founders Hall Art Gallery at Soka University.
Criminal Probe Underway Into OC Fire Authority Event With Political Candidates
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The Sheriff’s Department is examining an event at the fire agency’s headquarters that triggered concerns about using government resources for political campaigning.
OC Fair
OC Fairgrounds CEO Kathy Kramer to Leave Post
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Fair officials confirmed Kramer’s departure, which comes after Voice of OC revealed Kramer sat on the fundraising board for a private college that the fairgrounds has given state money to.
Anaheim
More Than Half of Money Spent on Angel Stadium Went to Projects Benefiting Angels, Not Maintenance
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Despite the LA Angels of Anaheim spending nearly $30 million on Anaheim’s municipal stadium since 2012, very little of that money was used on regular maintenance, records show.
Homepage Top Story
Santana: Columbus, Indigenous Peoples’ Day Engages Around Equity
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The debate over recasting Columbus Day as Indigenous People’s Day offers a chance to consider equity in society and how best civic leaders can address inequity. In San Juan Capistrano, the historic debate is in many ways still playing itself out in the effort to preserve one of the last original indigenous villages in Orange County. And on the modern policy front, one recent study about inequity in Orange County is challenging local policymakers to confront a stark opportunity gap between geographic areas of the county – split along largely racial, ethnic and income lines.
It’s 20 Years and Counting for the O.C. Arts Awards
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Arts OC’s milestone anniversary event is studded with notable honorees, from Jerry Mandel to Carl St.Clair, and a roster of stellar entertainers.
Fullerton
Fullerton Takes First Step to Open a Homeless Shelter
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Fullerton gives nonprofit homeless services provider Illumination Foundation $500,000 to help start the first homeless shelter in the city.
Angels negotiations
Angel Stadium Appraisal Apparently Leaked, Despite Anaheim’s Efforts to Keep Secret
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Despite Anaheim’s efforts to keep the stadium appraisal secret, there are mounting questions about whether the value of the stadium has already been leaked.
Civic News
OC Fairgrounds Gave More than $100K in State Money to Private College while Fairgrounds CEO Sat on the School’s Fundraising Board
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Orange County Fairgrounds CEO Kathy Kramer joined the fundraising board for Vanguard University, a private Christian college, in 2017. Since then, the fairgrounds has paid the school over $100,000 in contracts and sponsorship deals brought up to the fairgrounds Board of Directors by her staff.
Andrew Do
OC Leaders Spar While Appointing New Top Financial Watchdog
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In heated arguments over the appointment of Frank Davies as Auditor Controller, Orange County Supervisors air concerns about his dead predecessor’s lax staff oversight calling for a Performance Audit of the department.