Our Tracy Wood caught up to Orange County Transportation Authority CEO Will Kempton to talk about the critical report on high-speed rail that he and other members of the project’s Peer Review Group just released.

Redistricting maps delayed.

Who is Orange County’s most highly paid public works director?

Water rates on the rise.

Costa Mesa legal spending comes under review.

Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove could end up as a Catholic cathedral.

Orange County Probation Department looks for two juveniles that escaped custody.

Retired deputy blasts Fullerton Police Department in death of his homeless son.

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