Catch us Thursday on KPCC, 89.3 FM for the Orange County Journalists Roundtable on AirTalk with host Larry Mantle.

This week’s segment, which aired at 11:40 a.m., featured Orange County Register reporter Teri Sforza, KPCC reporter Ben Bergman and Voice of OC Editor-in-Chief Norberto Santana Jr.

The topics include:

  • Ongoing battle over fire rings along coastal Orange County.
  • The Orange County Register’s sponsored stories from local universities.
  • Felony conflict of interest charges against a UC Irvine professor.
  • Grand jury’s call for an ethics panel.
  • Fatal car crash involving former county CEO Tom Mauk.

The broadcast can be downloaded as a podcast

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