The race for the 37th State Senate District on Tuesday pits former County Supervisor John Moorlach against State Assemblyman Don Wagner and is the third, straight high level GOP contest to feature a Tea Party vs. Pro-Business battle.
Monthly Archives: March 2015
Posted inCountywide, Garden Grove, Health & Wellness, Investigative, Top Stories, Transportation
Orange Nonprofit Will Pay $1.7 Million to Settle Charges of Falsifying Records
The Horizon Cross Cultural Center, which provides supportive services to Vietnamese immigrants, was accused of intentionally overbilling three local agencies.
Posted inCountywide, Investigative, Top Stories, Transportation
Bus Contractor at Center of Ethics Accusations Loses Out on Recommendation
The Orange County Transportation Authority’s transit committee agreed with staff’s recommendation of a different contractor, Cincinnati-based First Transit, Inc., for the outsourced fixed-route bus services.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Investigative, Top Stories
OC District Attorney’s Team Barred from Seal Beach Shooting Case
Misuse of jail informants and other ethical issues led judge to ban DA from Seal Beach mass murder case.
Posted inCountywide, Health & Wellness, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Santa Ana City Manager Proposes Increase in Downtown Parking Rates
Meanwhile, business owners and residents aired growing frustration about parking issues downtown at a town hall Wednesday hosted by Councilwoman Michele Martinez.
Posted inCountywide, Investigative, News Briefs, Top Stories
DA’s Chief of Staff Loses Her First Felony Case
Judge Patrick Donahue turned down Susan Kang Schroeder, a possible future candidate for DA, in her first felony trial, saying no reasonable trier of fact could agree with her case against a Santa Ana man accused of being a drug dealer.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Investigative, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Murders Forgotten: How Far Did Prosecutors Go to Hide Informants Network?
Court records raise questions about how vigorously Santa Ana police and the Orange County District Attorney’s Office pursued murder cases.
Posted inGarden Grove, News Briefs
Young Vietnamese Turn Out to Support Garden Grove Mayor on Sister City Letter
Several young Vietnamese Americans turned out for a Garden Grove City Council meeting Tuesday night, seeking to combat the message of some protestors who are angry with Mayor Bao Nguyen for refusing to sign a letter to the city of Riverside over its sister city relationship with the south Vietnamese city of Can Tho.
Posted inEmergencies & Disasters, Government, Top Stories, Yorba Linda
Amid Wildfire Concerns, Proposed Housing Project Near Yorba Linda is Put on Hold
The hotly contested project has been temporarily put on hold Tuesday, after a well-organized group of residents said lives would be put at even greater risk when the area faces another wildfire.
Posted inInvestigative, News Briefs
Aaron Kushner and Eric Spitz Resign From OC Register
The co-owners of the newspaper’s parent company, Freedom Communications, embarked on an ambitious drive to bulk up the printed newspaper in a digital age. But the experiment failed, and questions about their journalism ethics dogged them.
