Irvine-based 5 Bars Communities won contracts with at least three Orange County cities, saying it could protect them from impacts of state legislation taking away city power to say where wireless transmitters are installed. Lake Forest may opt Nov. 7 to handle the issue itself.
Yearly Archives: 2017
Posted inPress Releases
Salute to Veterans: Free community celebration will be held on Saturday
OC Fair & Event Center is hosting a free community event, Salute to Veterans, this Saturday, Nov. 11, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The celebration will be presented in collaboration with California labor unions and the Orange County Market Place.
Posted inAnaheim, Economy
Disney Stops LA Times Movie Preview Access, Citing Anaheim Reporting
Walt Disney Corp. officials, upset at a Los Angeles Times series about their business deals with the city of Anaheim and election spending for the city’s top decision-makers, have banned the newspaper from advance press screenings of its movies.
Posted inCountywide, Mission Viejo, Top Stories
Mission Viejo to Consider District Elections
Mission Viejo could move from at-large elections to district elections after a voting rights attorney sent a demand letter warning the city it is violating state law because the current voting system disenfranchises minorities from getting elected.
Posted inAnaheim
Jury Awards $200,000 to Family of Anaheim Man Killed in 2012 Police Shooting
A federal jury Friday awarded $200,000 in damages to the family of Manuel Angel Diaz, a 25-year-old Anaheim man who was shot and killed in 2012 while running away from two Anaheim police officers.
Posted inPress Releases
State Bar Will Implement New Ethics Rule
The California Supreme Court today issued an order that puts into place an important new ethical rule regarding the special responsibilities of prosecutors to disclose exculpatory evidence.
Posted inAnaheim
Anaheim Considers Affordable Housing Requirement
Anaheim Councilman Jose Moreno is lobbying his colleagues to consider policies that would require developers to either include affordable housing in their projects or pay new fees.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Mosko: Plastic Ocean Pollution a Driver of Climate Change?
Sarah Mosko is a local writer focused on environmental issues and solutions and writes that Southern Californians should learn about less known areas where fossil fuels are driving the climate crisis.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Colazo: Amid Changes in Care, OC Seniors Have Nowhere to Turn
Gloria Colazo, an ambassador for the Heart/Stroke Association and FPAC member for St. Jude Hospital, writes that as the OC ages, aging residents need special care here locally. Colazo writes the Program of All Inclusive Care for the Elderly, also known as PACE, is one such program that operates on the premise that seniors with chronic care needs to be served in their own communities. Orange County only has one PACE program and needs more, she writes.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Investigative, Safety, Security & Justice, Top Stories
OC Supervisors Take Direct Control Of Anti-Hate Group’s Staff
The changes give supervisors the power to fire the commission’s executive director at any time, for any reason, and pick the replacement.
