Orange County’s most prestigious culinary fundraiser, the Illumination Foundation’s OC Chef’s Table 2018 presented by Disneyland Resort, returns to Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa on Sunday, March 18th.
Yearly Archives: 2018
Posted inCountywide, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Federal Judge Calls Saturday Hearing To Discuss Next Steps for Riverbed Homeless
U.S. District Judge David O. Carter has called a federal court conference for Saturday morning to discuss the county’s imminent plans for moving hundreds of Santa Ana riverbed homeless people currently in motels, to county shelters or medical facilities.
Posted inGovernment, Top Stories
OC Supervisor Michelle Steel Welcomed President Trump at LAX
Steel and her husband, the high-profile Republican Shawn Steel, were two of the three people who welcomed Trump on the airport tarmac Tuesday afternoon and spoke with the president, according to news reports.
Posted inPress Releases
Association Spearheads Sober Living Reform Efforts, Invites National Advocate, Florida State Attorney, Dave Aronberg to Meet with Orange County Leaders
The Association of California Cities– Orange County (ACC-OC)— the region’s leading public policy, strategy, education and advocacy group—announces a collaborative engagement visit with Florida State Attorney, Dave Aronberg on the complex issue of sober living reform.
Posted inGovernment, Housing & Homelessness, Top Stories
County Plans to Move Former Santa Ana Riverbed Homeless to Shelters
The Orange County Board of Supervisors Tuesday approved up to $2 million to use toward additional shelter beds, as part of a plan to move hundreds of Santa Ana Riverbed homeless people from motels to other types of shelter.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Finman and Fu: Students Are Doing What Congress Won’t
Orange County high schools are planning to walk out to spur action on gun control on Thursday, March 14. Kate Finman and Olivia Fu, both seniors at San Juan Hills High, write that Congress’s inability to effectively address the epidemic of school shootings has cost too many young, innocent lives. Students want government to take immediate action to pass legislation that protects schools and students from gun violence.
Posted inPolitics & Elections, Santa Ana
Santa Ana Asking Court to Put District Elections on June Ballot
The city is seeking a court order to force Mayor Miguel Pulido to sign paperwork allowing a June ballot measure in which voters could change Santa Ana’s election system to district-based voting. The case could be filed in Superior Court as soon as Tuesday.
Posted inAnaheim, Costa Mesa, Countywide, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Orange, Top Stories
What’s Next for the Riverbed Homeless?
The month-long motel stay for the first group of homeless people relocated from the Santa Ana Riverbed ends Friday, a deadline that has hundreds of homeless people, county residents, volunteers and attorneys for the homeless wondering what comes next.
Posted inOn OC
On OC Episode 8: United to End Homelessness
United Way of Orange County’s Carla Vargas talks about a plan to help fight OC homelessness with a coalition of local business leaders, non-profits, faith-based groups and community leaders.
Posted inPress Releases
San Juan Hills High School students rally against gun violence
Spurred by the fiery example set by survivors of the recent school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, students from San Juan Hills High School in San Juan Capistrano are staging a walkout on Wednesday March 14 to bring awareness to gun-related deaths in the U.S. and send a message to Congress that solutions are needed.
