County Supervisors, who are responsible for defining who responds to which type of search and rescue incident, said it wasn’t their job to fix the dispute – which reportedly has led to near-collisions between rescue helicopters. Supervisors instead pointed to other agencies to resolve the issue.
Yearly Archives: 2018
Posted inPress Releases
Award-winning film documentary, “Women of 1915” airs on January 30th in Santa Ana
The Orange County Armenian community is hosting a film screening and director discussion of the award-winning film documentary, “Women of 1915” on Tue., Jan. 30 at 7:30 p.m. at Gugasian Hall located at the Forty Martyrs Armenian Church, 5315 W. McFadden Avenue, Santa Ana.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Fountain Valley, Housing & Homelessness, Orange, Top Stories
OC Sheriff’s Deputies Begin Evicting Hundreds of Homeless People from Santa Ana River Bank
Orange County sheriff’s deputies began the process of evicting hundreds of homeless people from along the Santa Ana River bank near Angel Stadium Monday morning, with deputies walking tent-to-tent and telling those inside they soon could receive citations or get arrested if they don’t leave.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Briscoe: County of Orange and Huntington Beach Officials Fail The Children of Oak View
Ocean View School District Trustee John Briscoe writes that his successful public records lawsuits against the County of Orange and the City of Huntington Beach raise troubling questions about why inspectors for both jurisdictions didn’t find what regional inspectors did at trash site near Oak View Elementary School.
Posted inPress Releases
Court Extends Grand Jury Application Deadline to February 5
Orange County Superior Court Assistant Presiding Judge Kirk Nakamura has extended the application deadline to Monday, February 5, to serve on the next 19-member Orange County Grand Jury.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness, On OC
On OC: Homelessness in Orange County
Voice of OC is launching a new podcast, On OC, that connects newsmakers, elected officials, activists and residents around the latest civic issues in Orange County.
Posted inAnaheim, Fullerton, Garden Grove, Transportation
Transportation Officials Debate Bus or Streetcar Service for Harbor Boulevard
Increased bus service and new streetcar routes are on the table as Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) officials study options for the county’s busiest bus corridor, Harbor Boulevard.
Posted inCENTRAL COUNTY, Santa Ana
Santa Ana ‘Women’s March’ Draws More Than 15,000
More than 15,000 people marched through the streets of downtown Santa Ana Saturday in the second Women’s March protest, joining hundreds of thousands of demonstrators in separate marches in cities throughout the country.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Orange, Safety, Security & Justice, Top Stories
Uncertainty as County Prepares to Evict Hundreds of Homeless from Riverbed Camp
County officials plan to start evicting over 400 homeless people Monday from a strip of land next to the Santa Ana River amid a shortage of shelter beds, which is expected to prompt homeless people to relocate into the surrounding cities of Anaheim and Orange.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Briceño: Why We March
Marching is as American as Apple pie, writes Ada Briceño, Co-President of UNITE HERE Local 11 in Orange County, noting the variety of causes she’ll be supporting by marching with thousands of others in Santa Ana on Jan. 20 for the annual Women’s March.
