REVIEW: The Duke Ellington Orchestra keeps its transformed “The Nutcracker Suite” fresh and surprising, even 59 years after its debut.
Yearly Archives: 2019
Posted inCountywide, Investigative, Top Stories
Santana: Brea’s Secretive Water Agency Draws Court Challenge
This Tuesday, Brea city officials will go behind closed doors to talk about their secretive water agency, Cal Domestic, and plans to keep city representatives on the Cal Domestic board of directors from filing any kind of financial disclosure about conflicts of interest. Such disclosures would have allowed city officials to question a former city manager that was being paid by the water agency while also advising the city to spend millions on controversial water rights purchases – a move that last year drew sanction from the state’s Fair Political Practices Commission.
Posted inCollegiate News Service, News Briefs
Laguna Beach Working with Neighboring Cities to Share Wildfire Safety Resources
Laguna Beach is teaming up with Irvine and Newport Beach to increase wildfire safety. Editors’ Note: This dispatch is part of the Voice of OC Youth Media program, working with […]
Posted inCollegiate News Service, News Briefs
Improved Credit Rating Impacts Placentia’s Financing of Projects
Placentia’s upgraded credit rating is having an immediate impact on city projects, including the financing of $1.8 million for new fire apparatus, city officials say. Editors’ Note: This dispatch is […]
Posted inGarden Grove
Garden Grove Officials, Local Activists Prepare for Big Decisions on Willowick Tomorrow
Tomorrow, after a week’s delay by city staff who cited a lack of enough information, the Garden Grove City Council will vote on a development deal to hand over the 100-acre Willowick Golf Course, located in west Santa Ana but owned by Garden Grove, to a for-profit development company over five decades.
Posted inARTS & CULTURE, Costa Mesa, Theater, Top Stories
South Coast Repertory Receives $5-Million Argyros Donation
A donation from Julianne Argyros will provide funds for SCR to develop a new production of “A Christmas Carol.”
Posted inMarketing
Real Arts Journalism is Necessary
Art — be it expressed in a mural, movement, melody or movie — is a fundamental fabric of our society. Art has the power to unite people from different backgrounds, […]
Posted inNews Briefs, State
OC Fair Aims to Hike Admission Fees Next Year
Staff say increasing minimum wage and looming employee pension costs will make the admission price increases necessary.
Posted inInvestigative, News Briefs, State
OC Fair Board Appoints New CEO
Fair officials appointed Michele Richards, a former executive staffer who’s promising a new era of transparency for the state agency amid years of controversy leading to the October ousting of Richards’ predecessor, Kathy Kramer.
Posted inARTS & CULTURE, Countywide, Music, Top Stories
Does Opera Have a Future in Orange County?
COMMENTARY: Still no resident opera company in O.C.? No more visits from Domingo? Everything is just fine.
