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Casey Reitz, Segerstrom Center’s new president, brings a fresh energy to Orange County’s flagship performing arts center. With a background firmly rooted in producing award-winning plays and musicals in New York, could creating new musicals at the Center be part of at Reitz’s legacy?
Residents said the county was moving forward with its Yale St. shelter plans without spreading the burden to south county cities that don’t host any shelters. County officials said the shelter would be an improvement over the existing Courtyard shelter that’s being replaced.
Newport Beach officials this week joined cities across Orange County who have passed resolutions opposing mandated regional quotas that significantly expand the city’s affordable housing goals for the next ten years.
Anaheim Mayor Harry Sidhu and Councilman Jose Moreno both voted against an Anaheim Hills housing proposal Tuesday — marking the first time the two foes have voted together on a significant issue.
While authorizing new spending this week for the Sheriff’s Department, county supervisors continue to remain silent about mounting revelations of Sheriff’s Department evidence booking misconduct that could weaken thousands of criminal cases.
Here’s a run-down of who’s hoping to take the seats.
An ongoing review by prosecutors – as well as court documents – are prompting questions about whether Orange County’s top law enforcement officer has been telling the whole truth.
A firm that conducted two separate Great Park audits — and came under fire from two state officials over the audits — surrendered its accounting license Monday after a settlement with the State Board of Accountancy.
The City of Westminster faces a political “perfect storm” this year, with upcoming recalls for elected officials and lawsuits involving the police department — not to mention tough choices between higher sales taxes or cuts to public services, and finding a new city manager.
This year, revelers had three major Tet festivals to choose from to help ring in the lunar new year. Parades in Garden Grove and Westminster, with the Garden Grove parade new this year, were the result of a split in leadership, but not a split in loyalties by the community.