Chance Theater unveils a staged reading of a newly-revised country music show by writer, musician and songwriter Joanna Garner, the company’s 2018 resident playwright.
Yearly Archives: 2020
Posted inCollegiate News Service, Government, Investigative, Top Stories
User-Friendly Government: Which OC Cities are Most Transparent Online
Survey finds Orange County’s most transparent cities online include Costa Mesa, Fullerton, Irvine, Lake Forest, Los Alamitos, Newport Beach, Orange, Placentia, San Clemente, Santa Ana, Tustin, Westminster and Yorba Linda. Least transparent cities include Aliso Viejo, Buena Park, Fountain Valley, La Habra, La Palma, Laguna Hills, Rancho Santa Margarita, San Juan Capistrano, Stanton, Villa Park, Cypress and Laguna Woods.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Safety, Security & Justice, Top Stories
DA Says He Was Told in May of Decision to Not Prosecute Deputies Over Evidence Handling
Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer said Wednesday he was informed four months into his administration about a decision days after he was sworn in to not file charges against a sheriff’s deputy found to have made 74 false reports about evidence booking.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Diaz: The Party of The People Slate, A New Twist On Party Participation
The Party of the People Slate, 27 progressive humanitarian Democrats share on why run as a slate and the need for their election for the Democratic Party Central Committee in this March’s primary ballot.
Posted inCountywide
Kriz: Another 23 People Died “Without Fixed Abode” (Homeless) in OC in January 2020
Another 23 people died “without fixed abode,” that is homeless in OC in January 2020. During this time, as always, there have been lights and shadows in terms of progress. The City of Fullerton approved 4-1 a new 150 bed Recuperative Care / Navigation Center for the homeless, while there have been rumblings about repurposing the County’s old Fairview Mental Health Facility to multipurpose development. Fr Kriz warns that if the Fairview Facility is diminished from its original purpose as a residential mental health facility, then it would be equivalent to saying that Orange County prefers to keep hundreds of its most afflicted, yes, at times most problematic people, sleeping on its streets rather than indoors where they can be helped.
Posted inOC Feet to the Fire
Feet to the Fire Podcast: OC Democratic Party Chair Ada Briceño
Voice of OC Publisher Norberto Santana, Jr. recently interviewed Orange County Democratic Party Chair Ada Briceño just ahead of the March 2020 primary. Voice of OC will interview Orange County Republican Party Chair Fred Whitaker.
Posted inGovernment, Safety, Security & Justice, Top Stories
Questions Mount for Sheriff and DA About Systemic Errors in Preparing Criminal Cases
On Tuesday, it was publicly disclosed in Orange County Superior Court that sheriff officials kept a deputy in the field doing investigations months after they learned he made numerous false statements in police reports about evidence booking.
Posted inInside the Newsroom
Voice of OC Publisher Norberto Santana, Jr. to Moderate OC Supervisor District 1 Candidate Debate
Voice of OC Publisher Norberto Santana, Jr. will moderate a candidates debate this Thursday, Feb. 20, for the OC Board of Supervisors District 1 race.
Posted inCountywide, Housing & Homelessness, Top Stories
‘The Survival of Our Region’ Depends on Addressing Housing Crisis: A Q&A With Kome Ajise
Voice of OC spoke with Kome Ajise, the executive director of SCAG about how the plan was developed, and what’s at stake with Southern California’s housing crisis.
Posted inARTS & CULTURE, Music, Top Stories
Pacific Symphony’s New Season Includes a Collaboration with South Coast Repertory
Pacific Symphony’s 2020-2021 season is announced, marks the beginning of music director Carl St.Clair’s fourth decade with the orchestra.
