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Yearly Archives: 2022
Posted inSanta Ana
‘Abstain’: Are OC Officials Using a Public Meeting Ethics Check to Dodge Accountability?
Some local policymakers in Orange County are questioning whether a conflict-of-interest check at public meetings is allowing politicians to avoid taking a stance on controversial matters.
Posted inDance
Alonzo King Calls for Peacemakers in a New Work for American Ballet Theatre
The acclaimed company, at Segerstrom through Sunday, is presenting three works including a world premiere.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Kriz: Yet Another 46 People Died “Without Fixed Abode” in OC in February, Tying Record Set Only Last Month
Yet another 46 people died “without fixed abode” in OC in February. This ties the record set only last month, January, and with three less days. In 2019 and 2020 only 20 died in February, so the death rate has more than doubled in these past few years. There are actions that could be done. We could be inspired by the response of the nations bordering Ukraine which have put roofs over the heads millions of refugees in only a few weeks. But also in the absence here of action, the County’s homeless are going to need to use the agency that they have to protect themselves on their own. Help may come, but honestly, it may not, or too late.
Posted inPolitics & Elections
Local NAACP Chapter Calls on Todd Spitzer to Resign, Citing DA’s Treatment of People of Color
“We can’t continue to remain silent,” say NAACP leaders in OC, pointing to an imbalance they’ve witnessed in prosecuting people of color in Orange County.
Posted inSafety, Security & Justice
Muslims Continue Battling FBI For Spying on OC Mosques After Supreme Court Ruling
After 10 years of litigation and a Supreme Court ruling, Muslim Americans are still looking to hold the FBI accountable for what they say was a violation of their First Amendment rights.
Posted inEducation
Capistrano Unified Trustees Wrestle With School Board Vacancy Following Abrupt Resignation
Pamela Braunstein resigned citing harassment, leaving trustees to figure out how to fill her empty seat on a board that oversees one of the largest school districts in Orange County.
Posted inPlacentia
Placentia Middle Schoolers Sent Home After Assistant Principal Took His Own Life on Campus
The death happened in a private staff area and no one was present or witnessed it, said a Monday news release sent out to parents by school principal Michael Young.
Posted inCOAST
Fighting For a Middle-Class Harbor in Orange County
Those unhappy with Dana Point Harbor’s new landlord question who will still be around to appreciate the “revitalized” marinas amid price hikes they say have pushed out less affluent boaters.
Posted inCountywide
DA Investigator’s Report Details Concerns DA Spitzer Jeopardized Mass Shooting Case
Spitzer’s conduct drew alarm from three senior DA prosecutors, according to a DA investigator’s report obtained by Voice of OC. Spitzer denies the allegations.
