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Monthly Archives: February 2023
Posted inEducation
Orange Unified School Officials Hit With Brown Act Complaint After Superintendent Firing
It’s the first step toward a lawsuit, and the latest development in a push to reshape what kids are taught in public schools.
Posted inPolitics & Elections
Special Interests Don’t Always Win Elections in Orange County
The last election found some of OC’s most powerful special interests falling short of their desired political spending results.
Posted inALL TOP STORIES
Rails to Trails: Old Train Tracks May Be Key in Solving Central OC’s Green Space Shortage
An unused railway line might get new life as a calmer pathway for bikes away from car traffic in a park-poor stretch of OC.
Posted inAnaheim
Is Anaheim Shortchanging its Commissioned Corruption Probe?
Investigators asked for more time and money to further examine what they said could be criminal activity. City Council members, citing cost concerns, asked them to narrow the probe.
Posted inEquality & Equity
Huntington Beach City Council Ditches Pride Flag By Restricting Flags Flying Over City Hall
The proposal bans the flying of any flags that aren’t official government flags or flags for the armed forces.
Posted inWater, Power & Waste
OC Green Power Agency’s Top Lawyer Resigns Before Possibly Being Fired
Ryan Baron’s resignation came as Irvine Councilwoman Kathleen Treseder threatened to vote to pull the city out of the agency if he stayed.
Posted inTop Stories
A Look at the 43rd Annual OC Black History Parade & Unity Festival
PHOTO STORY: Photos from this weekend’s parade and festival in Anaheim.
Posted inHealth & Wellness
Fraud Concerns Preceded Shutdown of Drug Treatment Program at OC’s Be Well Mental Health Campus
Telecare Corp. was using staff who didn’t have required credentials and then billing taxpayers for it, according to the county. “This practice is viewed as fraudulent,” they wrote.
Posted inEducation
Orange Unified School District Reinstates Digital Library After Parent Concerns
After pushback on the decision to suspend the digital library, district officials brought back the digital library, Sora, saying they fixed issues with the app.
