City leaders and developers have promised a future retail center at the park for years, and now are looking at hiring another developer to get it done.
Monthly Archives: July 2023
Orange Expands Street Vendor Crackdown, Moves to Impound Equipment
City staff say they’re being followed and threatened as they try to enforce street vending laws. Now officials are looking to expand impoundment power and regulate food trucks.
Rail Service, Including Metrolink, Pacific Surfliner, Set to Resume Through San Clemente on Monday, July 17
The rail line through San Clemente is set to reopen for passenger rail service on Monday, July 17, as emergency work has been completed to build a temporary barrier wall to protect the track.
Hotel Workers in Irvine and Anaheim Join Second Round of Strikes
Workers at three hotels in OC walked out as part of a series of rolling strikes across Southern California as a labor union demands greater pay for employees.
Is Orange County’s Coastal Train Entering its Final Days?
While local leaders are spending millions of dollars shoring up the rail line from environmental threats, conversations are starting on potentially moving the line away from a shifting coast.
Anaheim Continues to Spend Heavily on Police, Not So Much on Libraries And Parks
Leaders of OC’s largest city continue regional trends of handing police a lion’s share of taxpayer money while giving a marginal slice of it to community services.
Are Westminster City Council Members Going to Axe Their City Manager?
Former City Clerk Christine Cordon became Westminster’s first Vietnamese American City Manager and is helping city hall navigate a multimillion dollar deficit. Will she get fired?
Will Hard Financial Straits Turn Westminster Into A City of Lights?
Billboards can be an unsightly consequence of local government inaction – one that’s opened up yet another city in SoCal to towering digital screens.
Will Irvine Hold Onto Extra Power at OC’s Clean Energy Agency?
A public split between city leaders is generating questions over how much power one city should have at the countywide power agency.
Reitz: Climate Action Plan
Orange County Board of Supervisors needs to develop a Climate Action Plan which will reduce Orange County’s contribution to atmospheric carbon pollution. Such a plan will bring benefits to the County through clean energy projects and industries that capitalize on the changes that will be needed.

