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Monthly Archives: January 2025
Posted inALL TOP STORIES
These Pets at OC Animal Care Are Looking for a Home
As of Jan. 28, there are 153 dogs and five cats currently housed at OC Animal Care in Tustin waiting to be adopted.
Posted inIrvine
Irvine Strips Double Pay for Heavy Workloads From Housekeepers
Irvine City Council members voted 4-2 to repeal hotel worker protections that outlined increased compensation for heavy workloads.
Posted inCountywide
Free Things to Do This Weekend Across OC
Cultural celebrations, outdoor volunteer opportunities and documentary screenings: These are just a few of many free, family-friendly holiday events offered through public libraries and OC Parks this weekend.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Vaughn: Reform is Badly Needed in Orange County Government
Orange County government is malfunctioning. Its costly centralized administration is inaccessible to the citizens. It publicizes glossy “plans” but doesn’t follow through with implementation. Its unfocused risk-management office did nothing to prevent county crews from causing wildfires. The county should confront its shortcomings and take steps to address them.
Posted inSanta Ana
Santa Ana School Board Considers Laying Off 280 Teachers, Other Staff
With declining enrollment, Santa Ana Unified school board members are the latest public education leaders considering laying off hundreds of teachers and staff to keep their budget afloat.
Posted inOrange
Orange May Roll Out Paid Parking in Old Towne Amid Budget Woes
Still facing a $6.7 million budget deficit, Orange officials are instituting paid parking around Orange Plaza after a measure to increase the local sales tax narrowly failed in November.
Posted inTop Stories
Santana: Mystery Crisis Brewing at the OC Treasurer Tax Collector
Questions mount about a mystery move to take investing powers away from the elected county Treasurer by the Orange County Board of Supervisors, who are grappling with the aftermath of a bribery scandal.
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Orange County Sees More Elected Officials Get Censured
Two school board members — one from the Anaheim Elementary School District and another from the South Orange County Community College District — were both formally reprimanded by their respective colleagues within one week of each other.
Posted inGovernment
OC Leaders Scramble to Figure Out What Federal Funding is Cut Off by Trump Executive Orders
It remains unclear what funding could be cut off to the county, which has already implemented a hiring freeze amidst concerns about its own projected budget shortfall.
