Republicans could retake the majority of the OC Board of Supervisors as Republican Assemblywoman Diane Dixon was ahead of Democratic Supervisor Katrina Foley in updated ballot counts. 

If someone gets more than 50% of the vote in the Primary Election, they win the seat outright. If not, it goes to a runoff in the November General Election in a district where Republicans have roughly 22,000 more registered voters than Democrats. 

If trends continue, Democratic Santa Ana Councilman David Penzloza could be squaring off against Republican challenger Mayra Ruiz for the 68th Assembly District seat that represents the heart of Orange County. 

Former Cypress Mayor Paulo Morales, a Republican, could be squaring off against Democratic Cerritos Mayor Mark Pulido for the 67th Assembly District seat that covers a large portion of North OC and Southern LA County. 

As ballot counts rolled out on Election Night, a majority of Huntington Beach City Council members voted to allow a bikini bar to serve hard liquor despite two reported cases of rape and resident concerns the bar is near a school and already attracts a rowdy crowd. 

The OC Health Care Agency didn’t renew a state grant aimed at helping Black moms care for their newborns under a new program because county officials say the enrollment number didn’t meet state requirements.

Yet state public health officials say they didn’t cut any funding and OC Health Care Agency officials opted out of the program. 

GKN Aerospace – the company who owns the malfunctioning chemical tank in Garden Grove – is pledging $3 million to create a fund to help residents impacted by the evacuations and economic hardships stemming from the emergency that ended last week.

Officials in the City of Orange are putting a 1% sales tax increase proposal on the November that some city council members say is needed to prevent financial calamity as the city grapples with projected budget deficits. 

At the same time, Orange city officials are moving to build a skatepark using a series of grants – money that can’t be used to help buoy the general fund budget.

Some Fullerton roads are slated to be fixed as city officials continue grappling with some of Orange County’s most torn up streets – a source of constant resident complaints in the North OC city.