The city is in the early stages of considering how to afford a 300-seat performing arts theater. Preliminary data estimates it would cost around $8 to $12 million to create the theater, but that’s not including costs to purchase a new building.
Author Archives: Angelina Hicks
Angelina Hicks is Voice of OC’s Collegiate News Service editor, leading the newsroom’s partnership with Chapman University that gives students the chance to report on civic news across Orange County.
Hicks was named the inaugural Tracy A. Wood Fellow in 2022, but she has been filing stories and mentoring students with the newsroom since her freshman year at Chapman in 2020. She reports on south county news and civics, including issues along the coast, the county-run animal shelter in Tustin and the OC Fair & Event Center. Her “Pets of the Week” series, published each Friday, highlights dogs and cats available for adoption at local shelters.
Hicks graduated from Chapman in 2023, where she was editor-in-chief of The Panther, the university’s student-run newspaper. She earned a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Southern California in 2024, where she was managing editor of Annenberg Media. She is an assistant professor of journalism and interim director of the journalism program at Chapman’s Wilkinson College.
Since she became Collegiate News Service editor, the number of student stories published on Voice of OC each year has nearly doubled.
Posted inOutdoors
OC Equestrian Center Boarding Rates Set to Nearly Double by Next Year
The OC Fair & Event Center Board of Directors narrowly approves a hotly-contested boarding rental rate increase that critics say will decrease public access at the equestrian center.
Posted inEducation
Two OC School Districts Hit With Layoffs, Personnel Shakeups
Leaders in two Orange County school districts are facing pushback – as one district announces plans to lay off over 100 teachers and another makes sweeping personnel changes.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
Laguna Beach Joins Other OC Cities in Strengthening Eviction Protections
If a landlord evicts a tenant to make renovations, the landlord will also be required to file the documents to the city under a new local ordinance aimed at curbing dubious evictions.
Posted inPolitics & Elections
Here’s Where Orange County Stands After Primary Election Night
OC voters decided on a host of races, including a potential upset in an OC Supervisors race, a possible recall of two school board members and potentially implementing voter ID laws in Huntington Beach.
Posted inPolitics & Elections
Primary Election Night Results: Huntington Beach Decides on Voter ID Law
Voters in Huntington Beach decided on three different measures on the primary ballot, including adding voter ID laws for elections, changing rules about which flags can be flown on city flag poles and a host of changes to city operations.
Posted inPolitics & Elections
Primary Election Night Results: Irvine Residents Vote On Creating District Elections
Voters in Irvine considered a measure that would expand the city council and create election districts in the city.
Posted inPolitics & Elections
Today’s the Last Day to Vote in the March Primary Election
It’s election day in Orange County and voters will decide on a slew of races including two county supervisor seats, three county board of education seats and a couple of ballot measures.
Posted inTop Stories
All Orange County Vote Centers Will Open March 2
Voters can head to any of the 183 vote centers across Orange County to cast their ballots in person starting at 8 a.m. beginning March 2. All centers close at the end of the primary election, 8 p.m. on March 5.
Posted inTop Stories
Laguna Niguel Is Latest Orange County City to Tighten E-Bike Rules
The south county city is the latest to grapple with e-bike regulation and safety as the electric vehicles grow in popularity.
