The fire authority has made improvements since the 2007 Santiago fire exposed its inadequacies. But questions remain as to whether it is ready for another big wildfire.
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All of the local news you can’t miss on what’s happening in Orange County today across all of the topics we cover.
Posted inCountywide, Top Stories
State Looking to Chinese for High Speed Rail Help
If high speed rail ever comes to fruition in California it may end up being yet another thing that is made in China.
Posted inCountywide, Fullerton, Investigative, Top Stories, Transportation
Checkpoints Don’t Catch Many Drunks But They Rake in the Bucks
Statistics show that police make relatively few drunk-driving arrests at DUI checkpoints. But they are a magnet for federal grant dollars.
Posted inCosta Mesa, Countywide, Investigative, Top Stories
The Deal that Keeps Getting Worse
When the governor put the Orange County fairgrounds up for sale it seemed the perfect chance for group of local power brokers to demonstrate the wisdom of privatization. It has turned out to be a lesson in its perils.
Posted inCountywide, Investigative, Top Stories
The Mysterious (and Expensive) Search for a Conflict in Yorba Linda
The city has run up a $9,600 legal bill trying to determine whether ‘a particular council member’ has a conflict of interest.
Posted inCosta Mesa, Countywide, Government, Investigative, Norberto Santana Jr., Top Stories
Who Are the Advisors to the Advisors?
With just weeks to go before a self-imposed deadline on making a deal to purchase the Orange County fairgrounds, the city of Costa Mesa is still putting its negotiating team together.
Posted inCountywide, Investigative, Top Stories, Transportation
Bullet Trains Might Share Tracks with Commuters
Such an arrangement could save money, be less intrusive and save endangered stations like the one in Buena Park.
Posted inCosta Mesa, Countywide, Government, Investigative, State, Top Stories
Fate of Fairgrounds Clouded as Deadline Nears
Schwarzenegger and Costa Mesa have two weeks left on a self-imposed deadline to get a deal done. Right now they’re not even close.
Posted inCountywide, Investigative, Top Stories
Orange County Just One Place with Spiking Water Rates
Water is getting more expensive from here to Maine. Experts say it’s the economy’s fault.
Posted inCountywide, Top Stories
Use Less Water, Pay More for It
Conservation measures and recession cause drops in water use in Orange County cities. As a result, rates are going up.
