Officials plan to add $25 million to their reserves despite grand jury concerns about such buildups.
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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 inHealth & Wellness, Housing & Homelessness, Top Stories
UC Irvine Conference Focuses on Criminalization of Homelessness
Experts discuss how allowing police to arrest homeless people for conducting the activities of daily living is essentially criminalizing poverty.
Posted inCountywide, Top Stories, Transportation
On The Agenda
Costa Mesa moves forward with plans for housing the homeless, and county leaders interview candidates for clerk-recorder.
Posted inHealth & Wellness, Investigative, Top Stories
Diabetes Coaches Help Patients Communicate With Their Doctors
Questions for Sherrie Kaplan, a professor at the UC Irvine School of Medicine, who recently concluded the research project.
Posted inCountywide, Top Stories
Friday on PBS: Board of Supervisors’ Deal for a New County CEO Unravels
Tune in to PBS SoCaL at 5 p.m., when we’ll delve into the hot topics in Orange County politics and government.
Posted inCosta Mesa, Countywide, Top Stories
Fair Board Intensifies Calls for Investigation
Members want the district attorney and governor to investigate a shadowy state financing agency.
Posted inHealth & Wellness, Top Stories
CDC Confirms Valley Fever Epidemic; Cases Up 850 Percent in California
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed in a new research article that cases of the fungal disease rose at stunning rates.
Posted inHealth & Wellness, Top Stories
Test Program for Dual Eligible Patients Set to Begin in October
The eight-county test program for those covered by both Medicare and Medi-Cal is to be a test run before the Affordable Car Act goes into effect.
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, Top Stories, Transportation
County Experiments With Privatizing Ambulance Service
For the first time, private paramedics were deployed last week in Orange County to transfer patients between health facilities.
Posted inCountywide, Irvine, Top Stories
Irvine Council Majority Installs Interim City Attorney
The move is the latest in a power transition by Republican council members, who became the council majority after last November’s election.
