Orange County’s inadequate system for regulating private ambulances puts patients at risk of being served by a firm with questionable practices.
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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 inGovernment, Top Stories
CalOptima Board Postpones Appointment of Interim CEO
The “hope,” according to the board chairman, is that a temporary replacement for the acting CEO will be in place by September.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Top Stories
Understanding What Poverty Is: Questions for Dr. Michael Riley
The director of Orange County’s Social Services Agency talks about the old notions and new faces of poverty and what his agency is doing in the wake of the Great Recession.
Posted inHealth & Wellness, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Letter From Princeton: Ana’s First Taste of Academic Life
Ana Maldonado, the young woman who went from Santa Ana’s Pio Pico Elementary to Princeton, updates us on her experiences.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Investigative, Top Stories
Can Anaheim Repair a Broken Trust With Latino Community?
After years of gains, recent police shootings have pushed the level of distrust between the police department and Latinos back to where it was a decade ago, when the department kept dossiers on Latino leaders.
Posted inHealth & Wellness, Investigative, Top Stories, Water, Power & Waste
Vote on Controversial Water Project to Take Place Tuesday
The Santa Margarita Water District board will decide whether to approve a project that would import water from the eastern desert.
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, Top Stories
Lawyer Says Drakodaidis Plans Return, Is ‘Ideal Candidate’ for CEO
The deputy CEO, who took medical leave after Bustamante arrest and made numerous corruption allegations, says she’s coming back to work Aug. 31.
Posted inGovernment, Health & Wellness, Investigative, Top Stories
Former CalOptima Chairman Quits
In his resignation letter, Ed Kacic asserts that “various forces over the past year have caused severe disruption to the organization.”
Posted inCountywide, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Two Santa Ana City Councilmen Move to Unseat Mayor Pulido
David Benavides and Sal Tinajero both have pulled their nomination papers to run for mayor, thus setting up one of the most competitive elections for the office in recent history.
Posted inCountywide, Top Stories
On The Agenda
The Costa Mesa City Council is set to place a proposed city charter on the November ballot.
