Orange County health officials appear to end 25 years of debate over how to clean up a leak under a Seal Beach gas station.
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Posted inGovernment, Investigative, Politics & Elections, Top Stories
Another View on Mental Health Funding
New money should go to prevention programs, not necessarily more clinicians, says member of the Orange County Psychological Association.
Posted inCosta Mesa, Countywide, Investigative, State, Top Stories
Deeper Shades of Gray at the OC Fairgrounds
This year’s Orange County Fair is set to break attendance records, but that success hasn’t made the ownership picture at the 150-acre Fairgrounds any clearer.
Posted inCountywide, Investigative, Top Stories
The Realities of Life in Juvenile Hall
Recently, Voice of OC ran a news story on a “melee” at Orange County Juvenile Hall that injured at least one staff, putting her in the hospital. I would dispute […]
Posted inGovernment, Health & Wellness, Investigative, Top Stories
A New Mental Health Paradigm Brings a New Conundrum
A recent voter-backed initiative is funding new mental health programs across Orange County. But the traditional one-on-one care that clinicians have long provided mental health patients is being cut.
Posted inCountywide, Top Stories
Letter: ‘Another Rackauckas Ruckus’
Writer says Orange County district attorney trivializes DNA collection by ‘selling dismissals for $75 and a spit in the bucket.’
Posted inCountywide, Top Stories
Ice Follies
KOCE reporter David Nazar’s “accidental” toppling of a work in progress of famed ice sculptor Roland Hernandez at the OC Fair has gone viral.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Investigative, Orange, Top Stories
Juvenile Hall Fight Prompts Questions About Staffing Levels
County officials say a fighting incident among 27 inmates at Orange County Juvenile Hall last weekend was quickly brought under control. Union officials argue that the melee is an example of what happens when a facility is not properly staffed.
Posted inCountywide, Investigative, Laguna Hills, Laguna Niguel, Mission Viejo, Top Stories
The Rights and Wrongs of Redevelopment
The Shops at Mission Viejo is a redevelopment success story,
while adjacent Kaleidoscope Courtyards is a redevelopment failure.
The Laguna Hills mall (pictured) never even had the chance. What do
these projects and others say about redevelopment as public
policy?
Posted inBrea, Countywide, Investigative, Top Stories
Do the Numbers Add Up for Brea’s Fire Department?
City manager assures council that a reorganization plan will realize enough savings to save the department. But firefighter’s union head calls the plan “terrible.”
