The ruling possibly ties Garden Grove’s hands on the golf course, with city officials now prohibited from finalizing any development agreement for the golf course likely until after an expansion of the Surplus Land Act — which goes further in restricting the ways cities can’t find exemptions to the law and circumvent it — takes effect next year.
Category: News Briefs
Orange County news briefs were the short items that did not need a full story of their own: a vote taken, a filing made, a number released. The newsroom stopped filing here in 2025 and the archive stays, newest first.
Posted inCollegiate News Service, News Briefs
Laguna Beach Working with Neighboring Cities to Share Wildfire Safety Resources
Laguna Beach is teaming up with Irvine and Newport Beach to increase wildfire safety. Editors’ Note: This dispatch is part of the Voice of OC Youth Media program, working with […]
Posted inCollegiate News Service, News Briefs
Improved Credit Rating Impacts Placentia’s Financing of Projects
Placentia’s upgraded credit rating is having an immediate impact on city projects, including the financing of $1.8 million for new fire apparatus, city officials say. Editors’ Note: This dispatch is […]
Posted inNews Briefs, State
OC Fair Aims to Hike Admission Fees Next Year
Staff say increasing minimum wage and looming employee pension costs will make the admission price increases necessary.
Posted inInvestigative, News Briefs, State
OC Fair Board Appoints New CEO
Fair officials appointed Michele Richards, a former executive staffer who’s promising a new era of transparency for the state agency amid years of controversy leading to the October ousting of Richards’ predecessor, Kathy Kramer.
Posted inCollegiate News Service, Huntington Beach, News Briefs, Outdoors
Community Opposition Continues to Mobilize Against on Poseidon Desalination project
Residents, experts and environmental advocates gathered at a Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board meeting last Friday to oppose a permit for the Poseidon Water desalination facility in Huntington Beach.
Posted inCollegiate News Service, News Briefs, Tustin
Citizens Sue to Stop Costco Gas Station in Tustin
Some Tustin Ranch homeowners are continuing their fight against the approval of a nearby Costco gas station by filing a lawsuit to stop the project approved by the Tustin City Council.
Posted inEconomy, Garden Grove, Government, Housing & Homelessness, NEWS, News Briefs, Outdoors, REGIONS, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Garden Grove City Council Pushes Vote on Willowick Golf Course Land Sale to Next Week
At their next meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 17, Garden Grove council members will decide whether to lease the 100-acre Willowick Golf Course to hotel development company McWhinney over the next five decades, with currently no information from city staff on exactly how much in dollars the developer would be paying annually for the property.
Posted inCollegiate News Service, News Briefs, Stanton
Stanton Poised to Extend Moratorium on Massage Parlors
Stanton City Council members are expected to vote Dec. 10 on extending a temporary ban on establishing new massage parlors for a year. Editors’ Note: This dispatch is part of […]
Posted inCountywide, Government, Investigative, News Briefs, Safety, Security & Justice, Top Stories
Sheriff Officials Buried Misconduct Reports, Ex-Sergeant Testified
And audit found that more than 60 reports alleging misconduct or crimes by sheriff officials had not been not investigated, Sgt. William West said in testimony reported by the Orange County Register.
