The Anaheim City Council last week voted unanimously to approve a $1 a year lease for the Illumination Foundation to use a vacant historic home as a homeless service center.
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 inLos Alamitos, News Briefs, Seal Beach, Westminster
Westminster City Clerk, Los Alamitos Police Captain Dead in Apartment Shooting
Westminster City Clerk Amanda Jensen and Los Alamitos police Capt. Rick Moore were found dead early Monday when a police SWAT team entered a Seal Beach apartment hours after a distress call and reports of gunshots.
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, News Briefs, Safety, Security & Justice, Top Stories
DA Investigator Who Filed Legal Claim Placed on Administrative Leave
Tom Conklin, an investigator for the Orange County District Attorney who filed a complaint in May claiming he has faced retaliation for whistleblowing, was placed on administrative leave July 13.
Posted inGovernment, Health & Wellness, News Briefs, Top Stories
Spitzer Says Heroin Addicts Should Get Help, Not Life-Saving Antidote Kits
As a growing opioid epidemic claims hundreds of lives across Orange County, Supervisor Todd Spitzer said heroin addicts should be given help for their addiction, not antidote kits to reverse the effects of opioid overdoses.
Posted inNews Briefs, Westminster
Westminster Approves Budget With New Spending
For the first time in years, the city of Westminster will step out of austerity mode and put more money into its budget for staff and services, thanks to an infusion of revenue from the one-cent sales tax increase approved by voters in November 2016.
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, News Briefs, Politics & Elections, Top Stories
Ex-Staffer’s Claim Against Spitzer Didn’t Pan Out, According to DA Investigator
The OC Register said District Attorney investigator Tom Conklin, in an 11-page summary of the investigation of Spitzer obtained by the newspaper, said bank records of former Spitzer aide Christine Richters didn’t show the cash withdrawals.
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, News Briefs, Safety, Security & Justice, Top Stories
DA Rackauckas Investigating Supervisor Spitzer, His Election Rival
According to the Los Angeles Times, Rackauckas, working with the state Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC), is looking into Spitzer’s campaign fundraising and spending as well as allegations from a former Spitzer legal client that she couldn’t pay her legal bills so Spitzer put her on his campaign and county payrolls and she used $7,000 of that money to repay him in cash.
Posted inGovernment, News Briefs, Politics & Elections, Safety, Security & Justice, Top Stories
Spitzer Officially Declares His Run Against Rackauckas for DA
The move, which had been expected for years, set the stage for what is anticipated to be an intense election campaign.
Posted inCorrections, News Briefs, Santa Ana
Santa Ana Police Had No Right to Expect Privacy During a Pot Shop Raid: Court of Appeal
Although officers believed they had disabled all cameras, it was unreasonable of them to conclude they were not being recorded, the court determined.
Posted inAnaheim, News Briefs
Anaheim City Council To Consider Resignation or Removal of City Manager
The agenda description does not say which employee is being considered for removal, but does list a separate item to appoint an interim city manager.
