The ruling by Superior Court Judge David R. Chafee allows the city to issue operating permits for 20 medical marijuana dispensaries.
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 inCountywide, Government, Inside the Newsroom, Investigative, News Briefs, Santa Ana
Voice of OC Podcast: Everybody (in Santa Ana) Must Get Stoned
This week we delve into Santa Ana’s increasingly entertaining medical marijuana scene and more problems with the county’s animal shelter.
Posted inGovernment, News Briefs, Top Stories
Supervisors Appoint Page as County’s Top Attorney
Leon Page, who is currently senior assistant county counsel, is slated to replace retiring County Counsel Nick Chrisos on July 24, after Page’s new contract is negotiated and approved.
Posted inCountywide, Investigative, News Briefs, Top Stories
DA’s Chief of Staff Hustles to Fix More Errors in Conflict of Interest Forms
Susan Kang Schroeder, chief of staff to District Attorney Tony Rackauckas, late Friday filed 14 pages of amendments to her five years worth of overdue conflict of interest reports.
Posted inCountywide, News Briefs, Top Stories
OC Weekly: Hundreds of West OC Court Cases May Have Been Tampered With By ‘Rogue’ Worker
Court begins investigation into altered records of hundreds of cases like traffic tickets and drunk driving citations.
Posted inInside the Newsroom, News Briefs
Voice of OC Podcast: Pappas on Policing Pot
Reporter Adam Elmahrek talks with attorney Matthew Pappas about controversial new video of Santa Ana Police raiding his client’s marijuana dispensary.
Posted inNews Briefs
Pot Shop Raid Lights Up SoCal Media Landscape
The video went viral on social media, garnering thousands of views. NBCLA coordinated its reporting on the video with Voice of OC. KTLA, KABC and Fox 11 News also picked up the story.
Posted inCountywide, Health & Wellness, Investigative, News Briefs, Top Stories
Grand Jury: Rate of Dropped Calls on Child Abuse Hotline Triples
The number of people calling to report the possibility of a child being neglected or abused who hang up while waiting to talk to an social worker has increased, from 5-8 percent in 2012, to 15-25 percent in 2014.
Posted inGarden Grove, Investigative, News Briefs
Garden Grove To Pick New City Manager from Cincinnati
Scott C. Stiles, the assistant city manager for the city of Cincinnati, is likely to be appointed as Garden Grove’s permanent city manager on Thursday.
Posted inGarden Grove, Health & Wellness, News Briefs
Under Threat of Lawsuit, Garden Grove Inches Toward District Elections
Under threat of a lawsuit from Latino advocacy groups, Garden Grove will hire a consultant to study the city’s demographics and determine whether racially polarized voting exists.
