Placentia and Brea recently updated short term rental laws in an effort to curb rowdy guests, campaign spending heats up in OC Supervisors races – these are just some of this week’s biggest headlines.
Category: CENTRAL COUNTY
Santa Ana to Mandate Staffing at Self-Checkout Lanes
Santa Ana is the latest city in OC moving forward with an ordinance requiring supermarkets and pharmacies to staff their self-checkout aisles.
Another Orange County City Considers Mandating Staffing at Self-Checkout Aisles
Santa Ana officials will be the latest to consider implementing staffing ratios and item limits at self-checkout stands in local supermarkets and retail drugstore chains.
Orange County’s First Ever Neurodivergent Film Festival
Blu Star Productions will host a day of in-person screenings and panels at the Frida Cinema in Santa Ana on Saturday, May 2.
OC’s Biggest Civic Headlines as Residents Protest Landfill Expansion
Residents sounded off on the Prima Desecha landfill expansion at a townhall, more cities eye fireworks crackdowns – these are just some of this week’s biggest civic headlines.
Under Construction: Santa Ana’s Long Winding Saga With Torn Up Streets
Many Santa Ana residents have grown up alongside street improvements that seemingly never end.
Costa Mesa Looks to Permit Catch-And-Release Services For Community Cats
Cat rescuers would obtain a permit from the city allowing them to perform trap, neuter and return services for feral and community cats.
OC’s Biggest Headlines as South County Landfill Controversy Heats Up
Despite claiming otherwise, an OC Supervisor was told about the South County landfill expansion years ago, a judge overturned a $2.9 million Santa Ana police retaliation verdict – these are just some of this week’s biggest civic headlines.
Santa Ana Police Called to Aid Federal Officers Before Firing on ICE Protesters Last Year
Almost a year since the ICE protests, Santa Ana police officials publicly answered limited questions on their scrutinized response to last June’s protests amid looming legal threats.
OC Judge Overturns $2.9 Million Verdict in Santa Ana Police Retaliation Lawsuit
A judge overturned a $2.9 million ruling in favor of a former Santa Ana police administrator who alleged she was being unlawfully retaliated against by her superior, arguing there was insufficient evidence to support the jury’s verdict.



