John Barnett, defense lawyer for officer charged with murder, claims his client had “a very positive interaction with another homeless person.”
Category: NORTH COUNTY
North Orange County covers Fullerton, Brea, La Habra, Buena Park, Placentia, Yorba Linda and their neighbors, where city budgets have been the recurring story. Every story we have published about north county, newest first.
Posted inAnaheim, Government, Investigative, Top Stories, Transportation
Anaheim Gives Up On Monorail
Mayor says $700-million elevated train system, still officially part of the city’s long-term transportation plan, would be “way too expensive.”
Posted inAnaheim
ACLU: Council Does Not Adequately Represent Minorities
The civil rights group says Anaheim must redistrict the city to ensure more Latinos are elected to the City Council.
Posted inCountywide, Investigative, Stanton, Top Stories
Venerable Stanton Neighborhood Tries to Save Its Park
Budget woes might mean the end of Victor Zuniga Park, but a group of neighbors rooted there for generations are doing all they can.
Posted inAnaheim
Anaheim Council Slashes Compensation for Mayor’s Aide
City Hall watchers say the move was part of a series of retaliations against Mayor Tom Tait over his position on hotel tax subsidies.
Posted inAnaheim
Police Shootings Prompt Investigation in Anaheim
Residents have been holding weekly protests against the department, saying rogue officers are shooting young men with impunity.
Posted inAnaheim
Anaheim Council Grants Subsidy Extension to Hotelier
The 3-2 vote for a tax subsidy worth up to $44 million to the developer of a four-star hotel in the city’s resort district mirrors an earlier vote on a controversial hotelier subsidy granted earlier in the year.
Posted inFullerton
Judge Rules Against Opponents of Fullerton Development
The proposed Coyote Hills project calls for 760 homes to be built on one of the last undeveloped tracts in North Orange County.
Posted inAnaheim
Anaheim Council Set to Discuss Subsidy for Another Hotelier
Tonight’s City Council agenda includes a subsidy extension for the developer of a four-star hotel in the city’s resort district.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Investigative, Top Stories
Is Another ‘Bill O’Connell Deal’ in the Works in Anaheim?
Sources say next week’s City Council agenda will include another subsidy request by a hotel developer. The item prompts references to the $158-million subsidy given to the developers of the GardenWalk hotels earlier in the year.
