The governor seeks a demonstration project between Los Angeles and San Diego that would give commuters an idea of what to expect from a statewide program.
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 inCountywide, Investigative, Placentia, Top Stories
Police Reductions and Cuts to Youth Programs in Placentia
The city needs to trim $3.6 million from next year’s budget, which could translate to 10 police department positions left vacant.
Posted inCountywide, Investigative, Orange, Outdoors, Top Stories
Orange Planners Approve Controversial Development
Builder has plans for residential housing on one of the city’s last remaining areas of open space. Orange City Council will likely take up the issue in July.
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, Yorba Linda
Immigration Vote Reveals Divisions on Yorba Linda Council
The 3-0 vote to be the first Orange County city to officially support Arizona’s controversial new immigration law belies the bad feelings among council members.
Posted inAnaheim, Fullerton
Anaheim Can’t Get Its Public Record Act Together
The city is in the midst of a drawn-out process of transferring paper records to computer. Meantime, officials are seemingly unable to handle even the most basic request in a timely fashion.
Posted inAnaheim, Corrections, Countywide, Fullerton, Investigative, Top Stories
Crime in Orange County Trending Down Along with Police Budgets
Conventional wisdom says bad economies and slashed budgets lead to more crime. But that is not what seems to be happening.
Posted inPlacentia
Hey, You, Get Off of My Road
Placentia passes resolution to keep utility, phone and cable companies from digging up newly paved roads in the city.
Posted inAnaheim
California Inspector General To Examine High-Speed Rail
State watchdog asked to keep tabs on the $42 billion program in the wake of a critical audit.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Investigative, Top Stories, Transportation
Anaheim ‘Outfoxed’ by San Francisco on High-Speed Rail
Curt Pringle and other officials need to come up with $200 million to change train station design so it can handle high speed trains. San Francisco, meanwhile, is sitting pretty.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Investigative, Top Stories, Transportation
The First Step is Admitting You Have a Problem
The high-speed rail authority has done that, say two state Senate leaders. But there is less agreement over the future of the authority following findings of mismanagement of the $42 billion rail project. And a possible conflict of interest issue looms.
