Highly critical state audit of $42 billion statewide rail program focuses on lax accounting by the project’s prime contractor, which shared responsibility for Boston’s infamous ‘Big Dig’ tunnel project.
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, Top Stories, Yorba Linda
State Political Watchdog Investigating Yorba Linda Councilwoman
Complaint alleges that Jan Horton offered a motion regarding a redevelopment area next to her home.
Posted inAnaheim, Buena Park, Fullerton
Sex Offenders Will Move Out of Anaheim House
The men will be out by the end of the week, say officials with the Buena Park church that supervises that home and other group homes for sex offenders.
Posted inAnaheim, Buena Park, Investigative, Transportation
Pringle Indicates Interest in Another Term Atop High-Speed Rail Board
But the termed-out Anaheim mayor has competition — Buena Park mayor wants the job too.
Posted inAnaheim
Why Do So Many More Convicted Sex Offenders Live in North County?
Several factors could play a role in the significant disparity in the number of registered sex offenders living north of the 55 freeway to the number living south of the freeway.
Posted inYorba Linda
Yorba Linda Conflict Question Finally Aired in Public
State watchdog says Councilwoman Jan Horton can’t vote on issues regarding redevelopment project near her home. Ruling comes after city spends more than $8,000 getting the question answered.
Posted inBuena Park, Transportation
High-speed Hope in Buena Park
Study could conclude high-speed rail builders don’t have to tear down city’s train station after all.
Posted inCountywide, Fullerton, Investigative, Top Stories, Transportation
Checkpoints Don’t Catch Many Drunks But They Rake in the Bucks
Statistics show that police make relatively few drunk-driving arrests at DUI checkpoints. But they are a magnet for federal grant dollars.
Posted inFullerton
Fullerton to Consider Water Rate Increases
City decision is latest indication of how the bad economy and conservation efforts are leading to higher prices for water.
Posted inCountywide, Fullerton, Mission Viejo, Top Stories
Topeka Out Googles Fullerton and Mission Viejo
All three want to become one of the search giant’s high-speed internet cities. But the Kansas town wins the day.
