Public relations firm Forde & Mollrich and landscape architect Mia Lehrer were issued subpoenas earlier this month demanding they turn over thousands of records to the city’s forensic auditor.
Category: SOUTH COUNTY
South Orange County takes in Irvine, Mission Viejo, Lake Forest, Aliso Viejo, Rancho Santa Margarita and the master-planned cities around them, where growth and open space keep meeting at the council dais. Every story we have published about south county, newest first.
Posted inIrvine
Irvine Considers New Term Limits
The move would prevent longtime councilman Larry Agran from running for office again.
Posted inCountywide, Irvine, Top Stories
Irvine Committee Will Identify Veterans Cemetery Site
The decision was accompanied by political bickering as the council’s Democrats, with support from some veterans, complained of being railroaded out of the process.
Posted inCountywide, Irvine, Top Stories
Effort to Befriend Vietnamese City Sparks Outrage in Irvine
City Councilman Larry Agran withdraws his proposal to establish ties with the city of Nha Trang after protests from the Vietnamese community.
Posted inIrvine, Top Stories
Controversy Follows UC Irvine Scientist’s Brain Scan Testimony
For decades, Dr. Joseph Wu has used UCI’s PET brain imaging technology as the basis of his forensic diagnoses in murder cases. Wu’s testimony has a dubious reputation among experts in the field, with one calling it “hokum.”
Posted inIrvine
Irvine Council to Decide on Supporting Veterans Cemetery Bill
The bill would establish a state veterans cemetery in Orange County.
Posted inCountywide, Health & Wellness, Investigative, Irvine, Top Stories
Former UCI Professor Pleads Guilty to Felony Conflict of Interest
Tatsuya Suda, once a world-renowned computer scientist, became the first University of California professor convicted of criminal conflict of interest involving research funding.
Posted inIrvine
Video: Irvine Leaders Clash Over Great Park Spending
With a recent audit as the backdrop, Councilmen Jeff Lalloway and Larry Agran went head-to-head on Rick Reiff’s “SoCal Insider.”
Posted inEducation, Irvine
Irvine Council Rejects Agran’s School Site Ballot Proposal
The Democrat requested an advisory measure on the June ballot, but Republicans accused him of using “our children as political footballs.”
Posted inCountywide, San Juan Capistrano, Top Stories
Free Speech Fight Energizing San Juan Capistrano Residents
An effort by the City Council majority to ban a crusading community newspaper from being distributed at City Hall has turned the town into a First Amendment battleground.
