Regulators won’t let SoCal Edison restart the plant until it can explain excessive tube wear.
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 inCountywide, Government, Investigative, Irvine, Top Stories, Transportation, Water, Power & Waste
Firm Wins Public Bidding Even When Not Best Qualified
Twice in recent weeks, Roger Faubel Public Affairs has received lucrative public contracts, even though it was initially not rated the best qualified firm.
Posted inIrvine
Great Park Budget Cuts Target Controversial Consultants
The park’s board approves a fiscal 2012-13 budget that includes significant cuts to no-bid contractors, including public relations firm Forde & Mollrich.
Posted inIrvine
Controversial Great Park Contract on Chopping Block
The Great Park Board of Directors will consider a park budget that would slash a $100,000-per-month contract for the public relations firm Forde & Mollrich.
Posted inIrvine
More Than Double the Number of Great Park Homes?
The proposal would increase the number of homes surrounding the Great Park in Irvine from nearly 5,000 to more than 10,000.
Posted inEducation, Investigative, Norberto Santana Jr., San Juan Capistrano
More Details Emerge on Coaches’ Alleged Kickback Scheme
The woman who first reported the scheme says multiple laws were broken. The lawyer for one of the fired coaches calls the school district’s investigator incompetent.
Posted inCommunity Opinion, Rancho Santa Margarita
Community Editorial: Rancho Santa Margarita’s Ban on Sleeping in Cars
Voice of OC Community Editorial board member, Dr. Michael Moodian, wonders why sleeping in a car is now a criminal act in Rancho Santa Margarita.
Posted inCountywide, Irvine, Top Stories
Understanding Kids’ Fitness From in Utero to the Soccer Field
Questions for Dr. Dan Cooper, director of UC Irvine’s Pediatric Exercise Research Center.
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, Irvine, Top Stories
Irvine Leaders Say They’re Being Burned by Fire Authority
Councilman Larry Agran says the amount Irvine residents pay the OC Fire Authority, compared with what other cities pay, is “out of whack.”
Posted inCountywide, Investigative, Irvine, Top Stories
Another Plot Twist at the Great Park
Irvine officials maintain that the park should still get $1.4
billion in property tax funding despite Gov. Jerry Brown’s
elimination of redevelopment. But the decision is now up to a
separate board.
