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Academics, advocates and activists met for a panel discussion at UC Irvine to hash out the pros and cons of a proposal to build a desalination plant in Huntington Beach, with environmentalists once again warning it would damage marine environments and raise water bills.
The eclipse provided a crescent view of the sun in the late morning for people at the Santa Ana Civic Center.
San Francisco’s Embarcadero and low-lying cities such as Huntington Beach will flood more frequently and more severely.
Fullerton’s Hillcrest Park soon will have a $724,000 pedestrian bridge crossing a creek that separates the sidewalk on Harbor Boulevard from the park’s veterans memorial, but will anyone use it?
California’s commitment to clean fuels assures a reliable demand for low-carbon fuels where even cows have a role to play.
OC Supervisors could reverse a 2011 board decision to allow the construction of a senior living facility in North Tustin, a project of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange that has drawn heated opposition and court challenges from local homeowners since it was proposed in 2009.
The city council may end its contract with the public employee pension plan and also support a state delay in increasing gasoline and diesel taxes.
Faced with projections of elevating ocean levels and aging sea barriers, Newport Beach city leaders plan to raise Balboa Island’s seawall by more than a foot.
Orange County officials press the flesh in D.C. hoping to stave off a pension-related tax increase.
Bright red ‘Fire Alert’ flags will start flying at city halls across Orange County this fall.