CENTRAL COUNTY CENTRAL COUNTY CANYONS » 2020 Candidates for OC Supervisor Are Coming into View Five South Orange County Cities Sued for Lack of Homeless Shelters On OC: Defending Orange County’s Backcountry Supervisors Reject Mayors’ Proposal For Homeless Shelter in Remote Canyon Canyons Homeless Shelter Opposed by Two Supervisors South OC Mayors Propose New Homeless Shelter at Former Silverado School Sheriff’s vs. Fire Authority Helicopter Rescue Battle Heats Up ‘Anonymous’ $50,000 Donation to County Sparks Debate Over Public’s Right to Know OC Fire Authority Plans Outside Investigation of Canyon Fire 2 Response Fire Chief for Most of OC Suddenly Resigns After Managers Demand It Sewer System Transfer Awash in Multi-Agency Input Canyons Home Development Gets Go-Ahead from Appeals Court Activists ‘Thrilled’ With Spitzer’s Call on Canyon Development Spitzer Says County Unlikely to Appeal Saddle Crest Ruling On The Agenda PBS: Activists Want Spitzer to Oppose Housing Proposal Angel Stadium Incidents Spark Probe of Ambulance Firm Canyon Residents: Spitzer Should Oppose Housing Proposal Supervisors Approve Controversial Canyon Development Plan Race for Third District Supervisor Seat Gets an Early Start COSTA MESA » Fate of OC Fairgrounds Swap Meet and Hundreds of Vendors Still Undecided OC Fair Audit Shows $220K in Improper Expenses, Travel, and Unreported Theft Costa Mesa Police Officers to Wear Body-Worn Cameras Amid Calls For Police Reform Permanent Homeless Shelter in Costa Mesa to be Built Near John Wayne Airport Segerstrom Center Announces 63% Staff Cuts, Joining OC Arts Organizations Struggling with Coronavirus Impact Costa Mesa Local Businesses to Get $2.7 Million in Relief From County of Orange All Eyes on OC Officials as Calls for Systemic Changes to Police Oversight Grow Amid Protests Costa Mesa City Council to Consider Ratifying Local Emergency Over George Floyd Protests Costa Mesa Sees Projected $30 Million Budget Deficit Caused by Coronavirus Costa Mesa Launches Loan Program to Assist Small Businesses No Hall? No Problem! Pacific Symphony Doubles Down on Online Presence Costa Mesa’s Parks, Golf Courses Partially Reopen for Recreational Activity Landlords, Property Owners Challenge Costa Mesa’s Eviction Moratorium OC Fair Allows Use of Property for Emergency Homeless Housing During Coronavirus Trailers for Homeless, Fair Cancellation on Fair Officials’ Table Today and Monday Costa Mesa Temporarily Waives Permits For Drive Through Food Pantries, Farmers’ Markets Without a Broader County Mandate, Mask Laws Vary By City Orange County Fair Could Be Cancelled This Year Due to Coronavirus Costa Mesa Postpones Hearing on Controversial Digital Signs at Triangle Square Costa Mesa Approves Ordinance Lowering Business Tax on Legal Marijuana OC Fair Getting Travel Trailers, Looking at Buildings on Property for Coronavirus Emergency Medical Use Costa Mesa Votes to Ban Evictions During Pandemic Costa Mesa Considers Banning Evictions During Pandemic Cities Across Orange County Adopt Eviction Ban Ordinances Costa Mesa Approves More Freedoms for Sidewalk Vendors South Coast Repertory Announces New Season, Tries to Salvage Current One American Ballet Theatre Takes Us to Ancient Greece in ‘Of Love and Rage’ ABT’s ‘Of Love and Rage’ Will Receive Its World Premiere at Segerstrom Local Officials Secure More Briefings From State and Feds on Plan to Send Coronavirus Patients to Costa Mesa Facility Yuja Wang Displays Virtuosity and Temperament for a Puzzled Segerstrom Audience Hodgins: ‘She Loves Me’ Serves as a Fine Directorial Debut The Reitz Era at Segerstrom Center is Underway Early Beethoven Gets the (Emanuel) Ax Treatment Itzhak Perlman is Still Having Fun OC Fair Officials Consider Hiking Ticket Prices Hodgins: South Coast Rep Partners with Playwrights Horizons in New Commissioning Project It’s the End of an Era as Friends and Fans Say Goodbye to Hal Landon Jr.’s Scrooge Spanish Harlem Orchestra Kicks the Holiday Up a Notch Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker” Gets the Ellington Treatment South Coast Repertory Receives $5-Million Argyros Donation Orange County Museum of Art Moves Forward with Its New, $73 Million Building Outgoing Costa Mesa Police Chief Claims Retaliation at City Hall Florence Price Rightfully Finds Her Place Next to Gershwin with the Pacific Symphony Community Salutes Veterans at OC Fairgrounds Heroes Hall Hodgins: After 40 Years of Humbugging, O.C.’s Scrooge is Hanging Up His Top Hat Pacific Symphony Concert Will Fete Living Legends Sondheim and Lloyd Webber Hodgins: Segerstrom Center’s New Leader is a Risky but Intriguing Choice Criminal Probe Underway Into OC Fire Authority Event With Political Candidates Mariinsky Keeps the Vision of Classical Ballet Alive, Bringing ‘La Bayadère’ to Segerstrom Center O.C. Museum of Art Breaks Ground on New Home at Segerstrom Center for the Arts Hodgins: South Coast Repertory’s New Leader Aims to Balance Its Past and Future John Wayne Airport: OC Rejects Requests to Back Up Promise of Capping Jet Space Hodgins: For Pacific Symphony, Carl St.Clair was the Right Man at the Right Moment State Investigating OC Fairgrounds’ Sponsorship of Vanguard University Over Possible Anti-Discrimination Law Violation OC Fair Board Grapples With Struggling Swap Meet Private Jet Battle Continues After New Promise is Made for John Wayne Airport Proposed 200 Homes for Mentally Ill Homeless at Fairview Prompts Local Debate Hodgins: Pacific Symphony Wraps Up Its 40th Season with “Mediocre” Mahler’s ‘Titan’ Costa Mesa Visual Arts Scene Starting to Make Waves Hodgins: ‘M. Butterfly’ Flies a Little Differently 30 Years After Its Creation Emerson Quartet Explores a Play on the Life of Shostakovich Newport Residents, Citing Campaign Cash, Win Pause on Private Jet Expansion Hodgins: Will Segerstrom Center Follow the National Diversity Trend When It Chooses a New Leader? Classical Icon Joshua Bell Joins Forces with Isserlis and Denk For a Concert at Segerstrom 7,000 Homeless People in OC is a Wake Up Call, Experts Say Will We See Another Big Hit at This Year’s Pacific Playwrights Festival? Federal Judge Presses OC Officials on Lack of Mental Health Shelter, Housing Hal Landon Jr. To Step Down As Scrooge After 40 Years Pacific Symphony Celebrates Nowruz with Persian Musicians Hodgins: Segerstrom Center Faces a Momentous Decision Hodgins: Dwyer Leaves a Strong Legacy at Segerstrom Despite His Mysterious Departure Pacific Symphony’s ‘Madame Butterfly’ Takes Flight in Costa Mesa Terry Dwyer Leaves Segerstrom Center New Local Arts Leaders Talk About How to Thrive in a Rapidly Changing Environment Carl St.Clair’s 30th Season with Pacific Symphony is Crammed with Favorites LA Phil Visits O.C. with a Demanding Modernist Program Looking Ahead at Orange County’s Political Landscape in 2020 Segerstrom Center Presents the Chamber Music of Lincoln Center Homelessness in OC: 2018 Year in Review The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra Plays a Holiday Concert at Segerstrom ‘Tis the Season for Surprises Segerstrom Center Presents the Branford Marsalis Quartet and Yuko Mabuchi Trio Segerstrom Center Presents Bernadette Peters Nothing Screams ‘Christmas’ Like an Organ Spectacular! Pacific Symphony and Pacific Chorale Combine for a Grand Messiah Arts & Learning Selling Pianos Final OC Election Results: Democrats Win Big as GOP Looks to 2020 A ‘Nutcracker’ Like You’ve Never Heard Kurt Elling Sings Christmas at Segerstrom Creating a Scrooge for the Ages Dems Leading in All OC Congressional Districts With Latest Results Preparation Meets Passion as the Dover Quartet Prepares to Play at Samueli Pacific Chorale Celebrates the Holidays with 2 Concerts and a Gala Hodgins: Sara Bareilles’ Songs and Some Solid Performances Save ‘Waitress’ Latest OC Election Results (Nov. 14): Kim Hangs Onto Small Lead in Key Congressional District $25 Digital Lottery Announced for Every Performance of ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ Rouda Declares Victory Against Rohrabacher in 48th Congressional District Russian Violinist Avoided Tchaikovsky’s Concerto for Years Democrat Rouda Increased Lead Over Longtime Rep. Rohrabacher First National Tour of ‘Hello, Dolly!’ Coming to Segerstrom Center for the Arts 48th Congressional: GOP Rep. Rohrabacher vs Democrat Rouda [Election Night Count] NYT Poll: Rep. Rohrabacher Tied With Democrat Rouda in 48th District A Classic Company Brings Classic Ballet to the Segerstrom Stage Hodgins: OCMA Moves a Step Closer to Its Goal With OCMAExpand Coastal OC Election Guide for November 2018 What is All the Fuss About? Kenny Barron Takes Years of Experience and Plays in the Moment An Intimate Musical Evening with Rob and Friends OC Expands Drug and Alcohol Rehab Registration The Chorale Brings ‘The Creation’ to Segerstrom … Finally! Corporate PAC Money Flows to All Candidates in Contested OC Congressional Races Hodgins: What Goes With Classical Music? Checkers, Cornhole and Cake Pops! Hodgins: One Year After Opening, is Argyros Plaza Really Working? First Stop: Orange County – The Taiwan Philharmonic Begins Its U.S. Tour on Oct. 30 Rohrabacher and Rouda Fight Over Notes Before First Debate Kristóf Baráti Looks at Stravinsky’s Big Picture RNC Chairwoman Says Orange County Key to Maintaining GOP House Majority Jazz Great Ahmad Jamal Comes to Orange County Rep. Dana Rohrabacher Debates Democratic Challenger Harley Rouda for First Time Hodgins: Solid Performances and Classic Pop Songs Overcome Predictability in the Carole King Musical “Beautiful” SCR’s ‘Vanya and Sonia’ is the Perfect Blend of Chekhov and Durang Former VP Joe Biden Stumps for OC Democratic Congressional Candidates Pacific Symphony Opens 2018-2019 Season With Vanessa Williams SCR cooks up Durang’s Chekhov take-off ‘Vanya and Sonia’ Hodgins: Pacific Symphony Turns 40 With a Bang and a Big Party Costa Mesa Mayoral Candidates Spar At Forum Incredible Night to Raise your Glass for Orange County Nonprofits at the Hops & Vines Charity Classic on September 27th Gov. Brown Signs Bill Creating OC Homeless Housing Agency New York Times Poll: GOP Rep. Rohrabacher Tied with Democrat Harley Rouda Homeless Shelters to Open in Santa Ana and Anaheim by End of December, Cities Say Santa Ana Police Should ‘Harass’ Homeless People to Move to Other Cities, Mayor Says OC Needle Exchange Plans to Open in September, as County Asks Court to Block It Judge Demands Progress on Homeless Shelters By September 7 Orange County Seeks Court Order Blocking Needle Exchange With Hundreds of Homeless Back on Streets, Judge Sets Friday Hearing OC Supervisors to hold emergency meeting on state-authorized OC Needle Exchange Program Armory Homeless Shelters Close, Many Unsure What’s Next OC Fairgrounds Tackles Safety Issues Leading up to County Fair Opening Final Results For OC’s Highest-Turnout Midterm Primary in More Than Three Decades North OC Commits to 700 New Homeless Shelter Beds; South County Identifies Zero Democrats Possible Challengers For Four OC Republican Congressional Seats Bartlett Re-Elected as Supervisor, Steel Has Wide Lead for Second Term Coastal OC Election Guide for the June 2018 Primary Central OC Election Guide for the June 2018 Primary Grand Jury to Cities & County: Stop Fighting, Form Regional Homelessness Board Federal Judge Sets June 13 Deadline for OC Cities to ID New Shelter Sites Mobile Unit Planned for OC Needle Exchange Experts: It’s Rohrabacher in November Against One of Three Top Challengers Santa Ana Asks Court to Order All OC Cities to Provide Homeless Services Horses Likely to Stay at OC Fairgrounds Supervisors Defend Their Turf and Criticize Spitzer’s Homeless Warnings Clearout of Homeless Camp Wraps Up at Santa Ana Civic Center Gov. Brown Oks Extensions for National Guard Armory Homeless Shelters County Asks National Guard for Extensions on Armory Homeless Shelters Costa Mesa Opposes Homeless Shelter at Fairview Mental Facility OC Supervisors Back Off New Homeless Shelters, Make Promise to Work With Cities Judge Expects County to Keep Promise of Beds for Riverbed Homeless Feet to the Fire 2: Costa Mesa Politics What’s Next for the Riverbed Homeless? Candidates for OC’s Four Contested Congressional Seats More than 100 Homeless People Relocated In One Day From Santa Ana Riverbed Judge Lifts Temporary Restraining Order; Allows County to Begin Clearing Homeless From Santa Ana Riverbed Federal Judge to Consider Breaking Santa Ana Riverbed Evictions Into Segments Federal Judge Walks Entire Length of Santa Ana Riverbed Homeless Camp For Firsthand Information Federal Judge Tells County and Cities to Move “Quickly” on Temporary Riverbed Homeless Aid Federal Judge Denies County’s Request to Modify Temporary Order Curbing Homeless Evictions Federal Judge Temporarily Halts Riverbed Homeless Evictions Federal Judge Orders Hearing On Santa Ana Riverbed Homeless Evictions Democratic Congressional Candidates Fail to Get Endorsement Recommendations in Four Key OC Races Lawsuit Seeks End to Santa Ana Riverbed Homeless Evictions; County Says It Won’t Stop Construction to Break Ground on I-405 Freeway Expansion Four County GOP Congressional Seats Targeted in 2018 Costa Mesa Police Union Private Investigator Sentenced to County Jail for Acts to Discredit Councilmen Costa Mesa Property Eyed as Site for Mental Health Service Center Holzmann: Costa Mesa Mental Health Campus Key to Solving OC Homelessness Public Services Director Ernesto Munoz Leaves Costa Mesa for Private Sector Appellate Court Rejects Police Union’s Attempt to Block Costa Mesa Case Carroll: Special Districts Are Focused Governments, Not Shadow Governments Costa Mesa ‘Motel Families’ Protest Plan to Demolish Their Home Prior Murder Adds Another Layer to Wozniak Case Public Defender Alleges Improprieties by Sheriff’s Deputies, TV Producers Developers of The LAB in Costa Mesa Eye Downtown Garden Grove This Week’s Civic Agenda Santa Ana Holds Lottery for Medical Pot Shop Licenses Costa Mesa Councilwoman Requests Look at Bikeway and Walkability DA Contract Sparks Concern at County; Lake Forest Could Regulate Vendors’ Politics Judge Recuses Himself From Wozniak Case Costa Mesa’s Righeimer Loses OCTA Seat to HB Councilman Katapodis Former Costa Mesa City Manager To Take Over for Fertal DA Arrests Investigators Who Tried to Ensnare Councilmen Final Vote Tallies Give Nguyen and Righeimer Victories High Drama Amid Razor-Thin Election Results in Costa Mesa 35 Votes Separate Costa Mesa Mayor from Challenger Mayor’s Lead Widens in Costa Mesa Race Recount is Possible in Tight Costa Mesa Council Race Council Majority Holding on Narrowly in Costa Mesa Flight Curfew Extended at John Wayne Airport Costa Mesa Candidates Join for Final Debate 9 Hot Debates to Watch This Week How Social Media Helped Free ICE Detainee Costa Mesa Hopefuls Hold Spirited ‘Feet to the Fire’ Forum OC Transportation Officials Reject Alternative to I-405 Toll Lanes Costa Mesa to OK Major Labor Deal Costa Mesa City Council Candidates to Debate Opponents of I-405 Toll Lanes to Present OCTA With Alternative Plan City Leaders Propose Alternative to I-405 Toll Lanes Costa Mesa Moves Toward Labor Deal Costa Mesa Council Rejects Marijuana Ballot Initiative Costa Mesa OKs Problem Motel Ordinance Toll Lane Debate Stirred Up by State Decision Costa Mesa Council Agrees to Amend Speaker Rules Councilwomen Bash Newly Proposed Public Speaker Rules Costa Mesa Could Make Repetitive Comments a Crime Voice of OC on PBS: Costa Mesa’s Labor Talks Ordinance Assembly Candidates Grilled in First ‘Feet to the Fire’ Forum Costa Mesa Set to Repeal Sex Offender Ban in Parks Audit: Costa Mesa Event Likely Violated City Puchasing Policies Long-term Housing for Homeless Inches Forward Costa Mesa Goes After Hazardous Motel Conditions DA Investigators Seize Records at Police Unions’ Law Firm Police Involved in Costa Mesa Anniversary Investigation Residents Demand Copies of Anniversary Event Contracts Costa Mesa Won’t Release Records on GOP Chairman’s Firm PBS: Costa Mesa Debates Impact of Prisoner Realignment PBS: A Close Look at the Costa Mesa Labor Dispute PBS Video: Costa Mesa Labor Battle The Battle Resumes in Costa Mesa Orange County Fair CEO Resigns Mesa Water District Drops ‘Competitive Rates’ From Goals Friday on PBS: Costa Mesa Moves Forward With Housing for Homeless Costa Mesa to Develop Permanent Housing for Homeless Why Is the Mesa Water District Caching So Much Cash? Fair Board Intensifies Calls for Investigation Fair Board Calls on DA to Re-Examine Privatization Bid Fair Board to Ponder Action on Failed Privatization Bid Fair Board Calls for Audits of Failed Bid to Privatize OC Fair Panel Calls for State Probe of Failed Fairground Sale City Council Approves Rescinding Last Layoff Notices Righeimer and Mensinger Get Top Spots on City Council State Supreme Court Backs Injunction Against Outsourcing Costa Mesa City Council Cancels Last Layoff Notices Righeimer Calls for Truce With Costa Mesa City Workers Costa Mesa Council Majority Holds but Loses Bid for a City Charter Measure for Costa Mesa Charter Attracts Big Labor Dollars Costa Mesa Rivals Clash on Charter Ballot Proposal ‘Feet to the Fire’ Hosts Costa Mesa Candidates Debate City Council Members Allege Police Union Bullying Costa Mesa Council OKs More Public Info on Labor Dealings Costa Mesa Places Charter Initiative on November Ballot Costa Mesa Takes Stand Against 405 Toll Lane Plans Costa Mesa Drops Auditing Firm CM Budget: Layoffs and More Spending on Infrastructure Community Editorial: Costa Mesa’s City Budget Doesn’t Value Workers Mansoor Finishes an Easy First in the 74th Assembly District Corrections on Costa Mesa Budget Article Costa Mesa Might Rethink Hiring Former Bell Auditors Fair Board OKs Farm Worker Monument Costa Mesa Council OKs First Round of City Outsourcing Proposed 19th Street Bridge Receives Stay of Execution Costa Mesa Grapples With How to Budget for Infrastructure Costa Mesa Council Will Take Early Look at Next Year’s Budget Costa Mesa Approves Annual Efficiency Audits by Outsiders OC Fair Board Advances Plans for Farm Worker Memorial Old Battles Revive on Fair Board Despite Breaking the Rules, Target Store Granted Later Hours Costa Mesa Council Cancels Firefighters’ Layoff Notices Mystery Over Missing Time for Costa Mesa’s Special Meeting Legal Worries Force Costa Mesa to Cancel Charter Meeting Costa Mesa Revives Prospect of June Election on Charter Department Managers to Pay More for Their Pensions Trash Hauler Bought Pricey Meals for Sanitation Officials Costa Mesa City Clerk Taking Fall for Missed Deadline Costa Mesa Council Approves Charter Lawsuit After the Fact Costa Mesa Request to Put Charter on June Ballot Denied Costa Mesa Has Yet to Officially Approve Charter Lawsuit Preliminary Ruling Against Costa Mesa in Charter Case Costa Mesa Brown Act Allegations ‘Under Consideration’ Fair Board Bans Elephant Rides Lobbying Exec’s Talk Raises Brown Act Issues in Costa Mesa Costa Mesa Mayor Wants Public Comments at the End of Meetings A Year After Suicide, Costa Mesa Still Unsettled Costa Mesa Misses Deadline to Put Charter on June Ballot Eric Bever Appointed Mayor of Costa Mesa Judge Declines to Dismiss Costa Mesa Outsourcing Lawsuit Audit Plan Gains Traction Among Costa Mesa Leaders In Surprise Move, Monahan Resigns as Costa Mesa’s Mayor Fair Board Makes Activists Wait 820 Days for Copies of Public Records Costa Mesa City Council Puts Proposed Charter on June Ballot Costa Mesa Council Expected to Approve Charter for Ballot A Dust-Up on the Costa Mesa Sanitation District Board Reconstituted OC Fair Board Wants Attorney General Back Governor Appoints Two New Members to OC Fair Board The Mayor’s Landscaping Job Costa Mesa Residents Challenge City Hall’s Charter Brochure Costa Mesa Leaders Reject Pleas to Slow Charter Process Final Hearing on Costa Mesa Charter Will Be Monday Costa Mesa City Councilman Owes His Lawyer Big-Time City’s Secrecy About Pot Shop Letter Was Illegal, Expert Says Councilwoman Chides Colleagues for Texting During Meetings Medical Pot Users Plead Their Case Medical Marijuana Patients Headed to Costa Mesa City Council There’s More Than One Way to Draft a City Charter Costa Mesa’s Legal Bills for Outsourcing Top $400,000 Top Costa Mesa Officials Will Increase Pension Contributions Target Again Seeks Extended Hours at Costa Mesa Store A Pension Numbers Game in Costa Mesa Costa Mesa Refunds Fee to Homeowner for Target Appeal Sources: OC Fair CEO Has Resigned Public to Costa Mesa Council: Slow Down on Charter Push Costa Mesa Adds Manager to Attract New Business Outsourcing’s Effect On Government Transparency Costa Mesa Ends Year With $3.8-Million Budget Surplus Neighbors Battling Target Store Costa Mesa Council Authorizes City to Seek Charter Status Public Safety Deals Offer Santa Ana a Way Out of Crisis Supervisor’s Chief of Staff Moving to Costa Mesa City Hall Judge Declines to Dismiss Part of Costa Mesa Outsourcing Lawsuit Decorated Vet Not Happy With Response From VA on Benefits Fair Board Legal Bills Tripled Since Hiring Private Lawyers Fair Board Might Be Close to Deal With OC Marketplace A Silver Star, a Purple Heart but Still No Benefits OC Marathon Gets Long-Term Deal With County Fairgrounds Should the OC Marathon Have to Open Its Books? ‘Let the Lawsuits Begin’ in Fairgrounds Swap Meet Dispute Costa Mesa City Council OKs First Outsourcing Proposals OC Fair Board Will Discuss Forming Citizen Task Force Fair Sale Might Be Dead, but Scrutiny of Fair Board Continues Judge Orders Temporary Stop to Costa Mesa Outsourcing OC Fairground Sale Officially Dead Appellate Court Denies Rehearing of OC Fairgrounds Case Labor Chief Named to Orange County Fair Board Police Bear the Brunt of Costa Mesa Budget Ax Police Chief’s Resignation Reveals the Main Event in Costa Mesa Costa Mesa’s Budget Is Balanced, and Then It’s Not Deal to Sell the Fairgrounds Is Dead. Now What? State Appellate Court Kills OC Fairgrounds Sale Police Chief Questions Conclusions Drawn From Coroner’s Report on Costa Mesa Employee Costa Mesa Worker Who Jumped From City Hall Had Cocaine in His System A Question of Strategy Costa Mesa City Council Debates Alleged Brown Act Violations Costa Mesa Releases Preliminary Budget Costa Mesa Brown Act Battle Escalates Costa Mesa Employees File Suit to Stop Layoffs Prevention or Propaganda? CalAware Threatens to Sue Costa Mesa Over Alleged Brown Act Violations Mensinger Cleared in Altercation with Teacher Legislators to Debate Fate of OC Fairgrounds Fair Drama Back on the Docket ‘A Tremendous Amount of Anxiety’ Fair Board Takes Councilman’s Advice and ‘Hires Local’ Considering Consequences in Costa Mesa Costa Mesa’s Curious Math Calls for More Openness in Santa Ana Costa Mesa Councilman Gets in Altercation with Local Teacher PBS SOCal on Orange Park Acres Controversy A Coming Together of Sorts in Costa Mesa Holding Their ‘Feet to the Fire’ in Costa Mesa Monahan’s Bar Vandalized Costa Mesa Mayor’s Business Relationships Raise Questions Hundreds Turn Out to Slam Costa Mesa City Council Costa Mesa’s Incomplete Budget Picture PBS SOCal on Costa Mesa Costa Mesa City CEO Emails Employees Union Attack Campaign Against Costa Mesa Council Goes National New York Times on Costa Mesa Battle Regional Leaders Weigh In on Costa Mesa Outsourcing Continued Scrutiny of Costa Mesa Mayor’s Actions After Worker Suicide Costa Mesa Officials Dodge Questions While Employee Remembered ‘Everything About it Was Hasty’ Costa Mesa Employee Commits Suicide at City Hall Costa Mesa Employee Commits Suicide at City Hall Costa Mesa Officials Contemplate Life Without a Fire Department Costa Mesa Becomes Ground Zero in Ideological Budget Battle District Attorney Never Looked at Key Records in Fair Board Investigation State Political Watchdog Launches Investigation into Ackerman’s Fairgrounds Dealings Records Call Into Question District Attorney Probe of Fairgrounds Sale Costa Mesa Might Dismantle Fire Department Fair Board Legal Bills Skyrocket OC Fair Board Paid for Appraisal it Never Got So How Much is the OC Fairgrounds Really Worth? Fair Board, Activists Do Their Usual Thing OC Fair Board Still Working to Stay in Charge Each Side of Fairgrounds Case Says Brown Delay Works for Them Schwarzenegger Retreats From Controversial Fairgrounds Meeting State Making Moves on Fairgrounds Sale Despite Court Order Appellate Court Upholds Halt of OC Fairgrounds Sale Superior Court Judge Denies Request to Halt Fairgrounds Sale Lawmakers, Activists Sue to Stop OC Fairgrounds Sale Two OC Lawmakers Join Goal-Line Stand to Stop Fairgrounds Sale Odd Man Out Restraining Order Doesn’t Stop OC Fair Layoffs Fair Saga Heads to Two Courtrooms Fired Fair Board Member Has Many Questions Governor Moves Forward With OC Fairgrounds Sale Cops and Firefighters Stump Loudly in the 68th Assembly District … for a Democrat District Attorney Exonerates Fair Board ‘Feet to the Fire’ Forum Tonight State Agency Tells Governor to Go Ahead With Fair Sale OC Fair Board Lobs Bomb into Governor’s Sale Plans You Could Be a Rightful Owner of the Orange County Fairgrounds Solorio Pounds Final Nail Into Coffin of Costa Mesa’s Fair Deal Fed Up Public Confronts Costa Mesa City Council On Fairgrounds Deal Schwarzenegger Ramps Up Pressure on OC Fairgrounds Deal What’s Happening with the Fair CEO Turned Consultant Schwarzenegger’s Campaign Finance Chair Also Consults for OC Fair Suitor Bill That Was Supposed to Save Fair Now Might Take It Away More Twists and Turns Than the Tilt-a-Whirl Deeper Shades of Gray at the OC Fairgrounds Don’t Let Costa Mesa Become Irvine It Will Certainly Be More Than Go-Carts and a Driving Range Contemplating Fate of the OC Fairgrounds KOCE on the Fairgrounds Deal Fairgrounds Deal Protects City’s Bottom Line but Not Property’s Character A Frayed and Frustrated Costa Mesa Council Agrees to Fairgrounds Deal Costa Mesa Close to Brokering Deal for Fairgrounds Latino Caucus to Costa Mesa: Don’t Poke Us in the Face Then Put Your Hand Out Bill Hunt’s Bad Day With the Cops Immigration Back as an Election Issue from Costa Mesa to Sacramento Costa Mesa Moves Closer to Fairgrounds Purchase Fairgrounds Negotiations (and Allegations) Go Public Recent Events Could Signal Beginning of Fair Board’s End Fair Board Proposal Runs Aground Cost Mesa Officials Headed to Sacramento to Make Offer for Fairgrounds Costa Mesa Talks in Public – and Private – About Fairgrounds Deal Righeimer Is in the Clear, at Least Legally Righeimer Accidentally Informed Reporter of Mystery Advisor The Deal that Keeps Getting Worse Who Are the Advisors to the Advisors? Would This Guy Help or Hurt Fairgrounds Negotiations? Fate of Fairgrounds Clouded as Deadline Nears FOUNTAIN VALLEY » Employees Say Working Conditions Fueling Coronavirus at Fountain Valley Hospital Relaxed Rules at Fountain Valley Hospital Causing Coronavirus Outbreak, Employees Say Orange County Police Violence Protests Go into Sixth Day Gaps In Coronavirus Outreach to Non-English Speaking Families & Businesses Homelessness a Top Concern for Voters as OC’s 1st District Candidates Face Off Some Eateries in Fountain Valley Get a Break in Permit Fees 2020 Candidates for OC Supervisor Are Coming into View 7,000 Homeless People in OC is a Wake Up Call, Experts Say Federal Judge Presses OC Officials on Lack of Mental Health Shelter, Housing Looking Ahead at Orange County’s Political Landscape in 2020 Homelessness in OC: 2018 Year in Review Final OC Election Results: Democrats Win Big as GOP Looks to 2020 Democrat Tom Umberg Declares Victory Over GOP State Sen. Janet Nguyen Democrat Takes Lead in Effort to Flip Janet Nguyen’s State Senate Seat Dems Leading in All OC Congressional Districts With Latest Results Latest OC Election Results (Nov. 14): Kim Hangs Onto Small Lead in Key Congressional District Rouda Declares Victory Against Rohrabacher in 48th Congressional District Democrat Rouda Increased Lead Over Longtime Rep. Rohrabacher 48th Congressional: GOP Rep. Rohrabacher vs Democrat Rouda [Election Night Count] International Ballet Stars Dance in Festival Ballet Theatre’s The Nutcracker Tax Increases Go Before Voters in Seven OC Cities Corporate PAC Money Flows to All Candidates in Contested OC Congressional Races Rohrabacher and Rouda Fight Over Notes Before First Debate RNC Chairwoman Says Orange County Key to Maintaining GOP House Majority Rep. Dana Rohrabacher Debates Democratic Challenger Harley Rouda for First Time Pension Costs Underlie Tax Increases in Seven OC Cities Gov. Brown Signs Bill Creating OC Homeless Housing Agency State Will Not Pursue Enforcement Over Do’s 1.2 Million Taxpayer-Funded Mailers Final Results For OC’s Highest-Turnout Midterm Primary in More Than Three Decades North OC Commits to 700 New Homeless Shelter Beds; South County Identifies Zero Bartlett Re-Elected as Supervisor, Steel Has Wide Lead for Second Term Central OC Election Guide for the June 2018 Primary Grand Jury to Cities & County: Stop Fighting, Form Regional Homelessness Board Federal Judge Sets June 13 Deadline for OC Cities to ID New Shelter Sites Experts: It’s Rohrabacher in November Against One of Three Top Challengers Santa Ana Asks Court to Order All OC Cities to Provide Homeless Services Candidates for OC’s Four Contested Congressional Seats Democratic Congressional Candidates Fail to Get Endorsement Recommendations in Four Key OC Races Homeless People Slowly Leave Santa Ana Riverbed: Where Can They Go? Construction to Break Ground on I-405 Freeway Expansion OC Sheriff’s Deputies Begin Evicting Hundreds of Homeless People from Santa Ana River Bank Lake Forest Councilman Andrew Hamilton Recalled, Replaced With Retired Army Colonel Four County GOP Congressional Seats Targeted in 2018 Cache of Bikes at Santa Ana Riverbed Were 2 Miles From Fountain Valley Homeless Camp ‘Anonymous’ $50,000 Donation to County Sparks Debate Over Public’s Right to Know County to Block Homeless Camping on Large Sections of Santa Ana Riverbed Supervisor Nelson: County To Phase Homeless People Out of Santa Ana Riverbed County Supervisor Andrew Do Wins Re-Election Do Far Ahead of Martinez in Fundraising for Central OC Supervisor Seat Vietnamese Voter Turnout to Decide First District Race Nguyen Takes 34th State Senate Seat Fountain Valley to Overhaul City Website 10 Hot Debates to Watch This Week OC Transportation Officials Reject Alternative to I-405 Toll Lanes Fountain Valley to Double Standby Employees’ Pay Opponents of I-405 Toll Lanes to Present OCTA With Alternative Plan City Leaders Propose Alternative to I-405 Toll Lanes OC Candidates Clash in Debate for State Senate Seat Fountain Valley OKs 5 Percent Local Bid Bonus Toll Lane Debate Stirred Up by State Decision Fountain Valley Council Vets Candidates for City Manager Orange County Cities Fight State Demand for $257 Million Mile Square Park Archery Range Could Get Facelift OCFA’s Santa Ana Paramedic Plan Has Had Mixed Results Public Safety Deals Offer Santa Ana a Way Out of Crisis OC Park History Is a Tale of Two Counties GARDEN GROVE » Black Student Union Members from Garden Grove High Find Their Voice and Purpose Garden Grove Protest Displays Cross-Cultural and Racial Solidarity Years in the Making All Eyes on OC Officials as Calls for Systemic Changes to Police Oversight Grow Amid Protests Orange County Food Pantry Adapts to Coronavirus Pandemic During Ramadan Gaps In Coronavirus Outreach to Non-English Speaking Families & Businesses Homelessness a Top Concern for Voters as OC’s 1st District Candidates Face Off Shakespeare OC Announces Its Demise Dueling Tet Parades in Little Saigon Still Lead to Happiness Garden Grove Puts Stricter Controls on Interactions with Feral Animals Garden Grove, Facing Court Injunction, Drops Discussion on Proposed Willowick Deal with Developer For Now Judge Rules Garden Grove Can’t Finalize Willowick Deal with Developer Before Tighter State Land Use Laws Take Effect Garden Grove Officials, Local Activists Prepare for Big Decisions on Willowick Tomorrow Garden Grove City Council Pushes Vote on Willowick Golf Course Land Sale to Next Week Garden Grove Today Could Hand Willowick Golf Course Over to Hotel Developer 2020 Candidates for OC Supervisor Are Coming into View Willowick Golf Course Sale Put on Hold Downtown Santa Ana Businesses Say They’re Suffering During Streetcar Construction Critics Decry Secrecy Around Future of Willowick Golf Course Christ Cathedral Underwhelms as a Classical Music Venue Christ Cathedral, a Big Space for a Big Sound, Hopes to Become a Center for Sacred Music Irvine Becomes Latest OC City To Adopt Controversial Agenda-Setting Policy Garden Grove Police Raises to Cost More Than Double What City Disclosed Garden Grove Council Approves Subsidies to Help Residents Buy at City Car Dealerships 7,000 Homeless People in OC is a Wake Up Call, Experts Say Federal Judge Presses OC Officials on Lack of Mental Health Shelter, Housing Little Saigon Tet Parade Marches On Despite the Rain Solving the Mystery Behind the Numbers of Your Favorite Pho Restaurants Garden Grove and Santa Ana OK Development of Willowick Golf Course Looking Ahead at Orange County’s Political Landscape in 2020 Cities Across OC Struggle with Law Enforcement and Fire Pensions Homelessness in OC: 2018 Year in Review Final OC Election Results: Democrats Win Big as GOP Looks to 2020 Democrat Tom Umberg Declares Victory Over GOP State Sen. Janet Nguyen Democrat Takes Lead in Effort to Flip Janet Nguyen’s State Senate Seat Dems Leading in All OC Congressional Districts With Latest Results Latest OC Election Results (Nov. 14): Kim Hangs Onto Small Lead in Key Congressional District Rouda Declares Victory Against Rohrabacher in 48th Congressional District Democrat Rouda Increased Lead Over Longtime Rep. Rohrabacher 48th Congressional: GOP Rep. Rohrabacher vs Democrat Rouda [Election Night Count] NYT Poll: Rep. Rohrabacher Tied With Democrat Rouda in 48th District Tax Increases Go Before Voters in Seven OC Cities Longtime Congressman Rohrabacher Faces Democrat Challenger Rouda Nov. 6 Corporate PAC Money Flows to All Candidates in Contested OC Congressional Races Rohrabacher and Rouda Fight Over Notes Before First Debate RNC Chairwoman Says Orange County Key to Maintaining GOP House Majority Rep. Dana Rohrabacher Debates Democratic Challenger Harley Rouda for First Time Not To Be? All’s Not Well for Shakespeare in a Garden Grove Standoff Viet Film Fest Returns For Its 10th Edition Harbor Blvd. Streetcar is Dead; Costs for Santa Ana-Garden Grove Streetcar Skyrocket Pension Costs Underlie Tax Increases in Seven OC Cities Gov. Brown Signs Bill Creating OC Homeless Housing Agency Santa Ana Police Should ‘Harass’ Homeless People to Move to Other Cities, Mayor Says State Will Not Pursue Enforcement Over Do’s 1.2 Million Taxpayer-Funded Mailers Facing Budget Problems, Garden Grove Considers Move to OC Fire Authority Westminster Oks Tax Subsidy for “Bolsa Row” Four-Star Hotel & Housing Irvine City Council, Tired of Being a Donor, Gives Notice It’ll Withdraw from OC Fire Authority Final Results For OC’s Highest-Turnout Midterm Primary in More Than Three Decades North OC Commits to 700 New Homeless Shelter Beds; South County Identifies Zero Rohrabacher Leads in the 48th CD, Just 73 Votes Separate Democrats Keirstead & Rouda Central OC Election Guide for the June 2018 Primary Grand Jury to Cities & County: Stop Fighting, Form Regional Homelessness Board Federal Judge Sets June 13 Deadline for OC Cities to ID New Shelter Sites Santa Ana Asks Court to Order All OC Cities to Provide Homeless Services Candidates for OC’s Four Contested Congressional Seats Democratic Congressional Candidates Fail to Get Endorsement Recommendations in Four Key OC Races Report: Asian Americans, Now One Fifth of OC’s Population, Are More Complex Than You Think Transportation Officials Debate Bus or Streetcar Service for Harbor Boulevard Four County GOP Congressional Seats Targeted in 2018 Garden Grove Syncs Traffic Signals City-Subsidized Hotel Resort in Garden Grove Moves Forward OCTA Considers Faster Bus Service or Streetcar for Heavily-Used North and Central County Routes The Latest Proposal For Garden Grove’s ‘Rusty Skeleton?’ Affordable Senior Housing Santa Ana, Garden Grove Open Talks Over Willowick Golf Course Will Parking Determine the Future of Garden Grove’s Main Street? No Longer ‘Garbage Grove,’ City Appears on the Verge of Hotel Building Boom Holding the Powerful Accountable in 2016 County Supervisor Andrew Do Wins Re-Election Garden Grove Elects First Latina to City Council Garden Grove Election Guide Garden Grove City Council Race Is History in the Making Garden Grove Officials Traveling to China in Effort to Boost Tourism Development Two Candidates With Different Visions for Revitalizing Garden Grove’s District 5 Garden Grove’s Night at the Waterpark Amounted to 58k Donation to Mayoral Candidate Political Newbies Square Off in Garden Grove’s District 3 Council Race Nguyen: Enter the Campaign Garden Grove Election Forum Draws Political Newcomers The Man Behind the Maps Garden Grove Releases Report on Fire Chief’s Alleged ‘No-Show’ Job Night at the Water Park Amounts to Big Gift to Councilman’s Campaign Voting Wars: Minority Communities Gain as District Voting Proliferates Central OC Cities Set for Historic November Election Transportation Authority Awards $19.5 Million for Local Bike Projects FPPC Fines Garden Grove Councilman for Late Reporting of Campaign Cash ‘Active Transportation Plan’ a Welcome Addition to Bike-Scary Garden Grove Garden Grove Council Passes Budget That Strains City Resources Garden Grove Council Approves $200 Monthly Vehicle Stipend for Themselves Do Still King of Campaign Cash in First District Supervisor Race Do Far Ahead of Martinez in Fundraising for Central OC Supervisor Seat Once a Mentor to Do, Nguyen Now a Fierce Foe Nguyen: My Journey Through the Garden Grove Districting Process Garden Grove Planning a Downtown Makeover Garden Grove Residents Just Say No to Lifting of Pot Dispensary Ban Garden Grove Opts Out of County Contract for Animal Care Passions Flare as Garden Grove Council Chooses Voting Districts Map Inside Garden Grove’s Contentious Effort to Draw New Voting Districts What’s On the Agenda This Week in Orange County Unpaid Debts Fuel Controversy Over Competing Tet Festivals Firefighter at Center of Garden Grove Nepotism Scandal Filed Claim Against City After Public Outcry, Garden Grove Council Supports Audit of Former Fire Chief’s Job Block: Garden Grove Should Investigate Fire Chief’s Sweetheart Deal Amid Calls to Audit His Work, Former Garden Grove Fire Chief Retires Garden Grove Considers Cutting Ties With the County’s Animal Shelter Garden Grove Residents Debate Proposals for New Voting Districts Garden Grove Residents Criticize City’s Outreach on Council Districts Block: Democracy in Garden Grove Depends Upon Investigation of ‘No Show’ Employment Contract Garden Grove Council at Impasse Over Response to DA’s Report Garden Grove Councilman Phat Bui Enters Race for First District Supervisor DA Won’t File Charges Against Garden Grove Officials in Brown Act Case Garden Grove’s Big Wet Gamble Horizon Cross Cultural Center Closes Its Doors After Investigation Garden Grove Council Removes Planning Commissioner After Residency Questions Garden Grove Mayor Will Continue to be Elected on At-Large Basis Bank Sues Property Owner Over Unfinished Building in Garden Grove Garden Grove Expands Pot Ban, but Might Reconsider Garden Grove to Review Residency Requirements for Planning Commission Garden Grove Planning Commissioner’s Residency in Question Judge Temporarily Halts Garden Grove District Elections Process Garden Grove Adds Further Protections to Nepotism Policy Garden Grove Council Postpones Vote on Demolition of Galleria Project Demolition a More Likely Fate for Garden Grove’s Galleria Project Garden Grove Invites Residents to Give Input on District Elections Process An Uneven Start to a New Era in Garden Grove Son of Murdered Vietnamese Journalist Defends Controversial Documentary Garden Grove Council Debates Next Steps in Marijuana Enforcement Family Ties Run Deep at Garden Grove City Hall New Documentary Opens Old Wounds in Little Saigon Jeremy Broadwater on Leave From Garden Grove Fire Department Children of Top DA Officials Get Coveted Jobs New Garden Grove Policy Opens Up Law Enforcement Records of Officials Garden Grove Approves New Contract For Firefighters Garden Grove Council Bucks Trend, Votes to Keep Red Light Cameras Candidates for Sanchez’s U.S. House Seat Play Nice in First Debate Now It’s Santa Ana’s Turn to Dream of Great Park Garden Grove OKs $42 million Bond Payment for Waterpark Hotel Developer Some in Garden Grove Worry About Mayor’s Role in New Electoral System Red Light Cameras to Stay in Los Al, Garden Grove for … now Garden Grove Releases Audio of Mayor’s Conversation With Cop Garden Grove to Release Audio of Mayor’s Conversation With Cop Garden Grove Might Release Late-Night Recording of Mayor Garden Grove Council Considers First Raise in 40 Years Garden Grove Council Growing Impatient With Vietnam War Museum Garden Grove Faces Voting Rights Act Lawsuit Garden Grove Council Almost (but not quite) Opposes Poseidon Plant Voice of OC Podcast: District Elections Garden Grove Appoints New City Attorney Are Lawsuits Always the Answer to Equal Representation? Garden Grove Mayor, Considering Run for Congress, Comes Out as Gay How Drought Friendly is Garden Grove’s New Indoor Water Park? Garden Grove Hires Demographics Firm Amid Threat of Voting Rights Lawsuit Transparency Initiatives Suffer as Garden Grove Council Passes Budget Garden Grove Might Nix Red Light Cameras Water Park Project Brings Hope, But Garden Grove Budget Picture Still Bleak Garden Grove Picks Midwesterner to Lead City Away From Scandal State Ordered to Pay Residents Displaced by Garden Grove Waterpark Hotel Garden Grove To Pick New City Manager from Cincinnati Under Threat of Lawsuit, Garden Grove Inches Toward District Elections Proposed Vietnam War Museum Struggles For Community Buy-In Latino Advocacy Groups Threaten Garden Grove With Lawsuit Over District Elections Garden Grove Could Abandon Vietnam War Museum Stalled Garden Grove Galleria Project Now Has Likely Developers Garden Grove Council Voices Support For Vietnam Human Rights Bill Garden Grove Council Considers Shift to District Elections After Year of Scandal, Garden Grove Makes Transparency High Priority Garden Grove Council Moves to Boost Translation Services Garden Grove to Host Startup Weekend Garden Grove Planners Approve Downtown Zoning Amendment Garden Grove, Westminster Consider Support for Flag Amendment Garden Grove Hands Over Documents to DA in Nepotism Probe Garden Grove, Westminster Among Cities Tightening Water Restrictions A War Correspondent Turned Lifelong Corruption Fighter Garden Grove Planners Envision a New-Look Downtown Little Saigon Newspaper Files for Bankruptcy After Defamation Ruling DA Confirms Probe Into Do’s Residency Claims After Nepotism Scandal, Garden Grove Selects New Fire Chief After Complaints, City Looks At Traffic Issues Around Garden Grove High School Garden Grove City Attorney To Retire in July OC Judge Rejects Request for New Trial in Little Saigon Defamation Case Developers of The LAB in Costa Mesa Eye Downtown Garden Grove Garden Grove Eyesore Could Get New Developer ACLU Files Lawsuit Against Fullerton Over District Elections Orange Nonprofit Will Pay $1.7 Million to Settle Charges of Falsifying Records Young Vietnamese Turn Out to Support Garden Grove Mayor on Sister City Letter Garden Grove Seeks Public Input for City Manager Search Garden Grove Leaders Close to Finding New Fire Chief Garden Grove Council Impatient With Stalled Galleria Project Backlash Continues Against Garden Grove Mayor Over Sister City Letter Outside Attorney Says Ex-Garden Grove Fire Chief’s Deal is Lawful Garden Grove Mayor Draws Ire With Stand on Riverside Sister City Letter Garden Grove Council to Cooperate with DA Probe Into Nepotism, Ex-Fire Chief’s Deal DA Asks Garden Grove to Cooperate With Probe into Nepotism, Fire Chief’s Deal DA Moves On Nepotism, Fire Chief’s Deal in Garden Grove Garden Grove Mayor Focuses on Youth, Citizen Engagement at State of the City Do’s Lead in First District Supervisor Election Narrows to 85 Votes Garden Grove Mayor Calls For Investigations Into Ex-Fire Chief’s Deal Garden Grove Considers Banning Sale of Pets From Puppy Mills Vietnamese Voter Turnout to Decide First District Race This Week’s Civic Agenda Garden Grove Unified Fills Empty Board Seat Garden Grove Pledges to Increase High-Speed Internet Access This Week’s Civic Agenda Nguoi Viet Daily News Awarded $3 Million in Defamation Suit Evicted Garden Grove RV Park Residents Sue State Former Costa Mesa City Manager To Take Over for Fertal Garden Grove To Conduct National Search for City Manager Garden Grove City Council Approves Tattoo Shop on Main Street Bao Nguyen Takes the Helm in Garden Grove Amid Backlash From Residents, Garden Grove City Manager Steps Down Garden Grove City Manager Announces Resignation Garden Grove Retraces Steps on Fire Chief’s Illegal Deal Broadwater Calls Off Garden Grove Recount After 15 Vote Loss, Broadwater Seeks Recount Final Vote Tallies Give Nguyen and Righeimer Victories Garden Grove Fire Chief’s Settlement Illegal, Say Experts Bao Nguyen Takes the Lead in Garden Grove Mayor’s Race Neck-and-Neck Race Threatens Longtime Garden Grove Mayor Just 38 Votes Separating Candidates in Garden Grove Mayoral Race Resigned Garden Grove Fire Chief Still on City Payroll Nguyen Takes 34th State Senate Seat Watchdog Calls Out Garden Grove for Withholding Records Hiring Mayor’s Son Was ‘Final Straw’ for Garden Grove Firefighters Garden Grove Delays Release of Fire Dept. Investigation Report Garden Grove City Manager Takes Over Fire Department Garden Grove Council Considering New Billboard for 22 Freeway Nine Candidates Crowd Garden Grove City Council Race Hot Debates to Watch This Week Nepotism Issues Aired at Garden Grove Forum Garden Grove Mayor Draws Heat and Campaign Cash Garden Grove Fire Chief Resigns Garden Grove Candidates’ Debate Set for Saturday 9 Hot Debates to Watch This Week Garden Grove to Get Written Fire Report Opponents of I-405 Toll Lanes to Present OCTA With Alternative Plan OC Candidates Clash in Debate for State Senate Seat Garden Grove Bans Future Hiring of Officials’ Relatives Nepotism Policy on the Table in Garden Grove Health Agency: No Garden Grove Hazmat Inspections Garden Grove Disputes Claims That Fire Department Falsified Inspection Reports Garden Grove Rejects Tattoo Art Studio on Main Street Garden Grove Mayor Remains Mum on Son’s Hiring, But Others Voice Anger Tattoo Shop May Get OK For Garden Grove’s Historic Main Street Garden Grove Unified Agenda Unavailable Garden Grove Council Supports Viet Human Rights Sanctions Round-Up: Who’s Running for City Council? Garden Grove to Vote on Vietnam Human Rights Sanctions Garden Grove Students to Attend Leadership Conference After Three Years, Garden Grove Workers Get Pay Raise Cost Concerns Now Baggage for Santa Ana Streetcar Plan Nelson, Spitzer Clash Over Proposed Underage Drinking Law Coyotes in Garden Grove to Be Captured and Killed Feds Arrest OC Man Suspected of Being an Al-Qaida Operative Police to Get Raises to Offset Higher Pension Payments Hints of Nepotism Roil Garden Grove Fire Department Student Group Balks at City’s Charge for Holding Tet Festival Working for the City of Garden Grove Is a Family Affair The Pharmacist Will See You Now Cost and Speed of Internet Connections Vary Widely for Cities Garden Grove Council Approves Austerity Budget Garden Grove Set to Pass a Budget With Few Details Garden Grove Officials Will Travel to Hawaii, Korea Garden Grove Gives Public Scant Look at Budget Process Language Immersion Program Pushed for Vietnamese Youth Garden Grove Council Adopts Final RDA Project Properties Local Red Light Camera Contractor Part of Chicago Scandal Trauma at Root of Mental Health Issues Among Vietnamese Two City Councils Consider Trimming Public Comment Adult Day Care Faces Another Season on Chopping Block Email Proves an Elusive Public Record Controversy Surrounds a Now-Silent Little Saigon Radio Show Two Longtime Foes Take One for the Team An Allegedly Fake Investigation in Garden Grove Anaheim Seeking More Tourism Taxes, but Not Accountability HUNTINGTON BEACH » Huntington Beach Parents Continue to Fight Perry Elementary Closure Young Black Organizers and Leaders Look to a New Orange County in Light of Protests When Will $75 Million in Coronavirus Aid Reach Orange County Small Businesses? OC Democrats Demote A Party Vice Chair After Bernie Sanders Comments Video: Orange County Goes Back to the Beach Huntington Beach Aims to Expand Outdoor Dining, Holds Off On Broader Reopening Huntington Beach City Council Plans For Reopening Local Businesses Judge Rejects Huntington Beach’s Challenge of Governor’s Coronavirus Beach Closures City Beaches Get State’s OK to Reopen, Other Beaches Remain Closed Officials to Send Beach Reopening Plans to State, Supervisors Split on Plan Newport Beach Supports Legal Challenge of Beach Closures, Doesn’t Join Lawsuit Gov. Newsom: Not Surprised by OC Lawsuit Threats Over Beach Closures Gov. Newsom’s Closure of OC Beaches Stirs Confusion, Spurs Potential Lawsuits Huntington Beach Will Sue Over Gov. Newsom’s Order to Close OC Beaches; Newport Beach May Follow Officials Vote to Close Perry Elementary Despite Opposition, Possible Legal Action Ahead Huntington Beach Parents On Edge as School Officials Near Decision on Perry Elementary Closure Warm Weather Crowds Prompt OC Cities to Rethink Varying Beach Closure Policies During Coronavirus Crisis OC Cities Debate Financial Response To Coronavirus Sales, Hotel Tax Losses Anti-Stay Home Protests Growing in Orange County as Coronavirus Spreads Some Orange County Residents Defy Stay-at-home Orders With Protests in Huntington Beach, San Clemente Huntington Beach Parents and Activists in Uproar Over Proposal to Close School Serving Many Latino and Low-income Kids Huntington Beach Approves Controversial Raises For Police And City Employees After Living Her Dream, Dancer Danica Paulos Plans to Photograph the World Huntington Beach Working on an Art Plan Huntington Beach Establishes Fine for Misuse of Disabled Placards Community Opposition Continues to Mobilize Against on Poseidon Desalination project Huntington Beach Votes To Become Sister City With The City of Biarritz, The Surfing Capital of France Huntington Beach City Council to Select New Mayor Huntington Beach Still Searching for Site to Place First Homeless Shelter Huntington Beach Landfill to Get 16-foot Barrier on Residential Streets Huntington Beach to Study Lower Aircraft Noise Over the City 7,000 Homeless People in OC is a Wake Up Call, Experts Say Federal Judge Presses OC Officials on Lack of Mental Health Shelter, Housing Looking Ahead at Orange County’s Political Landscape in 2020 APA Presents ‘Fusion 2019’ on February 1 and 2 Homelessness in OC: 2018 Year in Review APA’s Musical Theatre Department Presents ‘Side Show’ Final OC Election Results: Democrats Win Big as GOP Looks to 2020 OC Women’s Chorus Announces Their Concert ‘Nun That I Know Of: An Unconventional Convent Christmas’ Democrat Takes Lead in Effort to Flip Janet Nguyen’s State Senate Seat Dems Leading in All OC Congressional Districts With Latest Results Latest OC Election Results (Nov. 14): Kim Hangs Onto Small Lead in Key Congressional District Rouda Declares Victory Against Rohrabacher in 48th Congressional District APA Presents ‘Sounds of the Season’ and Toys for Tots Drive Democrat Rouda Increased Lead Over Longtime Rep. Rohrabacher 48th Congressional: GOP Rep. Rohrabacher vs Democrat Rouda [Election Night Count] NYT Poll: Rep. Rohrabacher Tied With Democrat Rouda in 48th District Coastal OC Election Guide for November 2018 Longtime Congressman Rohrabacher Faces Democrat Challenger Rouda Nov. 6 OC Expands Drug and Alcohol Rehab Registration Corporate PAC Money Flows to All Candidates in Contested OC Congressional Races APA Educator Danielle Collins Named As Grant Winner Rohrabacher and Rouda Fight Over Notes Before First Debate RNC Chairwoman Says Orange County Key to Maintaining GOP House Majority Rep. Dana Rohrabacher Debates Democratic Challenger Harley Rouda for First Time Huntington Beach APA presents ‘Mary Poppins’ APA’s Dance Department Presents “Trash Bag Fashion Show” MMET Benefit Concert: ‘The Beatles Story: 1968’ Former VP Joe Biden Stumps for OC Democratic Congressional Candidates Santa Ana Hires Operator for New 200-Bed Homeless Shelter; No Location Yet Huntington Beach Academy for the Performing Arts Ramps Up Its Offerings for College Bound Dance Students With Golden West College Dual Enrollment Opportunity ‘Mary Poppins’ the musical, runs October 20, 21 and 25 – 28, 2018 Gov. Brown Signs Bill Creating OC Homeless Housing Agency New York Times Poll: GOP Rep. Rohrabacher Tied with Democrat Harley Rouda Is Desalination in Huntington Beach Good for OC? Final Results For OC’s Highest-Turnout Midterm Primary in More Than Three Decades North OC Commits to 700 New Homeless Shelter Beds; South County Identifies Zero Democrats Possible Challengers For Four OC Republican Congressional Seats Bartlett Re-Elected as Supervisor, Steel Has Wide Lead for Second Term Rohrabacher Leads in the 48th CD, Just 73 Votes Separate Democrats Keirstead & Rouda Coastal OC Election Guide for the June 2018 Primary Grand Jury to Cities & County: Stop Fighting, Form Regional Homelessness Board Federal Judge Sets June 13 Deadline for OC Cities to ID New Shelter Sites Experts: It’s Rohrabacher in November Against One of Three Top Challengers Santa Ana Asks Court to Order All OC Cities to Provide Homeless Services Santa Ana Wants Irvine, Huntington Beach and Laguna Niguel Added to Homeless Lawsuit Supervisors Defend Their Turf and Criticize Spitzer’s Homeless Warnings Gov. Brown Oks Extensions for National Guard Armory Homeless Shelters County Asks National Guard for Extensions on Armory Homeless Shelters OC Cities Take Stands on State Sanctuary Laws Santa Ana Alleges Class-Based Discrimination by Cities that Reject Homeless Shelters OC Supervisors Back Off New Homeless Shelters, Make Promise to Work With Cities Judge Expects County to Keep Promise of Beds for Riverbed Homeless County to Debate Making Irvine Only New Site For Emergency Homeless Shelter Irvine, H.B. and Laguna Niguel to Sue County Over Homeless Shelters OC to Add Homeless Shelters in Irvine, HB & Laguna Niguel; Spend $70.5 Million on Mental Health Candidates for OC’s Four Contested Congressional Seats Democratic Congressional Candidates Fail to Get Endorsement Recommendations in Four Key OC Races Four County GOP Congressional Seats Targeted in 2018 To Desalinate or Not to Desalinate: UCI Debate Over Controversial Proposed Huntington Beach Plant Huntington Beach City Council Lets Homeless Service Center Stay—For Awhile County to Block Homeless Camping on Large Sections of Santa Ana Riverbed Weber and Peesapati: Huntington Beach Must End Its Sweetheart Deal with Rainbow Environmental Services Irvine City Council Members Criticize Homeless Shelter Plan Near The Great Park Helping Kids Who Have to Swim Against the Tide Celebrating a Turnaround in Huntington Beach’s Oak View Neighborhood School Trustee: County Agency Stonewalling Public on Trash Dump Probe Records Detail County’s Handling of Dog That Attacked Pregnant Woman County Health Officials Remain Under Fire for Trash Dump Near School Dog Attack on Pregnant Woman Raises More Questions About County Animal Control Ocean Desalination Proposal to Be Discussed at Series of Public Meetings This Week’s Civic Agenda Parking Permits Being Proposed in Huntington Beach 10 Hot Debates to Watch This Week OC Transportation Officials Reject Alternative to I-405 Toll Lanes Opponents of I-405 Toll Lanes to Present OCTA With Alternative Plan Huntington Beach to Approve Deals With Police and Fire Execs City Leaders Propose Alternative to I-405 Toll Lanes OC Candidates Clash in Debate for State Senate Seat Huntington Beach OKs Funds for Central Park Senior Center Plan to Ease Grocery Bag Rules Fails in Huntington Beach Huntington Beach Takes Up Senior Center Funding, Plastic Bag Ban Huntington Beach OKs Rent Control Ballot Measure Toll Lane Debate Stirred Up by State Decision Huntington Beach Considers Rent Control The Impacts of Crowded Living Spill Into OC’s Streets HB City Manager Headed Bankrupt San Bernardino Grand Jury Takes On Sheriff, Fire Authority and Toxic Dump Huntington Beach Neighborhood Loses Link to More Healthful Eating Huntington Beach Postpones Decision on Massage Parlors HB Volunteers Put Teachings of Ancient Poet in Motion Water District Officials Cancel Secret Discussion on Desalination Plant Huntington Beach Amends Ban on Dog and Cat Store Sales Regulators: Desalination Plant Builders Not Providing Key Info Huntington Beach Considers Reorganizing Police Department Poseidon Desalination Permit Appealed to State Water Board Conflict Questions Raised On Water Official’s Desal Vote Huntington Beach Management to Pay More for Pensions Proposed Desalination Plant Gets Key Permit HB Council OKs New Cellphone Tower Approval Process Huntington Beach City Council Poised To Lift Fireworks Ban HB Property Owner Fined for Disturbing Bolsa Chica Site HB Council Rejects Cell Phone Tower Near Wetlands HB Council Debates Fireworks Ban Recusal From Desalination Hearing Explained Vote Delayed on Permit for Proposed Desalination Plant Poseidon Facing Another Hurdle for HB Desalination Plant New HB Mayor Wants Legal Fireworks, Pension Tax Vote Huntington Beach Council Cuts Time for Political Signs ‘Beautiful Game’: Oak View Kids Play More but Their Parents Pay Less HB Farmers Market Brings Good Food to Tough Neighborhood Regional Leaders Weigh In on Costa Mesa Outsourcing OC Cities Rush to Protect Redevelopment Assets Dwyer Protesters Hit the Big Time Solar Panel Contract at H.B. School Part of Statewide Controversy Learning How to Fight the Power Orange County Orders Sunset Beach Pot Shop Closures How to Succeed in Politics Without Really Trying Irvine, Huntington Beach to Receive Legal Threats Over Email Deletions Huntington Beach Neighborhood Stays Politically Engaged An Overflowing Ballot in Huntington Beach Huntington Beach Makes Solar Power Deal Huntington Beach Measure O Debate Is Another Skirmish in an Ongoing Battle Measure O Battle Heats Up in Huntington Beach Huntington Beach Council Changes Tune on Accident Fees Huntington Beach Makes Budget Documents Hard to Find The Not-So-Obvious Costs of Desalination KOCE on Voice of OC Huntington Beach Gave Police Chief $100,000 Forgivable Loan Huntington Beach Visitors Could Be Stuck With Accident Fees Advertising to the Rescue in Huntington Beach Huntington Beach Police Consider Publishing DUIs Late Communications Reveal Gap in Brown Act Desal Company Wins Decision in San Diego Huntington Beach City Council Rejects RV Lot Proposal Huntington Beach Council Set to Rule on RV Storage Lot Issue KOCE on Voice of OC Desal Plant Inching Toward Reality in Huntington Beach Huntington Beach City Council To Vote on New City Charter Edison OK with Huntington Beach RV Lot RV Lot Blaze in Huntington Beach Comes at an Interesting Time Huntington Beach Council Divided on City Charter Changes Power Company to Investigate Concerns About RV Parking Lot Huntington Beach Council Sticks It to Natural Gas Users From Plants to a Parking Lot in Huntington Beach Huntington Beach Planners Approve Development on Indian Burial Ground Huntington Beach Councilwoman Misspoke Regarding Officials’ Qualifications State Raids Huntington Beach Redevelopment Funds Huntington Beach Charter Commission Set to Make Recommendations Huntington Beach Tourism Bureau Gets a Five-Year Deal NEWPORT BEACH » Newport Beach Looks to Update Several Existing Laws, Including Tattoo Parlor Regulations Newport Beach to Allow Public Space Reopening Use for Businesses, Religious Institutions Video: Orange County Goes Back to the Beach Newport Beach Spends Over a Million to Chase Housing Goals They Oppose City Beaches Get State’s OK to Reopen, Other Beaches Remain Closed Officials to Send Beach Reopening Plans to State, Supervisors Split on Plan Newport Beach Supports Legal Challenge of Beach Closures, Doesn’t Join Lawsuit Gov. Newsom: Not Surprised by OC Lawsuit Threats Over Beach Closures Gov. Newsom’s Closure of OC Beaches Stirs Confusion, Spurs Potential Lawsuits Huntington Beach Will Sue Over Gov. Newsom’s Order to Close OC Beaches; Newport Beach May Follow Newport Beach Keeps Beaches Open Amid Covid-19 Concerns Warm Weather Crowds Prompt OC Cities to Rethink Varying Beach Closure Policies During Coronavirus Crisis OC Cities Debate Financial Response To Coronavirus Sales, Hotel Tax Losses Coronavirus Strikes At Least Twelve Orange County Nursing Facilities Newport Beach Bans Short Term Rentals During Coronavirus Local Emergency Newport Beach May Ban Short Term Rentals During Coronavirus Local Emergency Newport Beach Re-Thinks Proposed Short-Term Rental Restrictions CA Watchdog Proposes $27,000 Campaign Finance Fine on Newport Council Members Newport Beach Tightens Grip on Short-Term Rentals Newport Beach Opposes State Affordable Housing Quotas Newport to Consider New Bridge and Recreation Area Options Near Sunset Ridge Park Newport Beach Set to Consider Water Rate Hike Newport Studying Potential for Pool at Lower Castaways Park Newport Beach Developing Plans for Homeless Shelter; Residents Express Concerns About Locations John Wayne Airport: OC Rejects Requests to Back Up Promise of Capping Jet Space Irvine Becomes Latest OC City To Adopt Controversial Agenda-Setting Policy Private Jet Battle Continues After New Promise is Made for John Wayne Airport Newport Beach to Install Pipe Screens to Reduce Harbor Pollution Choral Arts Initiative Takes Chances to Present New Composers Newport Beach Council Delays Vote on Supervisor Do’s General Aviation Plan Santana: OC Sheriff Under Fire For Illegal Takeover of Public Docks in Newport Harbor Newport Residents, Citing Campaign Cash, Win Pause on Private Jet Expansion 7,000 Homeless People in OC is a Wake Up Call, Experts Say Federal Judge Presses OC Officials on Lack of Mental Health Shelter, Housing Looking Ahead at Orange County’s Political Landscape in 2020 Cities Across OC Struggle with Law Enforcement and Fire Pensions Homelessness in OC: 2018 Year in Review Final OC Election Results: Democrats Win Big as GOP Looks to 2020 OC Women’s Chorus Announces Their Concert ‘Nun That I Know Of: An Unconventional Convent Christmas’ Dems Leading in All OC Congressional Districts With Latest Results Pacific Chorale Celebrates the Holidays with 2 Concerts and a Gala Latest OC Election Results (Nov. 14): Kim Hangs Onto Small Lead in Key Congressional District Living Composers Reign During Choral Arts Initiative Concert Rouda Declares Victory Against Rohrabacher in 48th Congressional District Democrat Rouda Increased Lead Over Longtime Rep. Rohrabacher 48th Congressional: GOP Rep. Rohrabacher vs Democrat Rouda [Election Night Count] NYT Poll: Rep. Rohrabacher Tied With Democrat Rouda in 48th District Holiday Magic at Crean Mariners Branch Library Longtime Congressman Rohrabacher Faces Democrat Challenger Rouda Nov. 6 OC Expands Drug and Alcohol Rehab Registration Corporate PAC Money Flows to All Candidates in Contested OC Congressional Races Two ‘Nutcracker’ Performances at Central Library Rohrabacher and Rouda Fight Over Notes Before First Debate Choral Arts Initiative To Kick Off World Choral Day with an “Invitation” to Discuss Privilege and Empathy Rep. Dana Rohrabacher Debates Democratic Challenger Harley Rouda for First Time Former VP Joe Biden Stumps for OC Democratic Congressional Candidates Orange County Museum of Art Appoints Sarah Jesse as its new Deputy Director Gov. Brown Signs Bill Creating OC Homeless Housing Agency Newport Beach City Council Names New City Manager Toll Road Agency Linked Its Website to Newport Councilman’s Campaign Web Page Newport Beach Council Narrows City Manager Selection to Two Candidates Newport Beach Interviews City Manager Finalists, Apparently Including Supervisor Shawn Nelson Border Patrol Says Human Smuggling by Boat Increased in OC and So Cal Final Results For OC’s Highest-Turnout Midterm Primary in More Than Three Decades North OC Commits to 700 New Homeless Shelter Beds; South County Identifies Zero Democrats Possible Challengers For Four OC Republican Congressional Seats Bartlett Re-Elected as Supervisor, Steel Has Wide Lead for Second Term Rohrabacher Leads in the 48th CD, Just 73 Votes Separate Democrats Keirstead & Rouda Coastal OC Election Guide for the June 2018 Primary Grand Jury to Cities & County: Stop Fighting, Form Regional Homelessness Board Federal Judge Sets June 13 Deadline for OC Cities to ID New Shelter Sites Experts: It’s Rohrabacher in November Against One of Three Top Challengers Santa Ana Asks Court to Order All OC Cities to Provide Homeless Services Newport Beach Council Nixes Closed Session Newport Beach Struggles With Transparency Law Three More OC Cities Oppose California’s Sanctuary State Law Candidates for OC’s Four Contested Congressional Seats Four County GOP Congressional Seats Targeted in 2018 Brea’s Art in Public Places Program Connects Developers and Community Kiff: Insider’s Guide to Newport Beach City Council Meeting Rush: Tolerance and Free Speech in Newport Beach The Battle Over Banning Ranch Isn’t Done League of Women Voters: Newport Beach City Council Can Hike Transparency Curry: Newport Beach Needs Political Reform Horn: Get the Cell Outta Here! Schroeder: Lobbyist Registration for Newport Beach is a Smoke Screen Curry: Newport Beach Needs Political Reform Dana Rohrabacher’s Campaign Treasurer Accused of Embezzlement Judge Grants Injunction Against OC Register for Leaked Memo Brown’s New Water Mandates Put Scrutiny on Newport Beach Venezia’s View: Watch Focus on Newport Campaign Bunnies Fade Incumbent Councilman Loses in Newport Beach Newport Candidates Clash Over Role of Government Flight Curfew Extended at John Wayne Airport New John Wayne Airport Noise Deal Possible Newport Beach Candidates in Final ‘Feet to the Fire’ Forum 9 Hot Debates to Watch This Week PBS: Newport Firm Accused of Polluting Air With Carcinogen FBI: Newport Beach Resident Paid Bribes to State Senator The Calderon FBI Investigation’s Connections to OC Public Comment Sought on New Airport Noise Deal Two City Councils Consider Trimming Public Comment Newport OKs Higher Fees for Harbor Docks Dock Fee Controversy Heats Up Facing Public Outcry, Newport Beach Holds Back on Dock Fee Newport Moves Toward Privatizing City Trash Collection Newport Plans Defense Against Rising Tides Resident Challenges Pace of Updating Newport’s Charter Newport Beach City Hall Considers Moderate Budget Cuts Newport Slows Its Commissioner Appointment Newport to Waive Public Notice Policy for Appointment Still No Healthy Debate on Airport Concessions Irvine Man Indicted for Childhood Obesity Infomercial Scam Accused Lawyer Sits on County Assessment Appeals Board ‘Feet to the Fire’ Forum Tonight Focus on Contract Between Auction House and Public Administrator Anaheim Seeking More Tourism Taxes, but Not Accountability A Tale of Two Very Different City Halls A Sign of a Double Standard Irvine Developers May Break Silence on Business Complex Fees KOCE on Voice of OC Rep. John Campbell’s Books Are Checked by House Ethics Panel Newport Beach Faces Hefty Legal Bill FPPC Fines Newport Beach City Hall Campaign Newport Beach Residents Still in Hullabaloo Over Hoag Hospital A Cost Accounting of the Newport Beach Civic Center Newport Beach Green Lights Early Civic Center Construction Newport Beach Officials Want to Get Moving on Civic Center Project Without Earmarks Newport Harbor Would ‘Become a Meadow’ Newport Beach Councilwoman ‘Uncomfortable’ with Diocese Access to City Bonds SANTA ANA » With Community Demands Still Pending, Santa Ana Nears Final Budget Approval Orange County Bars May Shut Down Again Due to Rising Coronavirus Cases OC Partners With Community Group to Reduce Coronavirus Impacts on Anaheim, Santa Ana Santa Ana Arts Collective, a New Community for Artists, is Ready for Occupancy Santa Ana, Anaheim Residents Getting Hit with Coronavirus at Far Higher Rates than Other OC Cities Juneteenth Santa Ana Rally Draws from Local Black History in Wake of Protests Santa Ana Officials Move Forward with Police Spending Increases, Police Oversight Commission in Meeting Marred By Public Outrage Young Black Organizers and Leaders Look to a New Orange County in Light of Protests Santa Ana Pushes Police Oversight and Budget Discussion to Thursday, Pressure Mounts to Redirect Police Funds Santa Ana Will Again Consider Police Oversight Along with Budget, Police Salary Concessions Santa Ana Unified School District Creates Ethnic Studies Requirement in Wake of George Floyd Protests All Eyes on OC Officials as Calls for Systemic Changes to Police Oversight Grow Amid Protests Santa Ana Council Reels from Protests and Hears New Calls for Police Review, Different Spending Orange County Open Mics Go Online After Being Unplugged by the Coronavirus In Wake of Raucous Protests, Santa Ana Residents Rally Around Clean Up Police Fire Tear Gas While Weathering Fireworks, Projectiles As OC Protests Heighten in Santa Ana Coronavirus Infections Hit Hard at Orange County’s Latino Community Early Santa Ana Recall Election Results Signal Ouster for City Councilwoman Ceci Iglesias Santa Ana Assesses Coronavirus Financial Losses, Proposes Increases on Public Safety Spending Next Year Santa Ana Voters Decide Today Whether To Recall City Councilwoman Ceci Iglesias Santa Ana City Council Resists Efforts to Reverse Rent Freeze At The Frida Cinema in Santa Ana, The Show Is Going On… Virtually Landlord Groups Want Santa Ana to Repeal Its Emergency Rent Increase Freeze Leopo: Grocery Truck Markets Connect Santa Ana Neighborhoods During Coronavirus Anti-Stay Home Protests Growing in Orange County as Coronavirus Spreads Santa Ana Recall Debate Centers Issues of Public Safety, Special Interests, Budget Virtual Forum Today Sets Stage for Debate Between Recall Target Ceci Iglesias and Her Challengers Santa Ana Council Moves to Repeal 2525 Vote, Approves One Broadway Plaza Without a Broader County Mandate, Mask Laws Vary By City Santa Ana to Revisit Two Controversial Development Projects on Same Night Weekly Drive Through Food Pantry Services Options Offered in Orange County Two Santa Ana Council Members Flip on Controversial 2525 Development, Possibly Ending It Santa Ana Freezes Rent Increases for Residents Gov. Orders Santa Ana Recall Election To Be Mail-in Ballot Only, Westminster Majority Survives Recall Santa Ana Residents’ Referendum Against Controversial Apartments Project Qualifies for Election Santa Ana Council Member Iglesias’ Push for Tax Relief Roils Colleagues Council Member Pushes Discussion on Suspending Santa Ana Sales Tax Increase How Coronavirus Will Affect OC Special Elections This Year Evictions in Orange County Likely To Pause Due To Coronavirus Hip Hop Culture Hits the Streets in Santa Ana OC Attorneys, Court Workers In Uproar After Being Called into Hearings Today Amid Coronavirus Fears Here are the Candidates Running in Santa Ana’s May Recall Election Santa Ana’s Local Art Scene is Celebrated at Boca de Oro Homelessness a Top Concern for Voters as OC’s 1st District Candidates Face Off As Orange County Prepares to Vote, Bernie Sanders at Santa Ana Rally Voices Concern Over State Primary Lockout of No Party Preference Voters Rethinking ‘Rasquachismo’ in the O.C. Arts Community Santa Ana Disbands Public Safety Board Amid Police Union Demand for Council Critics’ Removal Momentum Grows Around North OC Shelters as Shortage Remains County Certifies Recall Efforts Against Santa Ana Councilwoman Ceci Iglesias Santa Ana Police Union Wants Council Critics Off Public Safety Committee Celebrating 40 years in Orange County, the O.C. Black History Parade Continues to Represent the Diversity in the Region City of Santa Ana Challenges County of Orange in Federal Court Tuesday Over Homeless Dumping Santa Ana Residents Say They’re Tired of Being Dumping Ground of OC’s Homeless Once a Rebellious Santa Ana Gallery Café, SolArt Now Promotes Community Artists Through the Airwaves Santa Ana Wants to Extend $408 Million Streetcar to John Wayne Airport, Anaheim’s Resort District Lawsuits, Referendums on Horizon for Santa Ana’s Controversial 2525 Apartments Santa Ana Pushes for Expansion of Streetcar Project Santa Ana Prohibits Establishment of New Cyber Cafes State Could Intervene After OC Supervisors Halt Census Funds for City and School District Garden Grove, Facing Court Injunction, Drops Discussion on Proposed Willowick Deal with Developer For Now Judge Rules Garden Grove Can’t Finalize Willowick Deal with Developer Before Tighter State Land Use Laws Take Effect Garden Grove City Council Pushes Vote on Willowick Golf Course Land Sale to Next Week County Halts Census Outreach Grants to City of Santa Ana and Local School District Garden Grove Today Could Hand Willowick Golf Course Over to Hotel Developer Santa Ana Councilman Publicly Calls Out Dark Money Campaign, Welcomes FBI Interview With Programming Going Strong, The Frida Cinema Shifts Its Focus to Sustainability Santa Ana Council to Assess Downtown Business Tax Development Impacted Two Neighborhoods Differently in Santa Ana Santa Ana Resident is Ousted from County Commission After Raising Homeless Shelter Concerns Santa Ana City Council Approves Controversial Apartments Project in Park Santiago Neighborhood Santa Ana Pushes Back as County Approves New 425-Bed Shelter Santa Ana City Council Set to Vote Today on Controversial Apartments Proposal Santa Ana Residents Say Landlords Are Evicting Them Ahead of New State Law, City Council Balks on Emergency Tenant Protections 2020 Candidates for OC Supervisor Are Coming into View Phil Bacerra Wins Santa Ana Council Seat Phil Bacerra Appears to Win Santa Ana Council Seat In Dramatic Shift, Escamilla Has Kept Gaining in Santa Ana Council Results Bacerra Maintains Lead in Latest Santa Ana Council Results Downtown Santa Ana Tickets, Streetcar Construction Draw Ire From OC Supervisor Results Tighten as Vote-Counting Continues for Santa Ana Council Seat Leopo: Voters Head to the Polls for Last Election Before 2020 Move to Vote Centers Bacerra, Mendoza and Escamilla Have Early Leads in Santa Ana Council Results Today is Election Day in Santa Ana for New Council, School Board Members Santa Ana’s Annual Noche de Altares Honors the Dead, Unites the Community Six Candidates Want Santa Ana’s Ward 4 Council Seat in a Nov. 5 Special Election Cooperative Garden Promotes Food Self-Determination for Santa Ana Oversized Vehicle Parking Banned by Santa Ana City Council Willowick Golf Course Sale Put on Hold Santa Ana Will Weigh Becoming the Next OC City with a Police Oversight Board Homeless Shelter Commitments Expand to Three New Cities Downtown Santa Ana Businesses Say They’re Suffering During Streetcar Construction Ex-Santa Ana Councilman Pleads Guilty to Election Fraud Santa Ana’s Old YMCA Building will Become a Hotel Critics Decry Secrecy Around Future of Willowick Golf Course Santa Ana Sets More Pot-Shop Friendly Policies Whitewashing of Mural in Santa Ana Stirs Controversy Proposed Apartments in North Santa Ana Still Opposed by Residents Despite Revisions Ex-Santa Ana Police Officer Faces Federal Charges Over Videotaped Beating Sarmiento: Why Santa Ana’s Deportation Defense Legal Fund Should Be Celebrated Santa Ana College Rescues O.C.’s Oldest Shakespeare Company Santa Ana Quietly Hired High-Level Elections and Records Advisor Public Demand For Affordable Artists Apartments in Santa Ana Prompts City Outreach Effort Santa Ana Council Deadlocks on Its $450,000 City Manager Overruns Santa Ana’s Yost Theater Hosts the U.S. Premiere of Circa’s Newest Show Santa Ana Says Police Raises Don’t Need $4 Million Budget Boost After All Recall Attempt Stalls Against Officials Who Oppose $25 Million Police Raise Santa Ana Lures Artists With Low-Rent Housing Surveillance of Councilman Gathered Evidence of Felony Residence Fraud, DA Said The Mural Scene Expands in Santa Ana 7,000 Homeless People in OC is a Wake Up Call, Experts Say Irvine City Council Will Attempt Complicated Appointment Process to Fill Vacant Council Seat Santa Ana Mayor Accused of Personally Renting Out City Property and Interfering in Pot Shop Enforcement Police Union Bribery Alleged Under Oath by Two Officials Santa Ana and OC Officials Bicker Over Stalled New Homeless Shelter ‘Slurred’ Speech and a Blood Test Refusal: Report Details Police Leader’s Alleged DUI OC Cities Struggle With Resources to Clean Up Railroad Homeless Camps Federal Judge Presses OC Officials on Lack of Mental Health Shelter, Housing Police Officials Allege ‘Illegal Scheme’ by Their Union to Oust Santa Ana Police Chief Irvine To Grapple With City Council Vacancy After Christina Shea Becomes Mayor Santa Ana Officials Set $1.7 Million Car Dealership Subsidy To Help Local Business Santa Ana Confronts City Leadership Vacuum Santa Ana Debates Vacant City Leadership Positions Friday DA Investigating Residency Fraud Claims Against Ex-Councilman Roman Reyna Kristine Ridge Set to Become Next Santa Ana City Manager Santa Ana Prepares to Sell Off Dozens of Public Land Parcels for Development Developer Offers Scaled Down Apartment Proposal Near Discovery Cube on North Main Roman Reyna Resigns From Santa Ana City Council Santa Ana Searches for Money to Cover Police Raises Leopo: Two Sides of a Mirror: Santa Ana and Michoacán Santa Ana Approves $25 Million Police Raise, But Not Funding Roman Reyna to Resign from Santa Ana Council, Potentially Shifting Power Balance At Least 1,300 People Sleep in OC Homeless Shelters $25 Million in Santa Ana Police Raises Up for City Council Approval Garden Grove and Santa Ana OK Development of Willowick Golf Course Quinceañera Dresses Are an Art Form That’s Vanishing from Downtown Santa Ana Santa Ana Councilman’s Removal Trial Postponed as He Negotiates Deal Trial Starts Today on Removing Santa Ana Councilman Orange County Women’s March Represents Local Objectives, Voices Santa Ana Grapples With $400,000 Payout, Police Records Destruction, During Leadership Vacuum Looking Ahead at Orange County’s Political Landscape in 2020 Top Santa Ana Leadership Leaves as City Preps $400,000 Payout OC Police Chiefs Seek Common Ground on New Transparency Law Cities Across OC Struggle with Law Enforcement and Fire Pensions Breath of Fire Continues to Roar 15 Years After Its Birth Homelessness in OC: 2018 Year in Review Santa Ana Prohibits Downtown Merchants From Suing OC Streetcar for Disrupting Businesses Santa Ana Redraws City Ward Boundaries As New Council Sworn In A Border Made of Butterflies and Flowers, Not Bricks and Barbed Wire Final OC Election Results: Democrats Win Big as GOP Looks to 2020 As a Blind Photographer, Kurt Weston Looks Beyond the Surface Democrat Tom Umberg Declares Victory Over GOP State Sen. Janet Nguyen State Investigating Secretive Group That Routed $170,000 to Santa Ana Election County Buying 600-Bed Homeless Shelter Building in Santa Ana Democrat Takes Lead in Effort to Flip Janet Nguyen’s State Senate Seat Dems Leading in All OC Congressional Districts With Latest Results Santa Ana Opens New Interim 200-Bed Homeless Shelter OCSA Celebrates the Holidays with Festive and Cheerful Performances and Events Latest OC Election Results (Nov. 14): Kim Hangs Onto Small Lead in Key Congressional District Democrat Rouda Increased Lead Over Longtime Rep. Rohrabacher The Latest on the Anaheim and Santa Ana Election Counts Santa Ana’s High-Stakes Mayor and Council Race [Latest Election Night Count] 48th Congressional: GOP Rep. Rohrabacher vs Democrat Rouda [Election Night Count] Santa Ana: Two Main Factions Battle for Power in Tuesday’s Election Santa Ana Election Guide for November 2018 Tax Increases Go Before Voters in Seven OC Cities Santa Ana City Council Redistricting Could Have Some Members Run Against Each Other in 2020 Santa Ana Close to Opening 200-Bed Shelter; Suit Preps for Shift to South County Corporate PAC Money Flows to All Candidates in Contested OC Congressional Races OCMA Celebrates Opening of New Temporary Space with a Community Open House on Nov. 3 OC Democrats Pull Endorsement of Santa Ana Candidate Phil Bacerra Orange County Arts Awards Contain Messages of Frustration and Hope Santa Ana College Makes Offer to Host Shakespeare Orange County Next Year Domestic Violence Claims Prompt Investigation in Santa Ana Council Race Annual Auditions for The Wooden Floor on Saturday, Oct. 20 Breath of Fire Latina Theater Ensemble Celebrates Its Quinceañera Dance Pros Debbie Allen and Carrie Ann Inaba Inspire Arts Educators at National Arts Schools Network Conference, Hosted by Orange County School of the Arts Santa Ana Hires Operator for New 200-Bed Homeless Shelter; No Location Yet Voice of OC Publisher to Moderate Santa Ana Community Safety Forum El Centro Cultural de México Celebrates Its Grand Re-Opening on Saturday On OC: Enhancing Public Safety in Santa Ana Harbor Blvd. Streetcar is Dead; Costs for Santa Ana-Garden Grove Streetcar Skyrocket Santa Ana Adjourns Meeting in Middle of Public Comment After Council Majority Leaves Early Orange County School of the Arts Welcomes World-Renowned Guest Artists and Industry Professionals to Campus for 2018-2019 Master Artist Series Pension Costs Underlie Tax Increases in Seven OC Cities Gov. Brown Signs Bill Creating OC Homeless Housing Agency Homeless Shelters to Open in Santa Ana and Anaheim by End of December, Cities Say OC Leaders Face Scrutiny After Federal Court Ruling on Homelessness Santa Ana Police Should ‘Harass’ Homeless People to Move to Other Cities, Mayor Says Voice of OC Publisher Discusses Santa Ana News on Inside OC OC Needle Exchange Plans to Open in September, as County Asks Court to Block It Judge Demands Progress on Homeless Shelters By September 7 Orange County Seeks Court Order Blocking Needle Exchange With Hundreds of Homeless Back on Streets, Judge Sets Friday Hearing OC Supervisors to hold emergency meeting on state-authorized OC Needle Exchange Program After Not Seeing Children for at Least a Decade, Families Reunite in Santa Ana At Least 150 OC Jail Inmates on Hunger Strike to Protest Conditions and Treatment Santa Ana Puts Sales Tax Increase on November Ballot; Would Be Highest in OC State Will Not Pursue Enforcement Over Do’s 1.2 Million Taxpayer-Funded Mailers Armory Homeless Shelters Close, Many Unsure What’s Next Santa Ana Council Again Delays Vote on District Elections Final Results For OC’s Highest-Turnout Midterm Primary in More Than Three Decades Santa Ana Upside-Down By $10 Million in New Fiscal Year; Council Seeks Sales Tax Increase North OC Commits to 700 New Homeless Shelter Beds; South County Identifies Zero Central OC Election Guide for the June 2018 Primary Grand Jury to Cities & County: Stop Fighting, Form Regional Homelessness Board Federal Judge Sets June 13 Deadline for OC Cities to ID New Shelter Sites Mobile Unit Planned for OC Needle Exchange Santa Ana Halts City Council Redistricting, Points to New Lawsuit Santa Ana Budget Shortfall May Mean Cut in Services, Tax Hike Santa Ana Asks Court to Order All OC Cities to Provide Homeless Services Santa Ana Wants All 34 OC Cities Included In Federal Homeless Lawsuit LA Times: Anti-Corruption Task Force Falls Apart After Conflict Between DA and Feds Santa Ana Council Now Wants District Elections on the November Ballot Santa Ana Wants Irvine, Huntington Beach and Laguna Niguel Added to Homeless Lawsuit Santa Ana District Elections Appear Dead For This Year After Appeal is Rejected Santa Ana Mayor Steps Up Legal Action Against District Elections County Asks National Guard for Extensions on Armory Homeless Shelters Judge Orders Santa Ana Mayor to Sign Ballot Papers; Measure’s Fate is Unclear OC Cities Take Stands on State Sanctuary Laws Moving Started for Santa Ana Civic Center’s Homeless Santa Ana Alleges Class-Based Discrimination by Cities that Reject Homeless Shelters Judge to Keep Up Pressure on OC Leaders After “Decades of Neglect” of Homeless OC Supervisors Back Off New Homeless Shelters, Make Promise to Work With Cities Judge Expects County to Keep Promise of Beds for Riverbed Homeless County to Debate Making Irvine Only New Site For Emergency Homeless Shelter Santa Ana Sues Mayor for Blocking Ballot Measure Federal Judge Expands OC Homeless Housing to Include Longtime Santa Ana Civic Center Camp Federal Judge Calls Saturday Hearing To Discuss Next Steps for Riverbed Homeless Santa Ana Asking Court to Put District Elections on June Ballot Santa Ana District Elections Back on Emergency Agenda Santa Ana District Elections Appear Dead for June Ballot. But Maybe Not. Santa Ana Voters Will Decide in June on District Elections (Maybe) Santa Ana Voters Could Decide in June Whether to Switch to District Elections Santa Ana Appoints David Valentin as Permanent Police Chief Plan to Move Riverbed Homeless to Motels Approved by OC Supervisors County Gets OK to Start Evicting Santa Ana Riverbed Homeless Next Tuesday, But Must Provide Shelter Federal Judge Tells County and Cities to Move “Quickly” on Temporary Riverbed Homeless Aid Santa Ana Projects $17 Million Budget Hole as Labor Costs Skyrocket Santa Ana 2018 Elections: Police Union Leads Fundraising Going In, With Three Open Council Seats Homeless People Slowly Leave Santa Ana Riverbed: Where Can They Go? Santa Ana Again Threatens to Sue County Over Homeless Spending, Without Specifying Problem Santa Ana ‘Women’s March’ Draws More Than 15,000 Santa Ana Says it Broke State Law When Approving $1 Million Subsidy for Car Dealers Recreational Weed: It’s Legal to Buy at Licensed OC Stores, But Only in Santa Ana County Supervisors Criticized for Plan to Push Hundreds of Homeless People From Riverbed to Cities Four County GOP Congressional Seats Targeted in 2018 Santa Ana in 2017: Police Chief Ousted, Budget Shortfall, and Officer Discipline Debate Santa Ana to install security cameras in parks to promote public safety Rising Youth Sexually Transmitted Disease Rates Hit Hard in Santa Ana, Anaheim Santa Ana’s Lucrative Trash Contract Has Been Extended For 22 Years Without Competition United Nations Homeless Monitor Hears From OC Advocates Santa Ana, Facing Budget Deficit, Approves Another $1.5 Million in Pay Raises Santa Ana Will Allow Up to 30 Recreational Marijuana Shops Housing Shortage Sent Homeless at Transitional Shelter Back to Streets Santa Ana to Pay $1 Million for Car Dealers’ New Digital Billboard Cache of Bikes at Santa Ana Riverbed Were 2 Miles From Fountain Valley Homeless Camp County to Block Homeless Camping on Large Sections of Santa Ana Riverbed Supervisor Nelson: County To Phase Homeless People Out of Santa Ana Riverbed Santa Ana to Crack Down on Civic Center Homeless Camp Divided Santa Ana Council Gets Personal While Appointing New City Manager Santa Ana Offers City Manager Job to Lynwood’s Public Works Director Santa Ana Rethinks Ban Aimed at Curbing Homeless Civic Center Campsites Former Santa Ana Police Chief Sues, Claiming He Was Pushed Out By Mayor and Police Union Deadline for Undocumented Youth to Renew ‘DACA’ Status is Today Santa Ana, Garden Grove Open Talks Over Willowick Golf Course Santa Ana Wants County to Shelter Homeless People on Vacant Irvine Land, Considers Suing Santana: Inaction Can Kill Sex And The Supervisors Santa Ana City Council Calls DACA Repeal “Appalling,” Will Urge Congress to Support DREAM Act Solar Eclipse Draws Viewers at Santa Ana Civic Center Fire Chief for Most of OC Suddenly Resigns After Managers Demand It Santa Ana To Require Union Labor on City Construction Contracts Rodríguez: Santa Ana Unified School District Approach on District Security Officers Jeopardizes Student Safety La Familia: Where Santa Ana’s Parents “Come Out” to Their Communities Santa Ana Added Water Fees for New Developments Without Public Disclosure Santa Ana Officials Endorse Worker-Owned Businesses and Declare Intent to Support Them Santa Ana Reverses Plans to Downsize Jail, After New Plan is Said to Save Money and Jobs Santa Ana, County Sued For Violating Civil Rights of Civic Center Homeless Population City Council Candidates Already Fundraising for Next Year’s Races Former Santa Ana Police Chief Alleges Wrongdoing by Top City Officials and Officers’ Union Leader Weeks After Committing Taxpayers to a New $299 Million Building, County Reveals Its Design Santa Ana Police Had No Right to Expect Privacy During a Pot Shop Raid: Court of Appeal Amid Funding Shortfall, Santa Ana Raises Median Police Compensation Above $213,000 Is Santa Ana Illegally Overcharging for Trash Collection? Is California’s big investment in needy students paying off? Santa Ana Changes Acting Police Chief For Second Time in Two Months OC Grapples With Homelessness, Sheriff Funding and Sex Assault Evidence Backlog Irvine City Council Members Criticize Homeless Shelter Plan Near The Great Park Santa Ana Confronts Big Budget Shortfalls That Could Last Years Pulido Cancels Emergency City Council Meeting on Police Chief, Housing Projects Santa Ana Mayor Calls Emergency Meeting on Police Chief Search and Housing Projects Homeless Porta-Potties Not Supported by Most OC Supervisors, Spitzer Says DA’s Former Top Investigator Seeks Records of Pulido, Do, and Nguyen Probes Spencer: The Right Path for Santa Ana on Education and Economic Development Santa Ana Picks Retired Pasadena City Manager for Interim Position Santa Ana Police to Start Wearing Body Cameras This Summer Santa Ana Faces Major Budget Shortfall, Officials Say Rubio: Booze, Weed and Sneakers — But Where Are All the Books in Santa Ana? Turner: It’s Time for Districts in Santa Ana Spencer: Celebrate Day of the Child in Santa Ana This Sunday Santa Ana Leaders Collaborate on Reducing Shootings, Gangs and Other Youth Violence Divided Santa Ana Council Removes Acting City Manager Before He Chooses Acting Police Chief Santa Ana Police Chief to Resign Amid Criticism and Praise Jump in Shootings Prompts Santa Ana to Look at Comprehensive Approach Medina: The Violence of Not Prioritizing Youth Santa Ana Considers New Police Oversight After $8.5 Million in Shooting Payouts 100 New Apartments for the Homeless Approved by Santa Ana Santa Ana May Convert Part of Jail to Mental Health Center Homeless in the OC Santa Ana Youth Need More ‘Positive’ Spending, Says New Study by Health Advocates Serrano: Don’t Foreclose Santa Ana City Jail Santa Ana Cop Fired After Pot Shop Raid to Rejoin Force Due to Court Ruling Tensions High as Santa Ana Council Narrowly Nixes Keeping ICE Jail Contract Santa Ana Council Approves New Limits on Food Trucks Santa Ana ICE Contract Could Get Revived Kanter: Santa Ana Cannot Backtrack on ICE Contract Immigration Agency Cancels Santa Ana Jail Contract Santa Ana Plans Legal Defense Fund for Undocumented Immigrants Facing Deportation ACLU Threatens Suit Over County’s Actions Toward Riverbed Homeless Santa Ana Council Kills Plan for Youth Programs Santa Ana Will Appeal Decision to Reinstate Officer Fired After Pot Shop Raid Protesters Fight Plans to Push Homeless From Santa Ana Riverbed Santa Ana Cops Fired After Pot Shop Raid Could Get Their Jobs Back What to Expect in the Post-Cavazos Era at Santa Ana City Hall Santa Ana Marchers Join More Than a Million Worldwide to Protest Trump Santa Ana Council Rejects District Elections Proposal Santa Ana Finalizes ‘Sanctuary City’ Law Just Before Trump Takes Office Santa Ana City Manager Accepts Deal to Resign Amid Ouster Effort City Manager ‘Dismissal’ Now On Santa Ana Council Agenda Rancho Santiago’s Saudi Deal Is Apparently Back From the Dead In Santa Ana Power Struggle, This Woman Holds the Cards Santa Ana Mayor Succeeds in Gambit to Put City Manager on Leave Santa Ana Mayor Calls Special Meeting in Apparent Attempt to Oust City Manager Holding the Powerful Accountable in 2016 Affordable Housing Advocates Outraged Over Santa Ana Council Vote for Developer Activists Score Victories at Santa Ana City Council Meeting Incidents Raise Concerns About Security Staff at Homeless Shelter Ciertos Miembros Del Consejo De Santa Ana Planean Remover Al Administrador De La Ciudad Santa Ana Council Members Might Move to Oust City Manager Santa Ana’s City Council Majority Pushing for District-Based Voting How the Immigration Battle Lines Are Being Drawn It’s Official, Santa Ana Is Orange County’s First Sanctuary City Santa Ana Officials Hope to Alleviate Housing Crisis With Community Land Trust Santa Ana Set to Declare ‘Sanctuary City’ Status Consejo de Santa Ana Enfrenta a Trump y a Sindicato de Policias From Joy to Disappointment at Santa Ana Homeless Shelter Santa Ana City Council Ready to Battle With Trump, Police Union Santa Ana Police Union Gains Influence After Hard-Fought Election Protesters March Against Trump in Santa Ana Santa Ana Mayor and Police-Backed Council Candidates Score Victories County Supervisor Andrew Do Wins Re-Election Is This the Election Miguel Pulido Makes His Comeback at Santa Ana City Hall? Santa Ana Election Guide Jose Solorio Fined $3,500 for Using Campaign Money on Apartment Rent OC Supervisor Candidate Criticized for Absences, Travel and Stipends Santa Ana to Pay $100,000 Settlement for Pot Shop Raid State Agency Investigating Solorio for Spending Campaign Cash on Apartment Rent Has Mayor Pulido Found a Way Around Santa Ana’s Campaign Money Laws? Santa Ana Will Pay $1.7 Million to Family of Homeless Man Killed by Police Sarmiento: What’s Really Going on in Santa Ana County Officials Tout Efforts for Homeless, But Funding Still a Question Clear Lines Have Been Drawn in Santa Ana’s Ward 3 City Council Race Santa Ana City Council Hopefuls Debate How to Pay for Youth Programs Santa Ana City Council Candidates: Their Plans in Their Own Words Solorio Pays Back Campaign Money He Used for Apartment Rent Show Us Your Leases, Says Santa Ana Council Candidate Mental Health Money Top Issue in Santa Ana School Board Forum Santa Ana Mayor Is Once Again Late in Filing Financial Disclosures Santa Ana Unified School District Candidates: Their Plans in Their Own Words Solorio’s Use of Campaign Cash for Apartment Rent Prompts Legal Questions New Homeless Service Center Draws Both Kudos and Concerns From Advocates County Approves Homeless Services Center in Former Bus Depot Pulido, Vazquez Spar in Contentious Mayoral Debate Santa Ana Council Approves More Police at Civic Center Santa Ana City Council Members Often No-Shows at Committee Meetings Santa Ana Council Responds to Criticism, Declares Civic Center Homeless Crisis Supervisors to Santa Ana: ‘Put Up or Shut Up’ on Civic Center Homeless Crisis Santa Ana School Board Member Exceeded Campaign Donation Limit People of the Riverbed Santa Ana Mayor’s Relationship With Restaurateurs Remains Opaque Santa Ana Candidates Showcase Sharp Divisions on Key Issues at Forum Voting Wars: Has the Time Finally Come for the ‘Sleeping Giant’ to Awaken? Santa Ana City Manager Criticized for Awarding Executive Bonuses Jose Solorio’s ‘College Trustee’ Title Is Rejected From Santa Ana Ballot Santa Ana School Official Upset With Short Notice for Mosquito Spraying Public Gets Chance to Vet Santa Ana Streetcar Plans Santa Ana Council Clashes With Police Union Leadership College District Board Votes to Leave Seat Open Until Election Central OC Cities Set for Historic November Election State Auditors Find Problems With How Santa Ana Police Handle Gang Database Transportation Authority Awards $19.5 Million for Local Bike Projects Santa Ana Library to Close Temporarily for Renovations Santa Ana Council Appoints Replacement for Mill on Planning Commission Santa Ana Launches Program to Get Civic Center Homeless Into Housing Can Micro-Farms Take Root in Santa Ana? Potential College District Board Appointment Sparks Controversy Progress On Santa Ana’s ‘Wellness Resolution’ Coming Slowly OCTA Picks Construction Manager for OC Streetcar Project Three Cops From Santa Ana Pot Shop Raid No Longer Work for Department Santa Ana Planning Commissioner Resigns Amid Residency Questions State Watchdog to Fine Santa Ana Mayor for Failing to Report Campaign Expenses Solorio Resigns from Board of Rancho Santiago Community College District Jose Solorio Seeks Return to Santa Ana City Council Santa Ana Council To Ask Voters For A 700 Percent Raise Bustamante Serving Jail Sentence at Private, 20-Bed Facility Scores March in Santa Ana to Protest Supreme Court Immigration Decision Missing Dog Parks Another Sign of Santa Ana’s Park-Poor Reality Report Reveals Toxic Atmosphere Inside Santa Ana City Hall Santa Ana Council Votes to Devote Entire Budget Surplus to Police Drugs, Cash and Parties: The Lifestyles of Mayor Pulido’s Friends Santa Ana City Manager Censured by Outside Group for Dating Subordinate Santa Ana Council Approves Healthy Budget Santa Ana Draws Flak for Proposal to Give Private School $2.5 Million Do Still King of Campaign Cash in First District Supervisor Race OC Remains a Place of Park Haves and Have Nots Santa Ana Police Union Shakeup Could Mean More Aggressive Politics Rancho Santiago Community College District Adopts Gift Ban Santa Ana Immigrant Rights Activists End Hunger Strike Do Far Ahead of Martinez in Fundraising for Central OC Supervisor Seat Santa Ana Sticks With Immigrant Detention Contract…For Now A Push for Positive Change in Santa Ana’s Willard Neighborhood How Much Does it Really Cost to Keep Santa Ana’s Jail Open? Transgender Advocates Launch Hunger Strike to Protest Santa Ana ICE Contract Congressional Candidates Spar With Raucous Crowd Santa Ana Mayor Still Appears to Owe Money All Over Town Santa Ana’s Illegal Fireworks Fines Might Increase This July 4th Santa Ana Council Hears Debate Over Fate of City Jail Santa Ana Library Receives National Award New Laws, Discipline Policies Lead to Dramatic Drop in School Suspensions Santa Ana Council to Talk About Getting Out of the Jail Business What Would it Cost to Shut Down Santa Ana’s Jail? Santa Ana Councilman Lashes Out Against County Supervisor Suspensions Plummet With New Discipline Policy in Santa Ana Schools Even With ‘Chaos’ on July 4th, Santa Ana Council Reluctant to Douse Firework Sales Despite Gang Injunction, Reports of Shootings Remain High in Townsend Turner: Where’s the Sunshine in Santa Ana? Santana: Could Adding More Green Lower Santa Ana’s Crime Rate? Advocates Tout Gains, Challenges in Restorative Justice Efforts Santa Ana to Obama: Protect Immigrants From ‘Needless Deportations’ Working-Class Advocates Gaining Power in Central Orange County Santa Ana Cops Charged With Stealing Cookies, Vandalism at Pot Shop Santana: Unionization of Pot Workers a Game Changer in OC Proposed Gift Ban Stalls at Rancho Santiago as Criticism Mounts Santa Ana Residents Discuss How to Build a Strong Arts Infrastructure Santana: Focus for Santa Ana Civic Center Should be People not Buildings Michele Martinez Jumps Into Race for First District Supervisor Seat Transportation Authority Makes Changes to Plans for Bus Route Cuts Ethics Pledge Flap Is Latest Chapter in Santa Ana City Hall Drama Obama Includes Santa Ana Streetcar in Federal Budget Santa Ana Extends City Manager’s Contract, Publicly Approves Bonus Santa Ana Backs Away From ICE Contract Expansion Cortez: Will Santa Ana’s Latino City Council Side With Human Rights Or With ICE and Trump? Fialho: Stop State-Sanctioned Sexual Assaults in Santa Ana Santa Ana Bus Terminal Attracts Few Homeless People Transportation Authority Will Likely Seek Refunds for Santa Ana’s Senior Junkets Santa Ana Gets Input From Public on Arts Plan County Gets OK From Feds to Use Bus Depot as Emergency Homeless Shelter Santa Ana Used Taxpayer Money to Take Seniors on Gambling Junkets County Continues to Draw Criticism for Homeless Shelter Delays Expert: Vote on Santa Ana City Manager’s Bonus Violated State Law Voice of OC Podcast: Why Orange County Misses the Bus Santa Ana Embarks on Push for Arts and Culture Plan Rancho Santiago Officials Remain Mum on Saudi Arabia Deal Santa Ana City Manager Gets $17,000 Bonus Santa Ana Council Opposes Bus Service Cuts Santa Ana Council to Consider Bonus for City Manager… Again How Are You Affected by County Bus Service Cuts? Plans to Cut Santa Ana Bus Routes Draw Fire Rancho Santiago Moves Closer to New Rules on Gifts, Travel Rancho Santiago Chancellor: Official Taking Gifts From Contractors Is ‘Good Networking’ Harrah Wants to Build Boutique Hotel in Downtown Santa Ana