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 COSTA MESA » Newport-Mesa Community Divided Over School Reopenings, Union Calls Plans Vague Pacific Symphony Strives to Reimagine Programming as it Postpones 2020-21 Season Orange County Supervisors Finalize Private Jet Plans, Ignore Resident Concerns Private Jet Plan for John Wayne Airport Sparks Resident Concern and Corruption Allegations If Approved, Costa Mesa Retail Cannabis Measure is Expected to Bring Financial Windfall Costa Mesa Voters to Decide on Legalizing Retail Cannabis Shops, Delivery Services Costa Mesa Youth Theater Decides the Show Must Go On, Even During the Coronavirus Pandemic Todd D. Smith is Leaving the Orange County Museum of Art Fate of OC Fairgrounds Swap Meet and Hundreds of Vendors Still Undecided OC Fair Audit Shows $220K in Improper Expenses, Travel, and Unreported Theft FOUNTAIN VALLEY » State Report Verifies Fountain Valley Hospital Workers’ Claims of Mismanagement During Pandemic Surges As OC Districts Reopen Schools this Week, Questions and Petitions for Delay Mount OC Democratic Party Vice Chair Resigns from Leadership Amid Uproar Over Ho Chi Minh Post OC Democratic Leader’s Praise for Ho Chi Minh Sends Little Saigon Into Uproar More OC Hospital Employees Protest Conditions They Say Led to Coronavirus Outbreak 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 GARDEN GROVE » With Public Release of More Coronavirus Infection Data by Zip Code, Virus Spread Across OC Cities Becomes Clearer OC Democratic Party Vice Chair Resigns from Leadership Amid Uproar Over Ho Chi Minh Post OC Democratic Leader’s Praise for Ho Chi Minh Sends Little Saigon Into Uproar Garden Grove to Offer City Staff and Leaders Social “Bias” Training Amid Recent Criticism Coronavirus Prompts Community Census Takers to Get Creative Criticism Mounts Around Police Response at Recent Protests in Orange County Garden Grove Police Launch Probe into Officer Who Waved Baton Out Of Unmarked Car During Protest by Young Activists 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 HUNTINGTON BEACH » Will Gov. Newsom Replace Poseidon Desal Project Critic on OC Regional Water Board? Conservationists Split Over Poseidon Desal Project’s Potential to Help Bolsa Chica Wetlands Huntington Beach Extends Outdoor Dining Street Closures, Discusses Making Them Permanent Water Officials Push Back Decision on Huntington Beach Desal Project Yet Again Controversial Huntington Beach Desalination Project Faces Key Hurdle Friday Public Protest, Questions Push Water Board Decision on Huntington Beach Desal Permit to Aug. 7 Public Argues For, Against Huntington Beach Desalination Plant, Decision Near Huntington Beach’s Anti-Mask Bastion Status Puts its Latino Neighborhoods on Edge Huntington Beach Parents Continue to Fight Perry Elementary Closure Young Black Organizers and Leaders Look to a New Orange County in Light of Protests NEWPORT BEACH » Newport-Mesa Community Divided Over School Reopenings, Union Calls Plans Vague Orange County Supervisors Finalize Private Jet Plans, Ignore Resident Concerns Private Jet Plan for John Wayne Airport Sparks Resident Concern and Corruption Allegations Newport Beach Restaurants Will Not Face Fines Further Enforcing Masks And Distancing Orange County Supervisors Decide Today on Private Jet Plan for John Wayne Airport Newport Beach Film Festival Pushed Again, But Will Still Show the Opening Night Film and Honor Eugene Levy With Community Concerns Lingering, Newport Beach Takes Stance on John Wayne Airport Leases Newport Beach Officials and Residents Raise Issues Over John Wayne Airport Land Lease Bids Newport Beach Police Officers Level Criticism and Lawsuit at City Hall Over Retirement Benefits Newport Theatre Arts Center: Not Your Typical Community Theater SANTA ANA » Santa Ana Will Get Its First New Mayor in Decades: Here Are the Candidates Here Are the Santa Ana Council Candidates Heading into High Stakes Battle This November Private Jet Plan for John Wayne Airport Sparks Resident Concern and Corruption Allegations A Celebration of Mexican Independence Through a Santanero Lens With Public Release of More Coronavirus Infection Data by Zip Code, Virus Spread Across OC Cities Becomes Clearer Irvine and Santa Ana Teachers Weigh in on Teaching During Coronavirus Pandemic State Officials to Target More Testing For OC’s Hardest Hit Neighborhoods in Anaheim and Santa Ana OC Democratic Party Vice Chair Resigns from Leadership Amid Uproar Over Ho Chi Minh Post OC Democratic Leader’s Praise for Ho Chi Minh Sends Little Saigon Into Uproar Santa Ana Relaxes Affordable Housing Laws; Declines Residents More Time for Rent Control Petition TUSTIN » As OC Districts Reopen Schools this Week, Questions and Petitions for Delay Mount Coronavirus Strikes At Least Twelve Orange County Nursing Facilities Tustin Approves New Transitional Housing for Growing Homeless Population Winner-Take-All Battle For Orange County’s 3rd District Tustin Residents to Vote on City Council Pay Tustin Residents Will Get to Vote on City Council Pay Citizens Sue to Stop Costco Gas Station in Tustin 2020 Candidates for OC Supervisor Are Coming into View Rehab Homes in Unincorporated Orange County to Face New Rules 7,000 Homeless People in OC is a Wake Up Call, Experts Say WESTMINSTER » OC Democratic Party Vice Chair Resigns from Leadership Amid Uproar Over Ho Chi Minh Post OC Democratic Leader’s Praise for Ho Chi Minh Sends Little Saigon Into Uproar Criminal Charges and Residency Questions Amp Up Westminster School Board Races Westminster Council Again Fails to Act on Sales Tax Measure as Financial Crisis Looms A Nervous Westminster City Council Takes Another Hard Look at Increasing Sales Taxes Today Westminster Council Inaction Leaves Bleak Outlook for City’s Finances, Basic Functions More OC Hospital Employees Protest Conditions They Say Led to Coronavirus Outbreak Westminster Puts City Manager Hiring on Hold After Controversy Westminster Could Have Its First Vietnamese American City Manager, But He Comes With Controversy All Eyes on OC Officials as Calls for Systemic Changes to Police Oversight Grow Amid Protests ShareTweetRedditEmail