CENTRAL COUNTY CENTRAL COUNTY CANYONS » Orange County Sheriff’s Department Seeks Spike in Car Impound Fees Orange County Residents Go Back Home After Days of Wildfires and Uncertainty How to Adjust Voter Access When Wildfires Interrupt Your Local Election Some Containment Progress As Two Wildfires Continue to Burn in Orange County “Like Nothing I’ve Experienced Before,” Orange County Flees from Two Fires Silverado Canyon and Blue Ridge Fires in Photos — Day One 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 COSTA MESA » As Orange County Cities Consider A New Public Utility Program, Final Costs Remain Unclear Teachers Push Newport-Mesa to Return Older Students Home Over Safety Concerns Segerstrom Center for the Arts Brings Back Live Performances on the Plaza Orange County Mixed on Enforcing Gov. Newsom’s Curfew and Mask Orders Costa Mesa And Newport Beach May Partner on Homeless Shelter Near John Wayne Airport What Should Orange County’s Fairgrounds Look Like in the Future, Who Should It Serve? Laguna Art Museum, O.C. Museum of Art Back Open for Business As General Election Closes, Another Comes into View for Orange County’s Coastal Residents Costa Mesa Allocates Millions in Grant Funds for Permanent Shelter Pending County Approval Costa Mesa Temporarily Prohibits Short-Term Rentals as City Looks to Regulate Industry FOUNTAIN VALLEY » Fountain Valley Hospital Employees Continue Protesting Working Conditions After Coronavirus Kills One Worker Orange County Reveals A Slice of How It Spent Federal Coronavirus Relief Money As General Election Closes, Another Comes into View for Orange County’s Coastal Residents Republicans Flip Coastal OC Congressional Seat from Democrats as Harley Rouda Concedes State Investigating Disclosure Complaints Against OC Supervisor Candidate Sergio Contreras 2020 Election Night Results: Fountain Valley City Council Race Seven Competing for Two Seats on Fountain Valley City Council Fountain Valley Offers Public Open Space Permit to Businesses, Religious and Cultural Groups 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 GARDEN GROVE » Orange County Reveals A Slice of How It Spent Federal Coronavirus Relief Money Hospitalizations Climb As Second Coronavirus Wave Exposes New Case Rate Fronts Across OC Willowick: One Neighborhood At Center of Reshaping Battle for Area’s Last Open Space Republicans Flip Coastal OC Congressional Seat from Democrats as Harley Rouda Concedes State Investigating Disclosure Complaints Against OC Supervisor Candidate Sergio Contreras 2020 Election Night Results: Garden Grove City Council and Mayor Race Nine Candidates Seek Election to the Garden Grove City Council this November Organizations Using $3.6 Million to Aid Homeless Relief Efforts in Garden Grove Local Officials Rethink Public Access to Cooling Centers Amid Heatwaves, Climate Change With Public Release of More Coronavirus Infection Data by Zip Code, Virus Spread Across OC Cities Becomes Clearer HUNTINGTON BEACH » As Orange County Cities Consider A New Public Utility Program, Final Costs Remain Unclear Huntington Beach to Consider Continuing Main Street Closures During Coronavirus As General Election Closes, Another Comes into View for Orange County’s Coastal Residents Republicans Flip Coastal OC Congressional Seat from Democrats as Harley Rouda Concedes Gov. Newsom Ousts Key Poseidon Desal Critic from Water Board Ahead of Project’s Approval Huntington Beach Bans Bike Sales, Repair on Public Property Leopo: A Time to Reflect, Recognize Local Indigenous History 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 NEWPORT BEACH » Groups of Newport Beach Residents Working to Revive Christmas Boat Parade Teachers Push Newport-Mesa to Return Older Students Home Over Safety Concerns Newport Cancels Christmas Boat Parade Costa Mesa And Newport Beach May Partner on Homeless Shelter Near John Wayne Airport As General Election Closes, Another Comes into View for Orange County’s Coastal Residents Costa Mesa Allocates Millions in Grant Funds for Permanent Shelter Pending County Approval Republicans Flip Coastal OC Congressional Seat from Democrats as Harley Rouda Concedes Newport Beach City Council To Consider Increasing Park In-Lieu Fees 2020 Election Night Results: Newport Beach City Council Race Newport Beach Will Consider New Rules for Living Aboard Boats in Commercial Marinas SANTA ANA » Santa Ana Approves Alcohol Sales for Zoo; City Will Collect Commission from Concessions Orange County Mixed on Enforcing Gov. Newsom’s Curfew and Mask Orders Orange County Reveals A Slice of How It Spent Federal Coronavirus Relief Money Orange County Moves its Largest Homeless Shelter Starting Around the New Year Hospitalizations Climb As Second Coronavirus Wave Exposes New Case Rate Fronts Across OC Willowick: One Neighborhood At Center of Reshaping Battle for Area’s Last Open Space Republicans Flip Coastal OC Congressional Seat from Democrats as Harley Rouda Concedes Santa Ana High School Students Tackle Distance Learning; District Adapts to Offer More Support State Investigating Disclosure Complaints Against OC Supervisor Candidate Sergio Contreras 2020 Election Night Results: Santa Ana City Council and Mayor Race TUSTIN » Tustin and Other OC Cities Enact Sidewalk Vendor Regulations Nine Competing to Fill Three Tustin City Council Seats Orange County Residents Go Back Home After Days of Wildfires and Uncertainty Tustin Candidates for City Council Answer Voters Top Questions How to Adjust Voter Access When Wildfires Interrupt Your Local Election Some Containment Progress As Two Wildfires Continue to Burn in Orange County 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 WESTMINSTER » Orange County Reveals A Slice of How It Spent Federal Coronavirus Relief Money Westminster Approves Committee to Help Update the City’s Secondary Units Law Republicans Flip Coastal OC Congressional Seat from Democrats as Harley Rouda Concedes State Investigating Disclosure Complaints Against OC Supervisor Candidate Sergio Contreras 2020 Election Night Results: Westminster City Council Race Elections Officials and DA Investigate Alleged “Fake” Vote Center in Westminster Five Westminster Council Candidates Hope to Take Charge of Disarrayed City 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 ShareTweetRedditEmail