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Santana: Could Orange County Voters Decide the Fate of John Wayne Name on Airport?

Santana: Who Will Stand up for Santa Ana and Anaheim on Coronavirus Impacts?

Orange County Public Health Officer Abruptly Resigns Under Pressure Over Mask Order

How Do You Best Spend $75 Million in Fed Funds to Help OC Recover from Coronavirus?

Santana: CA Gov. Newsom Forced Beach Closures in OC Stir Local Partisanship

Santana: Newly Appointed Orange County Public Health Official Hired to Tackle Coronavirus Once Was Fined By State For Failing to Report Pharmaceutical Payments

Top Orange County Public Health Official in Charge of Covid-19 Testing Effort Abruptly Resigns and Retires

Santana: What Does Orange County Look Like When It’s Back in Business?

Santana: County of Orange Auctioned Off 100,000 Expired N95 Protective Masks

Santana: Failing to Communicate

Santana: Coronavirus Requires Bold Civic Leadership in Orange County

Santana: Politicking The Coronavirus

Santana: Top DA Spitzer Aide Gets $75K Settlement To Drop Corruption Allegations

Santana: MLK Holiday A Call To Confront Hate Together

Santana: Most Popular News Columns on Orange County

Santana: High Ranking Aide to DA Todd Spitzer Disappears from Agency and State Assembly Campaign After Filing Explosive Claim Against County

Santana: DA Todd Spitzer and Sheriff Don Barnes Clash Over Secret Booking Audits

Santana: Can DA Todd Spitzer and Sheriff Don Barnes Survive The Evidence Booking Scandal?

Santana: Columbus, Indigenous Peoples’ Day Engages Around Equity

Santana: Orange County’s Key Organizing Group Gets Disorganized

Santana: Chapman Student Newspaper Triggers Sparks

Santana: Commie Hunting in Westminster

Santana: Death of OC Auditor Controller Underscores Why Public Access to Elected Officials’ Calendars Matters

Santana: Angels-Anaheim Negotiations Enter Final Stretch

Santana: Brea’s Private Water Woes

Santana: Fishing Comes Back to Irvine Lake

Santana: When Sheriff’s Deputies Take the Fifth

Santana: The Pesky Public

Santana: We Are Not Ready

Santana: State Assemblyman Bill Brough Under Fire For Alleged Harassment of Women

Santana: OC Deputy Union Pays Out $50K in Failed Bid to Seal Misconduct Records

Santana: Voice of OC is Ten Years Old Today

Santana: OC Sheriff Under Fire For Illegal Takeover of Public Docks in Newport Harbor

Santana: OC Sheriff Don Barnes Moves at Sloth Pace to Release Deputy Misconduct Records

Santana: Conservative Latino Elected Leaders in Santa Ana Earn a Recall They Can Be Proud Of

Santana: Newport Residents Lead Organizing Efforts Against JWA Private Jet Expansion

Santana: Stage Set For ACLU Vs. County of Orange Fight Over Public Comment Rules

Santana: Given Campaign Cash for OC Supervisors, Newport Beach Residents Right to Worry About JWA Expansion Plans

Santana: Angels Stadium Negotiations Trash Public’s Right to Know

Santana: OC Supervisors Attack on Free Speech, Comes Under Attack

Santana: Quick Housing Options Needed to Spur OC Homelessness Efforts

Santana: Has Orange County’s Blue Wave Crashed?

Santana: California News Media Partnership Forms to Publish Police Misconduct Records

Santana: Who will become Orange County’s Next County Supervisor on March 12?

Santana: OC Deputies Union Withdraws Lawsuit to Block Public Release of Deputy Misconduct Records

Santana: Judge Orders Release of Deputies Misconduct Records

Santana: Let Them Play

Santana: New OC DA Wants To Make a Deal with Feds Ending DOJ Jailhouse Snitch Probe

Santana: LA Judge Likely to Rule Against Deputy Union Bid to Keep Misconduct Records Secret

Santana: OC Judge To Rule Soon on Releasing Deputy Misconduct Records

Santana: Media Coalition Wins Right to Intervene Against Deputy Union Bid to Quash Release of Misconduct Records

Santana: California Publishers Gear Up for Battle Over Public Records Access

Santana: County Supervisors Order Stand Down on Public Right to Know

Santana: Orange County Touts New Community Model for Treating Mental Illness

Santana: The Battle for OC in 2020 Shifts Early Into High Gear

Santana: Sheriff Union Wins in Bid to Shield Deputy Misconduct Records

Santana: Sheriff’s Union Seeks to Block Public Access to Misconduct Records

Santana: Angels Get to 2020 in Anaheim

Santana: Anaheim Stadium Deal Goes Easy on Angels, Hard on Taxpayers

Santana: Santa Ana City Manager In Play Again

Santana: We Made It! Top Issues to Watch in 2019

Santana: The Best of 2018

Santana: Voice of OC Donors Help Young Journalists Fuel Change

Santana: OC Democrats Could Face Toughest Election on Their Own Turf

Santana: Anaheim Skirts Police Accountability

Santana: Welcome to Purple County

Santana: Veterans Make Elections Possible

Santana: Could Rivalry Among Vietnamese American, Republican Elected Officials Throw Central OC to Dems?

Santana: Fight Fake News, Fund Local News

Santana: Confronting Corporate Cronyism in Anaheim

Santana: Orange County, Democracy Now

Santana: Democratic Defections Raise Questions For OC Supervisors Race, 39th Congressional District

Santana: Protecting Public Safety

Santana: News Transparency Matters

Santana: Columbus Day or Indigenous People’s Day?

Santana: Could Vietnamese American Political Rift Affect the 34th State Senate and 48th Congressional District Races?

Santana: Training Young Reporters at SAUSD Summer Enrichment Program

Santana: OC Lack of Progress on Homelessness is Tragic. Could it Soon be Illegal?

Santana: Disney Fireworks Impact on Neighborhood Health Needs Study

Santana: Time for Common Sense

Santana: Anaheim PD Fails Transparency Test

Santana: Safe to Head to the OC Fairgrounds This Summer?

Santana: Public Use Battles Loom Over OC Fair

Santana: Performance Auditing Offers a Real Look Under The Public Sector Hood

Santana: OC Fairgrounds Needs Strong Auditing After Horse Fiasco

Santana: Who Really Runs the OC Fairgrounds?

Santana: Could OC Use a Regional Housing Agency?

Santana: OC Faces Stark Accountability Crisis

Santana: Homelessness Showcases County Supervisors’ Weakness

Santana: Part-Time County Supervisors

Santana: The New OC

Santana: The Day of Reckoning

Santana: It Takes a Federal Judge

Santana: United to End Homelessness

Santana: Riverbed Evictions Revealed Failed Homelessness Policies

Santana: Lessons in Leadership over President’s Holiday

Santana: OC Supervisors Hate Listening to Real Live Taxpayers

Santana: Lincoln’s Birthday Offers A Challenge to Add Your Voice

Santana: OC Democrats Ponder Fighting it Out Vs. Narrowing The Field For Congress

Santana: Does Irvine Need to Slow Down Development?

Santana: We Did It!

Santana: Voice of OC Was There For You in 2017

Santana: Meet Your Involvement Editor

Santana: Meet The Voice of OC

Santana: Meet Your Civic Editor Tracy Wood

Santana: A Voice to Rely on

Santana: Looking For The Best And Brightest

Santana: Something Smells at The Mesa Water District

Santana: Dana Point Harbor Revitalization Could Seek as Much as $45 Million in Public Subsidies

Santana: Could OC College Republicans Save the GOP?

Santana: OC Vets Cemetery in Irvine Stuck?

Santana: Inaction Can Kill

Santana: OC Contract Cities Rebuke County Supervisors Over Spiraling Sheriff Costs

Santana: Orange County Faces a Public Safety Leadership Crisis

Santana: Workers Get A Front Row Seat at the OC Fairgrounds

Santana: The Lack of Ethics Commission

Santana: Public Wins, Politicians Lose on Secrecy in OC

Santana: Controversial Grand Jury Jailhouse Snitch Report Puts Focus on DA Race

Santana: Will Orange County’s Law Enforcement Complex Survive The Stand?

Santana: Focus on the Fundamentals

Santana: State’s Public Records Act Needs Teeth

Santana: Could a Housing Bond End Homelessness in Orange County?

Santana: We Won!

Santana: Who Questions Sheriff Sandra Hutchens?

Santana: Public Spaces Should Reflect The Public That Pays For Them

Santana: Spitzer’s You Tube Debut Becomes Must See – or Unsee – Court TV

Santana: Phantom Government

Santana: OC Auditor Controller Leads CA Public Accountants Uprising

Santana: Is This The Year OC Vets Finally Get Their Own Cemetery?

Santana: Voice of OC Gets a New Look

Santana: Justice Often Depends on The Bare Essentials

Santana: Can Local Government Operate in Total Secrecy?

Santana: Respect For Human Rights is a Local Story

Santana: Will Anaheim Invest in Youth & Police Oversight Before It’s Too Late?

Santana: People Are The Future of Civics & News

Santana: Is the Fix in at John Wayne Airport?

Santana: Is Throwing Rocks the New Homeless Response in OC?

Santana: Anatomy of a Police State

Santana: County Government’s Full Employment Act for Local Politicos

Santana: Orange County’s Criminal Justice Complex in Crisis

Santana: Searching for Watchdogs in Orange County

Santana: Local Officials Have the Power to Alleviate Housing Crisis

Santana: Focusing Homelessness Policy is Biggest Challenge of 2017

Santana: OC Superior Court Judge Cools County Attack on First Amendment

Santana: Confronting the Little Fidels That Surround Us All

Santana: What Happens After Elections Also Matters

Santana: Plugging Into the New Reality

Issa Takes Lead in 49th Congressional District

Santana: The Real Winners From Election 2016

Santana: Handcuffing Journalists

Santana: New Trails Blazed in OC for Veterans, Homeless and Politicking

Santana: Calling Out the Obvious

Santana: Doing the Right Thing

Santana: Wandering Through Crisis

Santana: Welcome to Orange County’s ‘Courtyard Transitional Center’

Santana: Failing to Show Up for Work

Santana: End Political Hackery, Focus Local Government

Santana: Labor Day Reminds Us Government Is Fueled by People Not Politicians

Santana: Lack of Warning on Civic Center Gun Threat Is Symptom of a Larger Problem

Santana: OC Government Goes Corporate

Santana: Who’s Driving the Bus at the County of Orange?

Santana: OC Supervisors Wage War on First Amendment

Santana: OC Animal Shelter Born From Engagement

Santana: The Tricky Debate Surrounding Supervisor Term Limits

Santana: Has Orange County Created America’s Most Vulnerable Cops?

Santana: It’s Time to Talk Change for OC Government

Santana: Marian Bergeson Left OC a Better Place

Santana: OC Supervisors Slam Human Relations But Like Secret Diplomacy

Santana: Re-Read the Declaration of Independence This July 4

Santana: County IT Collapse Should Prompt a Reboot, Not Just a New Chief

Santana: Training Civic Accountants

Santana: Trump Fuels Historic Democratic Turnout in OC

Santana: Is it Time for Ethics in Orange County?

Santana: OC Homelessness Czar Gets to Work; So Should County Supervisors

Santana: Homeless Camp Now Keeping People From Jury Duty

Santana: Orange County Has a New Homeless Czar

Santana: Follow-Up Is a Job for All of Us

Santana: Avoid Politics With Public Defender Pick

Santana: Legacy Matters

Santana: Old Friends Now Foes in 48th District, While Debate in 46th a Dud

Santana: Can the Red Cross Handle Disaster Response in OC?

Santana: Could Adding More Green Lower Santa Ana’s Crime Rate?

Santana: Supervisors Making Progress on Homelessness

Santana: Heroes Hall Is a Monument to Freedom, Activism

Santana: News Is What They Don’t Want You to Know

Santana: Unionization of Pot Workers a Game Changer in OC

Santana: The Price of Ethics in OC

Santana: Focus for Santa Ana Civic Center Should be People not Buildings

Santana: The Demise of OIR Should Trigger Calls to Feds

Santana: Where Will Bartlett’s Power Play Lead the County?

Santana: Presidents Day a Time to Reflect on Civic Action of Lorenzo Ramirez

Santana: Will Bartlett Step Up to Lead on Homelessness?

Santana: County Supervisors Need to Start Supervising

Santana: Do Jail Escapes Reveal Funding Gap?

Santana: County Officials Moving Slowly to Help Civic Center Homeless

Santana: Bartlett Meets the OC Old Boy Network

Santana: 2016 Promises to be a Year of Fresh Starts for County Government

Santana: 2015 Showed How The People Can Impact Public Policy in OC

Santana: OC Supervisors Offer Hope for Homeless This Holiday Season

PBS So Cal Broadcasts Reiff Interview on Voice of OC

Santana: The Catch-22 of County Politics

Santana: Fast Times Require Fast Action

Santana: OC Offers Paris Climate Talks a View Toward the Past

Santana: Time Is Now to Move Homeless Into Santa Ana Bus Terminal

Santana: A Shelter Isn’t a Strategy

Santana: OC Supervisors Continue to Face an Accountability Crisis

Santana: Inaction on Bus Shelter for Homeless Could Trigger Civic Protest

Santana: Playing with Pensions

Santana: Will OC Supes Expand Office of Independent Review?

Santana: Is it Criminal to be Homeless in Anaheim?

Santana: OC Supervisors Get Ethics

Santana: Is Civic Activism Turning the Tide in OC?

Santana: Will Gov. Brown Go Up on CRONEY?

Santana: OC Fairgrounds Offers Chance for Frank Table Talk on Labor Day

Santana: No Civilian Oversight Over Police Is Better Than Faux Oversight

Santana: OC Supervisors Trash Auditors, Accountability

Santana: Supervisors Wake Up to Civic Center Homeless Explosion

Santana: OC Supervisors Should Meet Homeless

Santana: Don’t Question Do

Santana: Civic Center Shows What Politicization of County Board Brings

Santana: Xerox Collapse Should Fuel Calls for Outside Oversight

Santana: Tired of OIR, OC Supes Refocus on Appointing a Party Planner-in-Chief

Santana: Political Appointees Are Behind OC’s Rotting Animal Shelter

Santana: What’s Next After Demise of Independent Police Review in OC?

Santana: Meet OC’s Biggest NIMBY on Homelessness; County Supervisors

Santana: Meet the County Cleaner

Santana: Animals Remain Low on OC Supervisors’ Priority Lists

Santana: Gaffe or Not, Sanchez’s Train Has Left the Station in Senate Race

Santana: Frank Kim Must Sell OC on County Government

Santana: OC Gets a Chance to Stomp Out Cronyism in Government

Santana: Can We Really Trust OC Leaders to Police Themselves?

Santana: The Most Expensive Mug Shots in History

Keeping Watch: County Government’s Most Thankless Job

Moorlach Hinting at the Winding Down of His Public Life

‘No Red Flags’ in Anaheim Chamber Audit, but Questions Remain

OCTA Targets Its Lobbying Firm

Anaheim Hotelier’s Contribution to Sidhu Was Illegal, DA Says

County COO Draws Fire for Past Election Fraud Conviction

Nelson Will Remain Chairman

The Story Behind OC’s Hard-Line Negotiations With Deputy Sheriffs

CalOptima Slammed By U.S. Audit

County to Sheriff’s Deputies Union: Pay Full Share of Your Pensions

Righeimer and Mensinger Get Top Spots on City Council

Facing Public Outcry, Newport Beach Holds Back on Dock Fee

State Supreme Court Backs Injunction Against Outsourcing

Kang Steps Down as Mayor

Sheriff Sandra Hutchens Discloses She Has Breast Cancer

Costa Mesa City Council Cancels Last Layoff Notices

Taxpayer Advocate: Santa Ana Illegally Transferring Funds

San Onofre Officials Investigate Potential Case of Sabotage

John Wayne Airport Might Accept Bids for Private Firefighting

County: Engineers Should Pay for Extra Airport Construction Work

Supervisors Approve Updates to County Harassment Policy

Battle Over County’s Labor Contracts Is Heating Up

Board of Supervisors Delays Approval of Computer Contract

Police Review Reported Rape at Mayor’s Home in Santa Ana

Board of Supervisors Set for ‘Big Vote’ on Huge Computer Contract

A Politico’s Quest to Change Campaign Finance Law

DA Granted More Money to Investigate Public Corruption

Third Officer in Kelly Thomas Beating Might Be Indicted

Fullerton Police to Clear Kelly Thomas of Any Wrongdoing

Bustamante Returns to City Council

City Council Members Allege Police Union Bullying

‘Culture of Complacency’ Led to Fullerton Police Beating Death

Another Sex Crime Allegation on County Supervisors’ Docket

Disney’s Actual Position Regarding Council Districts

Audit Report Details Culture of Fear at County Public Works

Mayoral Term Limit Will Go Before Santa Ana Voters in November

County Releases Redacted Version of Controversial Drakodaidis Claim

Drakodaidis Attorney Levels More Charges Against Supervisors

Voice of OC Files Suit to Reveal Letter Kept Secret by County

Alvarez Alleges Conspiracy to Deny Her a Fourth Term

OC Officials Offer Up Another Reason for Keeping Letter Secret

HB City Manager Headed Bankrupt San Bernardino

Board of Supervisors Postpones Action on County CEO’s Fate

How Did Anaheim City Employees Negotiate Such a Good Deal?

OC Leaders React to Supreme Court Health Care Ruling

Supervisors Cut Human Relations Commission Funding

Costa Mesa Takes Stand Against 405 Toll Lane Plans

Voice of OC Heads to Texas for Conference on New Journalism

Councilwoman’s Votes Involve Donors to Her Charity

More Details Emerge on Coaches’ Alleged Kickback Scheme

Supervisors Send CalOptima Charges to Grand Jury

A Dust-Up on the Costa Mesa Sanitation District Board

Anaheim Councilwoman Schedules Review of City Manager

What’s the Story Behind CalOptima’s Brain Drain?

The Battle Behind the Battle for the 69th Assembly District

Government Insider Will Help With OC’s Business Development

Activist Wants Police to Investigate Councilwoman’s Actions

Shredding Raises Alarm Among Anaheim City Employees

Santa Ana City Council Might Be Able to Release Measure D Report

Councilwoman May Have Violated Clause in Anaheim City Charter

Executive Pay Remains a Vexing Issue for Board of Supervisors

Louis Cella, Former Orange County Power Broker, Dies at 87

Subsidiary of Councilwoman’s Firm Holds City Contract

Signs Pointed to Council’s Dissatisfaction With City Manager

Fair Board Might Be Close to Deal With OC Marketplace

Can Alvarez Find a Loophole and Run for a Fourth Council Term?

Anaheim Council Slashes City Manager’s Contract Authority

Councilman Alleges Cover-Up in Kelly Thomas Police Beating

On The Agenda

Plan to Put Nguyen on CalOptima Board Runs into Opposition

‘Let the Lawsuits Begin’ in Fairgrounds Swap Meet Dispute

San Juan Councilman Says He Named His Dog ‘Muhammad’

OC Sheriff-Coroner: Thomas Autopsy Results Coming ‘Soon’

Supervisors Approve GOP-Friendly Political Boundaries

A City Vents Its Anger

Two Downtown Inc. Board Members Resign Over Gentrification Issue

Chases Respond to Alvarez

Supervisors Want a Second Look at 1st District Borders

Trying to Fix a $48-Million Oops

Appellate Court Denies Rehearing of OC Fairgrounds Case

Managers’ Labor Contract Delayed Again

Supervisor Shawn Nelson Will Launch Bid for Congress

Rumors of Chivas USA Soccer Team Moving to Santa Ana Worries Residents

County Auditor Squares Off With CEO Over Executive Raises

Debating How to Slice Up Orange County

Who Got the Big Raises?

County Executive Ranks, Labor Groups Benefit From Lax HR Department

Latest from PBS SoCal on Coaches’ Slush Fund

Fair Drama Back on the Docket

OCEA Planning Celebration of Osama Bin Laden’s Death

Costa Mesa Councilman Gets in Altercation with Local Teacher

Holding Their ‘Feet to the Fire’ in Costa Mesa

OC Business Council Exempt From Lobbying Ordinance

Union Attack Campaign Against Costa Mesa Council Goes National

School District and Developers at Odds in Irvine

‘We’ve Never Been Found to Have Done Anything Wrong’

Celebrate National Sunshine Week

Spitzer Announces Bid for Supervisor Seat

Costa Mesa Officials Contemplate Life Without a Fire Department

How Much Could the Williams’ Fiasco Cost Taxpayers?

Costa Mesa Becomes Ground Zero in Ideological Budget Battle

Supervisor Nelson Chooses Wife for Tourism Council

Fair Board Legal Bills Skyrocket

Supervisors Growing Tired of IT Cost Overruns, Excuses

Larry Agran to Relinquish Great Park Chairmanship

Gearing Up for Pension Battle Royal

Grindle to County: Don’t Pay John Williams for Doing Nothing

Supervisors Considering Ouster of Another High-Level County Official

So How Much is the OC Fairgrounds Really Worth?

Lobby Reform Passes

Appellate Court Rejects Orange County’s Retroactive Pension Case

Memo: Stark Realities for Great Park Without Redevelopment

Each Side of Fairgrounds Case Says Brown Delay Works for Them

Schwarzenegger Retreats From Controversial Fairgrounds Meeting

Santa Ana Investigating Harrah’s Santora Signs

Superior Court Judge Denies Request to Halt Fairgrounds Sale

More Bad Budget Medicine for County

Moorlach’s Controversial Ex-Chief of Staff Is Back as Consultant

Santa Ana, Where Public Meetings Include Private Chats

Odd Man Out

Restraining Order Doesn’t Stop OC Fair Layoffs

Attorney General: Pringle’s Offices Are Incompatible

IT Contractor Scheduled for Bonus Despite Performance Questions

Voice of OC Receives California Endowment Grant

A Bad Deal at Vector Control

Fired Fair Board Member Has Many Questions

Email Proves an Elusive Public Record

Supervisors Will Study Giving Up Pensions

Anaheim Bounced to Back of High-Speed Rail Line

Son of Lobby Reform on Supervisors’ Agenda

Could Pulido Be Moving On?

Mansoor Beats Nguyen for 68th District Assembly Seat

Bankhead, Whitaker Capture Fullerton Council Seats

Shari Friedenrich: Orange County’s Next Treasurer

Trish Kelley, Dave Leckness Win Mission Viejo Council Seats

Measure O Fails in Huntington Beach

Cavecche Wins Re-election as Orange Mayor

Kramer, Reeve and Taylor Capture Seats on San Juan Capistrano Council

Hill, Daigle Win Newport Beach Council Races

State Inspector General Audit Lambastes High Speed Rail Authority

Anaheim to Move Ahead With Platinum Triangle

Rackauckas Admits Loaning Out ‘Prosecutor’ Title to Political Friend

Debating the Dueling Press Conferences

State Senate Committee Gets an Earful on Transparency

The Good Times of Official Business

Schwarzenegger Vetoes High-Speed Rail Oversight

County to Scale Back Outreach to Indigent Patients

Approaching a Climax in Fairgrounds Saga

Santa Ana Has 524,544 Reasons Not to Fire Its City Manager

‘Feet to the Fire’ Forum Tonight

Focus on Contract Between Auction House and Public Administrator

Calls for Pringle’s Ouster from Rail Board Getting Louder

Fullerton Police Investigating Incident at Assemblyman Chris Norby’s Home

County to Launch Audit of Public Administrator

Anaheim Complies With New Ticket Reporting Regs, Sort Of

Officials Scrambling to Figure Out Ruling on Civilian Jailers

La Palma Council Debates How Far to Go With Tobacco Ban

Irvine City Attorney Gave Inaccurate Legal Advice During Council Meeting

Huntington Beach Council Changes Tune on Accident Fees

Huntington Beach Makes Budget Documents Hard to Find

Attorney General to Probe Highly Paid Public Officials

Public Administrator’s Approach Draws More Scrutiny

Three County Electeds Take Their Pay Cuts Back

Solorio Pounds Final Nail Into Coffin of Costa Mesa’s Fair Deal

Police Group Wants Probe of Public Guardian Role in Spitzer Firing

Rackauckas Will Seek Re-election in 2014

Sheriff’s Department Mistakenly Donates Armored Van

Sheriff’s Deputies Union Seeks to Halt County Use of Civilian Jailers

New Supervisor Finds a Government Agency to Eliminate

County Engineers Can’t Estimate Their Way Out of a Paper Bag

Schwarzenegger’s Campaign Finance Chair Also Consults for OC Fair Suitor

Bill That Was Supposed to Save Fair Now Might Take It Away

Voice of OC Editor-in-Chief Norberto Santana on Real Orange

OC Fair Board Wants Back In

The Art of Redistricting

The Prelude to the Redistricting Battle

It Will Certainly Be More Than Go-Carts and a Driving Range

Contemplating Fate of the OC Fairgrounds

John Moorlach and His Long Shots

More From Mauk on Pension Changes

County Seeking State Law That Allows It to Impose Pension Cuts

Ratcheting Up the Pension Debate

OCERS Releases List of County’s Top Pensioners

OC Register’s County Reporter Moves On

Supervisors Set to Pass a Budget and Get Some Land

The Fifth Floor’s Recycling Bin

City of Orange Isn’t Keen on ‘Beds for Feds’

Santa Ana Again Drains CDBG Funds to Balance Budget

Rep. John Campbell’s Books Are Checked by House Ethics Panel

Pensions, art, parody, and Nazis

Former Los Alamitos Mayor Dean Grose, Who Resigned Amid Controversy, Is Back

Is the Anti-Immigrant Bus Running Out of Gas?

Insiders Predict Sidhu Victory in County Supervisor Race

Who Brought Public Employee Unions To California?

Gary Miller’s Military Service Draws Questions and Corrections

The Latest on Absentee Voters

Latino Caucus to Costa Mesa: Don’t Poke Us in the Face Then Put Your Hand Out

Voice of OC on KOCE

Supervisors Set to Take Stand on Outing Highly Compensated Pensioners

Hunt Could End Up in More Trouble with Police Unions

It’s Finals Week for Bureaucrats

California House Speaker to Be Honored at Labor Awards

Another Chief of Staff Opening on the Fifth Floor

No Call for Apology from County CEO

Supervisors Call on Congress for Pension Help

County Officials Head to Capital Hill for Pension Rules Change

Orange County District Attorney and Political Corruption Cases

County CEO Says Union Chief Owes Assessor Apology

District Attorney Clears Assessor

Immigration Back as an Election Issue — LA Edition

New Poll Offers Glimpse into Sheriff’s Race Issues

Moorlach’s Lightning Rod Moves On

Supes Debate How Concessions Are Granted

Santa Ana Vote Shows Immigration Back as Election Issue in OC

DA Interviews Employees in Assessor Case

Trying to Crack the Lewis Poll Mystery

New Poll Shows Sheriff’s Race in Dead Heat

Questions on Sick Time Payouts and Other Pension Issues

Fair Board Proposal Runs Aground

Santa Ana Police Chief Paul Walters Endorses Sheriff Hutchens

District Attorney’s Office Details Probe into Assessor

DA Investigating Fourth District Supervisors Race

District Attorney Investigating Assessor

GOP Bounty Hunters Are at it Again

Digging Deep into Sheriff’s Race Poll

Righeimer Is in the Clear, at Least Legally

Sheriff’s LA Story Might be Working Against Her

Righeimer Accidentally Informed Reporter of Mystery Advisor

Voice of OC on KOCE

Moorlach Says Ellis Mischaracterized Meeting

Who Are the Advisors to the Advisors?

The Mellowing Effect of Elections in Santa Ana

Would This Guy Help or Hurt Fairgrounds Negotiations?

Ratcheted Up Rhetoric Over Business Tax Collections

A New Polling Partnership in Town

Voice of OC to County: We Are Not a Gambling or Porn Site

Uncollected Tax Has Been an Issue for Years

Big Questions About a Little Known Tax

Supervisor: ‘Humans Dehumanized’ by Social Media

Like Giving an Alcoholic Some Booze to Pass On

Hey Brother, Can You Spare a Tax Break?

Doing the Math on Beds for Feds

Do As I Say, Not As I Do

Free Golf Anyone?

Local Arts Groups Get Creative, Look for Funding as They Chart a Difficult Path Forward

Hodgins: Theaters Determined to Recreate Magic Online, Is It Worth the Effort?

Hodgins: Orange County Arts in Limbo as Groups Big and Small Ponder the Future

Hodgins: What’s in Store for Theater on O.C.’s Biggest Stages?

Hodgins: ‘She Loves Me’ Serves as a Fine Directorial Debut

Hodgins: South Coast Rep Partners with Playwrights Horizons in New Commissioning Project

Hodgins: SCR’s New Leader Tears Down Walls, Builds Bridges, Directs a Musical

Hodgins: A Busy and Rewarding Inaugural Year for VOC’s Arts & Culture Section

Hodgins: After 40 Years of Humbugging, O.C.’s Scrooge is Hanging Up His Top Hat

Hodgins: Segerstrom Center’s New Leader is a Risky but Intriguing Choice

Hodgins: South Coast Repertory’s New Leader Aims to Balance Its Past and Future

Hodgins: One Year On, VOC’s Arts & Culture Looks Back and Ahead

Hodgins: For Pacific Symphony, Carl St.Clair was the Right Man at the Right Moment

Hodgins: Can an Orange County Piano Competition Thaw U.S.-China Tensions?

Hodgins: Is Government Spending for the Arts the Whole Story?

Hodgins: Pacific Symphony Wraps Up Its 40th Season with “Mediocre” Mahler’s ‘Titan’

Hodgins: ‘M. Butterfly’ Flies a Little Differently 30 Years After Its Creation

Hodgins: ‘90s Classic ‘Skylight’ Finds New Relevance at Chance Theater

Hodgins: Will Segerstrom Center Follow the National Diversity Trend When It Chooses a New Leader?

Hodgins: Imagination Celebration Reminds Us the Arts are Important. Are Schools Listening?

Hodgins: Laguna Dance Festival Leaves Laguna Beach; Is That a Good or a Bad Thing?

Hodgins: Segerstrom Center Faces a Momentous Decision

Hodgins: Dwyer Leaves a Strong Legacy at Segerstrom Despite His Mysterious Departure

Hodgins: Something’s Missing from O.C.’s Major Stages: Hispanics

Hodgins: The Top 10 Arts Events For The New Year

Hodgins: Should Imagination Celebration be Scrapped or Revived?

Hodgins: Sara Bareilles’ Songs and Some Solid Performances Save ‘Waitress’

Hodgins: OCMA Moves a Step Closer to Its Goal With OCMAExpand

Hodgins: What Goes With Classical Music? Checkers, Cornhole and Cake Pops!

Hodgins: One Year After Opening, is Argyros Plaza Really Working?

Hodgins: Solid Performances and Classic Pop Songs Overcome Predictability in the Carole King Musical “Beautiful”

Hodgins: Marsalis and His Orchestra Dazzle with Duke in Irvine

Hodgins: ‘The Other Place’ Analyzes Mental Problems With Wit and Grace

Hodgins: Pacific Symphony Turns 40 With a Bang and a Big Party

Hodgins: Placido Domingo Brings LA Opera to O.C. Again, Reminding Us of What We’re Missing