Preconceived notions regarding the reasons for obesity and other neighborhood health ills are not as cut-and-dried upon closer examination.
Tag: Gerardo Mouet
Posted inCosta Mesa, Government, Top Stories
Fair Board OKs Farm Worker Monument
Board authorizes a $100,000 life-sized sculpture, but split evident between Brown and Schwarzenegger appointees.
Posted inCountywide, Investigative, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Collaboration Gives Park-Poor Santa Ana Neighborhood Hope
A joint-use agreement has opened the grounds of Roosevelt Elementary School to provide its neighbors with open space.
Posted inCosta Mesa, Countywide, Investigative, Top Stories
Fair Board Bans Elephant Rides
The decision was based largely on evidence that the rides are cruel to elephants. The board also established a citizens committee to examine the past effort to sell the fairground.
Posted inCosta Mesa
Reconstituted OC Fair Board Wants Attorney General Back
The state attorney general’s office dropped the Fair Board as a client in 2009 during the ultimately unsuccessful attempt to sell the fairground.
Posted inSanta Ana, Transportation
Santa Ana Bike Path Dispute Part of Transportation Plan Update
Neighbors remain at odds over the path as the city prepares to
open up its master transportation plan to public involvement
beginning next week.
Posted inCountywide, Investigative, Outdoors, Santa Ana, Top Stories, Transportation
Santa Ana Neighbors Debate Possible Creekside Bike Trail
Residents are arguing over whether the trail would create more
crime and safety hazards.
Posted inCosta Mesa, Countywide, Investigative, Top Stories
OC Marathon Gets Long-Term Deal With County Fairgrounds
Five-year, $500,000 deal comes after contentious debate. Swap
meet operator also could be headed toward a long-term deal instead
of lease termination.
Posted inCosta Mesa, Norberto Santana, Jr.
‘Let the Lawsuits Begin’ in Fairgrounds Swap Meet Dispute
In what some see as an act of political retribution, the Orange
County Fair Board Thursday terminated the lease of swap meet
operator Jeff Teller.
Posted inCosta Mesa, Countywide, Investigative, Top Stories
OC Fair Board Will Discuss Forming Citizen Task Force
Decision follows a raucous meeting that includes tough questions
from new board members and accusations from activists.
