Ahead of the 50th anniversary of Black April, locals reflect and remember the Fall of Saigon and finding home and hope in Orange County.
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Posted inState
Will California’s Striking Workers Get Unemployment Pay?
A state bill working its way through the legislature could mean striking workers could receive unemployment pay after two weeks of picketing. It comes as Orange County’s hotel workers are on rolling strikes.
Posted inGovernment
Westminster Officials Fight Over ‘Fake News’ for 2 Hours, Discuss City Bankruptcy for 30 Minutes
City council members have barely addressed an imminent city bankruptcy, which would cut off vital programs for seniors and kids, along with police services, parks access and normal maintenance operations.
Posted inPolitics & Elections
Voter Redistricting Faces Unwillingness, Hurdles in Some Little Saigon Cities, School Districts
This year the decennial process faces unique questions and potential unwillingness in some cities and school districts within the span of Orange County’s Little Saigon.
Posted inGovernment
Family Ties: Nepotism Fuels Political Fights in Some Orange County Cities
Officials in some Orange County cities have begun to question why local leaders in town seem to come from the same families.
Posted inGovernment
The Dicing Up of Local Park in Westminster Triggers Rare Focus on City Lawyers Overseeing Public Land Deals
City officials have now asked DA Todd Spitzer to look into the 2016 selling off of a slice of Liberty Park – a deal overseen by their own city attorneys.
Posted inGovernment
Will Westminster Get Some Money Back Amid New Scrutiny Over Quiet Park Land Sale in 2016?
Westminster taxpayers have spent $3.5 million on maintaining park property they don’t own anymore. City officials are trying to claw that back.
Posted inGovernment
Westminster Officials Call for More Probes into Alleged City Hall Impropriety
One city councilman encouraged staff to come forward. The move comes after the council earlier this month voted to call for law enforcement investigations into quiet sale of city park land in 2017.
Posted inTransportation
Westminster Mobile Home Park Residents Plea for Help to Make Driveway Less Dangerous
The residents have struggled for months with dangerous driving conditions when entering and exiting their community with no promise of change in sight. Some fear somebody can get killed.
Posted inCountywide
Battle Over Westminster War Memorial Shifts City Council Alliances, Heightens Political Disarray
Council critics of the project have raised conflict-of-interest concerns about the Mayor and one councilman personally involved in fundraising for the monument.
