Ahead of the 50th anniversary of Black April, locals reflect and remember the Fall of Saigon and finding home and hope in Orange County.
Tag: Van Tran
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Primary Election Night Results: OC First District Supervisor
Five candidates are seeking to replace outgoing Supervisor Andrew Do, who is termed out at the end of the year.
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OC Supervisor Races See Last-Minute Spending as Primary Draws Near
The sheriff deputies’ union is spending big on its chosen candidates in the final days of the race as other candidates chip in their own cash to try and keep up.
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Who’s Funding the Campaigns in the Orange County Supervisors Races?
Ballots are already out for the March 5 primary, but there are still hundreds of thousands of dollars flowing into the race for the county’s highest elected position.
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Open Northwest Orange County Supervisor Seat Sees Packed Primary
With Supervisor Andrew Do leaving the county dais after eight years, there’s a lot of competition for his seat.
Posted inCountywide, Government, NEWS, Politics & Elections, REGIONS, Top Stories, Westminster
Early Recall Election Results Show Westminster Council Majority Likely to Stay in Office
More than 700 ballots remain to be counted, though recall election results Tuesday night showed a clear majority of voters chose to keep Westminster City Council members Kimberly Ho, Charlie Nguyen, and Mayor Tri Ta in office.
Posted inCountywide, Top Stories
Two City Council Recalls to Watch This Year
Two recall movements in two neighboring cities are on the move against elected officials this year – one in Westminster that’s guaranteed a recall election and another in Santa Ana that has gathered the signatures but won’t find out until next month from county officials whether it can move forward.
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, NEWS, Politics & Elections, REGIONS, Top Stories, Westminster
Recall Campaign Targeting Westminster City Council Majority Claims Enough Signatures to Trigger Election
If the recall petitions hold up to city and county officials’ review, voters will decide the fates of the City Council’s majority faction in a recall election.
Posted inCountywide, Garden Grove, Health & Wellness, Top Stories
Are Lawsuits Always the Answer to Equal Representation?
Garden Grove’s Vietnamese Americans have made significant inroads on the City Council, but the city hasn’t yet elected its first Latino despite Latinos making up 37 percent of the population. Is this something a Voting Rights Act lawsuit can fix, or does the issue run deeper?
Posted inInvestigative, Politics & Elections
Tran Concedes to Sanchez
Rebublican assemblyman was hoping that absentee and provisional
ballots would close a 10-point gap in his race with Democratic
Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez.
