Rita Ann Wilde appears on Row 159 of the spreadsheet where the Orange County coroner’s office tracks the deaths in 2018 of people who have “no fixed abode.” Homeless. More than one car hit Wilde on Sept. 20 as she stepped off the sidewalk late at night near the corner of Harbor Boulevard and La…
Q. Honk: You recently wrote about a sheriff’s deputy in Los Angeles County using the carpool lane without a passenger and that officers often shouldn’t do it. Today, there was a double-length Orange County Transportation Authority bus that was out of service with no passengers using the carpool lane on the southbound 55 Freeway near…
In the end, what is it all about? The question hangs over Tuesday’s election, like a star-spangled flag on a windless day waiting to be blown one direction or another by a breeze from the ballot box. In the view of those who are calling this the most important election of our lifetimes — and…
It was only two years ago when Democrats first grasped they had a shot at reshuffling Orange County’s congressional landscape, when the party came within 1,621 votes of flipping the House district held by Republican Rep. Darrell Issa, an effort seen as improbable at the time. But the race’s slim margins – the narrowest of…
Kevin de León’s week before election day has been quiet, largely without public events and instead spent making last-minute fundraising calls. This weekend, he’ll make a handful of appearances, and that will be it. At a Mexican restaurant near Cypress Park where he’s a regular, De León reflected…
Tustin faces a nail-biting deadline: Come up with a 50-bed shelter by mid-February, or allow homeless people to set up camp in public areas, officials said. Responding to a court order, city officials landed on what they admit is an imperfect solution: Make use of a vacant, city-owned building at the Tustin Legacy, near Heritage…
Residents in some Orange County cities have received mailers labeled “Democratic Voter Guide” that party officials say misrepresent the Democratic Party of Orange County’s endorsements. They have taken to social media and email lists to alert voters the mailers are not an official guide from the party. The mailers have a familiar red-and-white donkey logo…
Restaurants and other food businesses closed by health inspectors in Orange County from Oct. 26 to Nov. 2, 2018: Hamle Supermarket, 9895 Warner Ave., Suite A, Fountain Valley Permit downgraded to prepackaged food only: Nov. 1 Reason: Insufficient hot water/plumbing in disrepair 3-Thirty-3 Waterfront, 333 Bayside Drive, Newport Beach Closed: Nov. 1 Reason: Cockroach infestation…
DANA POINT — After more than 20 years, plans to renovate the 47-year-old Dana Point Harbor are in place. On Friday, Nov. 2, Supervisor Lisa Bartlett joined other county officials and developer Dana Point Harbor Partners at Coffee Importers, in the harbor, to announce that the 66-year lease was signed Oct. 29. “The Dana Point Harbor…
Two interstate trucking companies failed to install filters in hundreds of diesel trucks that spewed tons of lung-damaging pollution into the air near schools, hospitals and daycare centers in Southern California, resulting in penalties of $225,000 assessed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, air pollution agencies announced Thursday. In addition, the trucking companies will spend…
