SANTA ANA — Facing concerns over the improper recording of attorney-client calls at Orange County jails and a recent police dog attack on a public worker, a county supervisor said Tuesday that he’s fed up with the sheriff’s department’s gaffes. “The encyclopedia I could put together of times I’ve been told, ‘I guess we won’t…
The Historic Sewer Digester, built in the 1930’s, will be repainted and patched as part of the Village Entrance project in Laguna Beach on Tuesday, Sep. 11, 2018. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG) Workers demolish city buildings to make way for the Village Entrance project in Laguna Beach on Tuesday, Sep. 11, 2018….
LAGUNA WOODS — Marking a sizeable feat for transit patrons, the Golden Rain Foundation Mobility and Vehicles Committee voted unanimously in favor of the seven-day, fixed-route bus system’s return –– the petitioned-for daily service as it was prior to 2018 –– during a special meeting held to discuss weekend-service alternatives on Friday, Aug. 31. The…
Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday, Sept. 11, signed into law a bill that will allow Orange County and its 34 cities to form the Orange County Housing Finance Trust and jointly compete for state and federal funds to help house the local homeless population. The legislation, known as Assembly Bill 448, had enjoyed bipartisan support…
A man whose body was found floating in a reservoir Tuesday, Sept. 4 was not the victim of foul play, police said Tuesday. Investigators are no longer looking into the case as a possible homicide, and were waiting for a toxicology report to determine his cause of death, said Sgt. Daron Wyatt, a spokesman for…
Homeless Advocates and San Pedro Residents held a Candlelight Vigil in Support of the Newly Proposed Bridge Housing Facility in San Pedro Monday night September 10, 2018 on Gaffey Street in San Pedro. Cathy Beauregard and Sunny Lopez during the vigil. Photo By Chuck Bennett Homeless Advocates and San Pedro Residents held a Candlelight Vigil…
Police in Garden Grove interrupted a burglary in progress and arrested two men on Monday, Sept. 10. A homeowner living in the 12600 block of Jetty Street called police at about 2:49 p.m. while hiding from two men attempting to break into his home, according to a news release from the Garden Grove Police Department….
Maybe in another time, the scene at an Orange County high school football game might have felt different: the home team fans dressed in red, white and blue chanting, “USA!” “USA!,” after a touchdown. But this is an age of polarization from President Trump on down, of us versus them, of viral accounts…
Retired FBI agent Jeff Iverson had his doubts about Ammar Campa-Najjar, the 29-year-old Democrat whose race to unseat Republican U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter took on an unexpected importance after federal prosecutors charged Hunter and his wife with stealing $250,000 in campaign funds. “It’s not his…
A 1924 brush fire burns on hills behind the Encino Country Club.
