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Youth Athletes Sue Governor Newsom and Orange County Over Indoor Youth Sports Ban

March 2, 2021 2:48 pmMarch 4, 2021 11:42 am

On Monday, a group of five high school athletes in Orange County filed a lawsuit against Governor Gavin Newsom and other entities, fighting his statewide COVID-19 pandemic ban on youth sports. In Nelson, et. al V. County of Orange, et....

Environmentalists Increase Influence on Local Governments

January 20, 2021 2:25 amJanuary 19, 2021 9:38 pm

In less than a year, three Orange County cities will be in the utility business. Fullerton, Costa Mesa, and Irvine have created a joint powers authority to purchase and distribute electricity to households and businesses in those cities, under what’s...

Disneyland to Become Massive COVID-19 Vaccine Inoculation Center

January 12, 2021 3:33 pm

On Monday, the Orange County Board of Supervisors announced that the first large, “super Point-of-Dispensing” (POD) site for the COVID-19 vaccine will be set up in Disneyland. Disneyland now joins other large-scale areas in different counties currently being utilized as...

Orange County: The Most Veteran Friendly County In California

November 20, 2020 3:50 pmNovember 20, 2020 3:58 pm

“To care for him who shall have born the battle, and for his widow and his orphan,” Abraham Lincoln famously stated. No truer words have been spoken when it comes to ensuring to our active duty and their families, our...

Placentia’s Independent Fire Department Saves Millions and Improves Service

November 18, 2020 6:24 amNovember 18, 2020 6:30 am

On July 1, 2020, the City of Placentia formally terminated its contract with the Orange County Fire Authority, where the average operations employee in 2018 collected pay and benefits in excess of $241,000. Seeking to create a new model that reduced...

Young Kim Flips Second OC House District, Defeats Rep. Cisneros

November 14, 2020 2:14 amNovember 13, 2020 8:20 pm

On Friday, former Republican Assemblywoman Young Kim defeated Congressman Gil Cisneros (D-CA) by a razor-thin margin, winning back a Congressional seat taken by the Dems in 2018. Kim beat Cisneros 172,253 to 168,108, a close one point difference, after a...

Michelle Steel Flips OC Congressional District, Ousts Harley Rouda in Close Election

November 11, 2020 2:50 amNovember 10, 2020 8:40 pm

On Tuesday, Congressman Harley Rouda (D-CA) conceded the 48th Congressional district election to Republican Michelle Steel. Rouda and Steel had been in an a neck-to-neck race in Orange County, with Steel only being back three points in mid October. However,...