Today's top stories from behind the Orange Curtain:
Op-Ed: Cable Competition Offers More For Less -- OCR
Legislature should end monopolistic alliance of cities, cable TV companies.
Inland Cars Are A Wedge In OC Race -- Riverside Press-Enterprise
A candidate takes aim at the proposal and the commuters who favor it (h/t to reaader John S and the ever vigilant Jon Fleischman -- newly returned from his European vacation -- for hipping me to this story).
Editorial: Big Brother Won't Be Inspecting Your House -- OCR
Stanton rethinks mandatory government inspections of houses for sale
Watchdog Wants Tight Leash On Races -- OCR
Shirley Grindle says O.C. could mimic other counties that have ethics panels.
Santa Ana Mayor Term Limit Bid Fails -- OCR
Mayor-For-Life Miguel Pulido turns back a measure to cap the mayor's time in office won't make it to the Nov. 7 ballot.
Stem Cell Center Gets $10 Million -- OCR
UCI's lagging research facility benefits from generosity of Newport Beach millionaires Bill and Sue Gross.
Fireworks Display Goes Awry In Lake Forest -- OCR
Many are arrested in Newport and Huntington on alcohol-related charges.
Visiting The Past At Brea Museum -- OCR
Those at the opening of Brea's museum get a sneak peek at the city's history -- and is the only way you'll see what the old downtown looked like before the Coity Council redeveloped it into oblivion.
CSUF Adds A Building In Irvine -- OCR
The satellite campus rents an old El Toro facility to create classrooms and offices.
Huntington Beach Senior Center To Be Put To Vote -- OCR
The planned Central Park location divides Huntington Beach residents.
New Look At Costa Mesa -- OCR
Council will review developers' mixed-use plans for Westside.
Driving Center To Help Seniors -- OCR
A clinic will offer safety seminars and assessment tests to reassure people afraid of losing their licenses.
Fullerton School Focuses On Language To Improve -- OCR
Richman Elementary summer clinic is designed with test scores in mind.
School Budget Pleases Newport-Mesa Officials -- DP
Leaders of the Newport-Mesa Unified School District expressed support for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's recently adopted state budget, which uses a $7.5-billion windfall to help boost school spending.
Steve Smith: Mayor Needs A Return To Reason -- DP
One day after I declared here that Angels shortstop Orlando Cabrera is baseball's most exciting active player, Cabrera was the star of perhaps the season's most exciting play.
"reader John S" ... is this the dude who cant' decide if he wants to work for OCTA or RCTC ... or did OCTA knock him out ...
Posted by: | July 05, 2006 at 02:40 PM