Today's top stories from behind the Orange Curtain:
Board Members Suggest A Less Strict Way To Hush Rocco -- OCR
Theatrics at an Orange Unified School District board meeting force the group to take a recess.
Editorial: New Home Sprinkler Mandate All Wet -- OCR
Requiring builders to put fire sprinklers in all single-family homes would raise housing costs
County Water Supply Leveling Off -- OCR and LAT
Water officials expect to avert a water outage, but urge continued conservation.
Elect Mayors, End Musical Chairs? -- DP
Costa Mesa's mayors assume the post by council rotation. Mansoor raises election question.
Accused Spy's Defense Bolstered By E-Mails -- LAT
Defense says the Anaheim company knew what the engineer was planning to present at symposiums. Officials say no permission was given.
Garden Grove Overrun With Rabbits -- OCR
Hundreds of abandoned bunnies crowding the flood control channel must go, county official says.
Supervisors Will Probe Killing In Jail -- OCR
Chairman calls the slaying of an inmate tied to child porn a 'tragedy.'
Sheriff's North County Commander Retires -- OCR
Lt. Chris Visconti says he'll miss his colleagues and the community.
Santa Margarita Water District Has Adequate Water -- OCR (3/29/07)
Santa Margarita Water District water supply adequate.
Frank Mickadeit: 'Housewives' Compete For 'Frankies' -- OCR
Frank gives awards for the second season of 'Real Housewives.'
Business Group Working To Make Westside Cool -- DP
It's time for the Westside to flourish and solidify its identity — a play-work-live identity full of hipster businesses neighboring the surf industry's "ground zero," according to a group of Westside business leaders.
Plans Approved For Schools Facing Sanctions -- DP
Facing federal sanctions, three schools in the Newport-Mesa Unified School District are set to add several hours to the school year, change curriculum for students learning English and make other changes over the coming months.
Newport-Mesa School Board: No Term Limits -- DP
The Newport-Mesa Unified School District board doesn't appear to have term limits in its near future, as the trustees turned back a proposal by school board member Karen Yelsey to hold officials to 12 years of service or less.
Hassle-Free Bankrolling -- OC Weekly
Public board lavishes OC GOP sugar daddy with $61,000 per month
Blind Spot -- OC Weekly
For OC jail inmate John Chamberlain, jailhouse justice served as judge, jury—and executioner.
So Disney Corp. is all about "f*** Mexicans"? Do you have any proof of that, or is this a case of, when the well runs dry, just throw in a four-letter word and the "racist" epithet?
I live in OC and turned down a job in Woodland Hills as I could not afford to move. And, I am Irish-American! Racists!
Posted by: Pat | March 30, 2007 at 08:54 AM
It just doesn't seem right to kill the bunnies the week before Easter.
Posted by: Julie Paule | March 30, 2007 at 11:50 AM
Regarding Moxley's piece on no-bid, no-look, no-question real estate lease for a buddy's property: Good thing we have those fiscal conservatives running our county.
Posted by: ocwatcher | April 02, 2007 at 08:01 AM
Yeah, like union Democrat Lou Correa, who voted for that contract.
Oh yeah -- Moxley left that out of his article. I guess it didn't fit into his anti-GOP bias.
Posted by: ocwatcher watcher | April 02, 2007 at 08:14 AM
Would not have mattered to me if it was 4-1, my friend. Fact is all, politics nowadays is all about power. Ideologies are long lost.
Posted by: ocwatcher | April 02, 2007 at 08:32 AM