Today's top stories from behind the Orange Curtain:
Capo Unified Won't Pay Legal Fees Of Ex-Superintendent -- LAT and OCR
James Fleming has been indicted for allegedly creating enemies lists to thwart a recall.
OC Transit Agency Jump-Starts Freeway Projects -- LAT
OCTA will spend $20 million on design, engineering and environmental impact studies to get work going. Some improvements weren't expected until after 2011.
Capistrano Officials Don't Want Postal Facility -- LAT and OCR
The city's mayor says the proposed mail sorting operation would 'destroy the gateway into our community.' But the city may not have a choice.
Metrolink's Success Has A Cost -- OCR
Ridership is up on the commuter train, and the county is set to spent more than $1 billion in upcoming decades to further boost the service.
Irvine Smith Joins Fight Against Ortega Widening -- OCR
Joan Irvine Smith, who lives along the highway, is among residents pushing for a full environmental review of the project.
Garden Grove Hospital Workers Plan Rally -- LAT
Like the headline says.
Fair Arrests Up 41% -- OCR
Sheriff's deputies responded to nearly 500 calls during record attendance at this year's event.
B-I-N-G-O Comes To Orange -- OCR
An ABC-TV game show tries to line up contestants.
Depot Walk Units To Go On The Market -- OCR
Group of residents not happy with the design of the small Orange residential project.
Surf City Considers Medical Marijuana Ban -- OCR
The Planning Commission tonight will discuss a proposal to make medical marijuana dispensaries illegal.
Trolley Good Time In Old Towne Tustin -- OCR
Tustin Preservation Conservancy gives a look at the city's history with trolley tours.
$20 Million Marked For Law School -- DP
Local philanthropist Donald Bren of Newport Beach made another generous donation to UC Irvine, this time $20 million to the university's new School of Law.
New Rules May Cause Group Homes To Move -- DP
Like the headline says.
Sure, Metrolink "comes at a cost" but so do our roads. If the government can support roads, why not trains? When I Metrolinked, it was full of people who would otherwise have been clogging up the freeway.
Or is the OCR just trying to drum up controversy again?
Posted by: Patricia | August 14, 2007 at 09:03 AM