Red County/OC Blog News Roundup -- July 9, 2007
Today's top stories from behind the Orange Curtain:
Bus Strike Pains Passengers -- OCR and LAT
How Orange County residents and employers are managing.
National Panel To Study Little Saigon -- OCR
Westminster city officials have enlisted the help of Washington, D.C.-based Urban Land Institute to help come up with a plan to develop the area
Martin Wisckol's The Buzz: Moses Or Village Idiot -- OCR
Jerry Grunor's helping to lead the charge to recall Dana Point's mayor, but is getting kicked around a bit himself.
Anaheim's Low-Cost Housing Issue Expands -- LAT
What started as a dispute over resort land use has become a debate over a city's role in planning for housing that many can afford.
Frank Mickadeit: Minuteman Suit Back On Front Burner -- OCR
Farewell to a baron.
Straining At The Seams -- OCR
Santa Ana's Discovery Science Center is drawing record crowds to exhibits.
Pol Position: Newport Beach Isn't Planning To Take Over Harbor Patrol -- DP
Newport Beach Mayor Steve Rosansky address the Harbor Patrol hullaballoo.
Homeland Security Program In Full Swing -- OCR
City employees and those that contract with the city have to adhere to specific hiring procedures.
Environmentalists and Developer Head To San Luis Obispo -- OCR
The California Coastal Commission has denied Shea Homes request to delay hearing set for Wednesday.
Specualution Over Big Police Settlement -- OCR
The city's $5 million settlement with the family of a man shot by a police officer is one of the largest in recent memory in Orange County.
Less Leeway Ahead -- DP
Whether they're dumping paint down a storm drain or building an illegal extra apartment onto their home, people who break Newport Beach's city codes may soon get squeezed by tougher enforcement.
UCI Receives $6.6 Million Gift -- DP and OCBJ
The family foundation of Don Beall, a longtime benefactor of UC Irvine, has given a $6.6-million endowment gift to the university's Paul Merage School of Business, campus officials announced Friday.
The General's Last Stand -- OC Weekly
Vang Pao devoted his life to fighting communism in Laos—until his onetime ally, the U.S. government, arrested him.
Bay's Ugly Duckling Phase Flies Off -- DP
Back Bay View Park at East Coast Highway and Jamboree Road, referred to by one former city councilman as a "weed park," will get a $300,000 makeover in the next few months.
Why do we need a national panel to analyze Little Saigon? Passing the buck.
Even the Register acknowledges the problem and published an article where residents admitted in an article over a year ago that the residents are too insular and the businesses insistently disconnected from the greater economy and society.
Posted by: Patricia | July 09, 2007 at 05:07 PM