South Orange County residents are raising increasing concerns about herbicide use in local waterways near Doheny State Beach – forcing county officials to pause the chemical’s use San Juan and Trabuco creeks as an advisory committee is forming.
Anaheim could follow in Costa Mesa’s footsteps requiring large retailers like grocery stores and pharmacies to have employees monitor self-checkout lanes in an effort officials say will reduce theft, but industry groups say will drive up prices.
Irvine’s Great Park could run out of money by 2031 unless city council members do things like raise fees, bring in more sponsorships and even potentially build a hotel on the land.
Mission Viejo is the latest city to reduce senior ride services as the low-cost transportation program is seeing a surge in demand while funding levels have remained the same – all as Orange County’s expecting a spike in the senior population.
A bus driver navigates a shuttle on April 1, 2024. Credit: GIL BOTHWELL, Voice of OC.
Candidates for the Orange County Board of Supervisors are sitting on at least $1.4 million in campaign cash as the June 2 Primary Election nears, with at least one new face guaranteed on the dais since Supervisor Doug Chaffee is terming out.
Garden Grove is looking to join a growing list of OC cities that have banned whippets, as officials there roll out an ordinance that bars recreational sales of nitrous oxide.
A proposed six-story apartment building in Mission Viejo is raising a host of resident concerns centered on traffic and gridlock – along with potentially altering the quaint city’s skyline.
But planning commissioners say their hands are largely tied as Mission Viejo grapples to meet the state’s lofty housing mandates, which requires cities across California to build a certain number of housing units.
Anaheim officials are grappling with a similar situation when city council members narrowly approved 450 apartments in Anaheim Hills, despite resident outcry that the development would increase the already long wildfire evacuation times.
Irvine officials are partnering with Costa Mesa to open up homeless shelter beds for Irvine residents sleeping on the streets.
Spencer Custodio is the civic editor. You can reach him at scustodio@voiceofoc.org. Follow him on Twitter @SpencerCustodio.
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