Today's top stories from behind the Orange Curtain:

No abuse evidence against girls' father found (OCR)
Eleven months before she filed for divorce, and two years before she and her two children were found shot dead in a gruesome murder-suicide, investigators went to Elizabeth Fontaine's Newport Coast home to investigate allegations of child abuse, authorities said.

Old Towne: Jesus is missing (OCR)
A statue of baby Jesus was stolen from the Nativity scene in Plaza Park.

Judge dismisses ex-Capo district chief's $487,425 lawsuit (OCR)
An Orange County judge today tossed out a $487,425 breach-of-contract lawsuit filed by fired Capistrano Unified Superintendent A. Woodrow Carter asking to be paid for 18 months remaining on his three-year employment contract.

Feds seize 2 banks with O.C. branches (OCR)
Regulators today seized two California banks with six branches in Orange County.

Suspects sought in mansion robbery (DP)
Newport Beach police have released photos of two men wanted in a Dec. 8 home-invasion robbery.

Former youth pastor admits sex with minor (OCR)
A former youth pastor at a Rancho Santa Margarita church pleaded guilty today to having sex with an underage female parishioner.

Orange County Courthouse tree survives a challenge (LAT)
Someone complained about the display, but case law upheld the charitable tradition.

District names new OCC president (DP)
Official at Georgia college will take the reins starting Jan. 1. He inherits a college that, like many statewide, faces fiscal hardship.