Today's top stories from behind the Orange Curtain:

Placentia Hires Lobbying Firm To Help Fight Caltrans Audit (OCR)
City is hoping budget surplus will cover $90,000 expenditure.

Developer To Buy Former SunCal Site Near Disney (OCR and LAT)
Renaissance Development Co. announces that it has plans to build a hotel-retail development on the site.

Funeral For Carl Karcher In Anaheim Today (OCR)
Funeral at St. Boniface Catholic Church. Funeral Mass, streaming video today; burial Saturday.

Editorial: Ana American Original (OCR)
Carl Karcher, the fast-food philanthropist.

Lockyer Asks Coastal Agency To Reject San Onofore Tollway (LAT)
He criticizes Schwarzenegger's backing of the project, which he says would seriously harm the state beach in Orange County.

HB School District Could Get $60 Million For School Sites (OCR)
Property appraisers presented their report to the Huntington Beach City School District on Tuesday.

Frank Mickadeit: K-Mad Would, At Least, Fit In The Headlines (OCR)
Another candidate for sheriff.

Orange Grove: Gambling Propositions A Bad Bet (OCR)
Tribes' monopoly would become more lucrative, budget ills wouldn't be solved.

Teens May Be Tried As Adults (OCR)
Two Newport Harbor High School freshmen girls accused of beating a classmate and posting a video of it online could face charges as adults.

Damage Fees Mar Funds (DP)
State Sen. Tom Harman had some sharp words for his Democratic colleagues after his proposal to limit punitive damages juries could award in the state was killed in the Senate Judiciary Committee.