Today's top stories from behind the Orange Curtain:

Mom whose son drowned lost a boy nearly three years ago (OCR and LAT)
Anaheim mother of three arrested on child-endangerment charges in toddler's drowning.

Woman sobs out apology in child molestation case (LAT)
Prosecution is seeking a 60-year term when she is sentenced March 6.
Headed to the Northeast? JWA flights, others delayed (OCR)
Winter storm delays flights to and from New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts.

O.C. restaurant inspections: Who is served? (OCR and DP)
County health care agency says its restaurant inspection system gives consumers the freedom to make up their own minds. Critics say it protects restaurants, not diners.

Driver arrested after fatal Newport collision (OCR)
NEWPORT BEACH - A traffic collision on MacArthur Boulevard Friday night left a 64-year-old motorist dead and a 21-year-old driver under arrest on suspicion of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, police said today.

Feisty nun helped thousands speak (OCR)
Energetic nun Margaret Anne Inman with special love for children leaves 43-year old legacy.

DEA seizes coke, meth, $750,000 in raids (OCR)
'CEO' of operation, a Placentia man plus 10 others arrested, feds say.

Services next week for man killed by hit-run (OCR)
Viewing held Monday, services Tuesday for Arthur Paul Carmona, the 26-year-old advocate of the wrongfully convicted.

School district keeping teachers (DP)
Newport-Mesa school teachers will avoid the layoffs and buyouts other school districts are facing, district officials said Friday.

Duke's son: Keep JWA name (DP)
For Ethan Wayne, the difference between the names John Wayne Airport, Orange County; Orange County John Wayne Airport and Orange County Airport is vast.

RIGONOMICS: Liar loans sting our schools (DP)
The Daily Pilot recently reported that the Newport-Mesa Unified School District was postponing the sale of bonds.

UCI officer kept on leave; investigation continues (DP)
UCI police officer Scott Cornelius' paid absence was extended another month while investigators continue to look into allegations that he posted photos of Newport Harbor High School athletes on gay pornographic websites, university officials said Friday.

1,400 miss school in Anaheim (LAT)
More than half the student body is absent at Savanna High School, where a note in the school paper was seen by some as threatening violence today. The campus is 'quiet and safe,' an official says

In reverse decision, Fullerton to ban pot dispensaries (LAT)
The Fullerton City Council has voted to ban medical marijuana dispensaries in the city.