Today's top stories from behind the Orange Curtain:

Governor Visits County To Tout Budget Proposal (OCR)
Long-range plan would need voter approval.

Prosecutors Seek Deborah Carona's Sealed Declaration (OCR)
Defense claims she could be deprived of her right to refrain from testifying against her spouse if they are tried together.

Frank Mickadeit: Governor's Lineage Rises In Judge Race (OCR)
Who'd "bachelor governor" father?

Acting OC Sheriff Wants Judge To Extend Seal On Grand Jury Transcripts In Jail Death (LAT and OCR)
The motion, filed under seal itself, is opposed by prosecutors and the media. It is the latest legal twist in killing of inmate in 2006.

Schwarzenegger Drops Parks Appointees Over OC Tollway Opposition (LAT)
Governor removes brother-in-law Bobby Shriver and fellow actor Clint Eastwood from state parks panel.

Mortgage Crisis Hits Orange County Performing Arts Center (LAT)
Soaring costs of bonds lead to big losses at the Getty, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Orange County Performing Artscenter, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and the Colburn School.

The Orange Grove: Recreational Fishing Targeted (OCR)
Marine habitat law being used to exclude anglers from more waters

Irvine To Launch Shuttle Bus For Business District (OCR)
First route of 'i' begins March 31, followed by two others June 9.

Anaheim Add Geothermal To 'Green' Portfolio (OCR)
Public utility cuts carbon as part of a state mandate.

Little Saigon Activists Tell USC To Take Down Vietnam Flag (OCR)
University officials say the flag of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam outside a campus building conforms to state and United Nations standards; activists say they are ready to launch a protest if it is not removed.

Catholic High School Receives Municipal Bonds (OCR)
Santa Margarita Catholic High School to use $15 million in bonds for athletic, academic buildings.

Locals Steamed Over Plant (DP)
Residents of a condominium complex that sits next to Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian lobbied the Newport Beach Planning Commission on Thursday night to force the hospital to clean up a power plant on its campus.

Costa Mesa Jail back To Full Function, Still Renovating (DP)
Costa Mesa Jail is still undergoing renovation, but is fully functional, police officials said.