OC Blog News Roundup - March 24, 2008
Posted by: Jubal | 03/24/2008 9:41 AM
Today's top stories from behind the Orange Curtain:Editorial: Fullerton Overreacts To A Bit Of Rowdiness (OCR)
Fullerton better be careful in its efforts to crack down on downtown revelry, lest it put an end to a great urban success story.
Unclogging The Costa Mesa Freeway Proves To Be A Puzzle (LAT)
Orange County's central corridor defies solutions to chronic traffic. And state and county planners have few plans in the works.
Silverado Canyon School's bell Could Ring Its Last (LAT)
Budget problems threaten closure for the rural Orange County elementary campus, which has just four teachers and 93 students.
Irvine Council Opposes Jail Expansion (OCR)
Members to discuss course of action against potential expansion of prison.
Villa Park To Tackle Filthy House Tuesday (OCR)
Owner could have 30 days after meeting to fix the home.
Chavez Honored In Santa Ana (OCR)
United Farm Workers founder the focus of Chicano pride, say rally organizers.
Open House Set For Mission Viejo's Renovated Community Center (OCR)
Norman P. Murray Community and Senior center welcomes everyone to an open house.
Apartments Poor Disabled Opening In Irvine After 11-Year Effort (OCR)
The 24-unit AbilityFirst complex offers easy-to-open doors, wheelchair-friendly carpet, Braille signs, accessible toilets and light switches and emergency pull cords.
DeVore Updates Bill For Parking For The Pregnant (DP)
Assemblyman Chuck DeVore has introduced an amendment to his bill granting temporary access to parking for the disabled to pregnant women in their third trimester and within two months of childbirth, restricting access to such spaces for free parking zones only.
Editorial: Give Seniors A Break From Rent Increases (DP)
No news flash here: We're in hard times.
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Daily News Roundup - 2008
Mr. Ayer registered as a Republican to be electable in an interim election with no incumbents. He did...
Three new stories on the Irvine Tattler:
* Former Larry Agran treasurer Renita Lloyd-Smith has disappeared in the face of a potential $4 million fine from the City of Los Angeles.
* The Irvine Sister Cities Foundation votes to stand firm after Agran, Mayor Beth Krom and Councilman Sukhee Kang yanked their funding in (alleged) retaliation for exposing the 2006 scheme to create a sister city relationship with the Xuhui District on mainland China while agreeing to no longer recognize the government of their prior sister city in Taoyuan, Taiwan.
* Krom claims Tattler publisher Stephen Smith (that's me) tried to "defame, distort and distract" by submitting an opposition statement to her $200,000 special election in June.
All that and more at www.irvinetattler.com.
This is interesting information.
Renita LLoyd-Smith is currently working at St. Monica Catholic Church. The main telephone number is (310)566-1500, and the address is 725 California Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90403.