Today's top stories from behind the Orange Curtain:

Laguna Beach man killed in Iraq attack (OCR)
Neighbors stage impromptu vigil for contractor who died in bombing.

O.C. deputies lied to grand jury, testimony shows. (LAT)
Sheriff's Department employees changed stories and compared notes during the probe into the death of inmate John Derek Chamberlain.

Daily fee doubles for day laborers (LAT)
Day laborers who gather at a specially designated site to solicit jobs will pay $2 apiece to keep the spot on Laguna Canyon Road operating, said David Peck, president of the South County Cross-Cultural Council, a nonprofit that manages the site.

Huntington Beach man gets pot back from police (LAT)
Acting on court orders, Huntington Beach police returned 30 grams of pot taken from a medical marijuana patient last year.

Jewish leader helped grow community (OCR)
Helen Aaron's work helped create the Jewish Federation of Orange County.

Cacophony on Main Street (OCR and LAT)
Anti-communist activists and counter-protesters blast music to get their messages across in Garden Grove.

Orange County residents head east for papal visit (OCR)
More than 200 head to Washington and New York to hear Benedict's message.

City unites for cleanup (DP)
Jane Price got a hand from a group of Realtors Saturday morning, and it had nothing to do with selling or refinancing her home.

Sheriffs release name of officer who killed man (DP)
The Costa Mesa police officer who killed one man and wounded another in a confrontation in Temecula last month has been identified as Officer Scott Dibble, a nine-year veteran of the force.

UCI hires pair of prominent computer scientists (OCR)
UC Irvine has hired a pair researchers who are known internationally for their studies of how people interact with computers and for advising such companies as Boeing and Ford on how workers can more effectively use such equipment.

Protected plant irks boating enthusiasts (DP)
Spotting a patch of eelgrass under a boat dock usually means the end of a business transaction for Mark Sites, owner of Intracoastal Dredging, who has been in the business of dredging boat slips in Newport Harbor for the past 25 years.

Blogs level playing field (DP)
Do you blog? I do. Well, a little.