OC Blog News Roundup - April 19, 2008
Posted by: Jonathan Constantine | 04/19/2008 12:19 PM
Today's top stories from behind the Orange Curtain:Months of work seal drug bust (OCR)
A sharp dresser in a German car leads first to suspicions of a drug ring and then to 10 arrests.
Swingers club owner: 'Sex sells' (OCR)
Owner of Club Amnesty in Orange gives tour of facility and promises to re-open in 2009.
PCH re-opened after workers clean sewage spill in Laguna (OCR and LAT)
After two days of attempts, workers finally repaired the leaking main sewage pipeline shortly after 4:30 a.m. today.
Darrell 'Guy' Poncy, 53; retired O.C. sheriff's lieutenant was an avid outdoorsman (LAT)
He is remembered as an unselfish man who was a mentor to deputies and to the high school athletes he coached in his free time
KFI's John and Ken defend skits on Carona (LAT)
Radio hosts deny tainting jurors in ex-O.C. sheriff's trial.
Dozens apply for Orange County sheriff's job (LAT)
Applicants from 14 states and three countries are on the list of candidates. Supervisors invite the public's opinion at a May 6 meeting.
Broadcom co-founder in alcohol rehab (LAT)
Amid personal and professional turmoil, Henry Nicholas checks in to the Betty Ford Center.
405 construction to cause temporary lane closures (DP)
Construction to widen Fairview Road and the 405 Freeway interchange will begin this weekend, prompting temporary lane closures on the freeway over the next several weekends.
RIGONOMICS: Damage offends all neighbors (DP)
There was a very disturbing incident that occurred in the wee hours of Friday night or early Saturday morning. The incident took place in the very quiet and peaceful Mesa Verde neighborhood known to many as the State Streets. Which, not surprisingly, takes its name from the fact that all the streets are named after States.
Woman arrested in pursuit that begins in Anaheim (OCR and LAT)
Speeds reach 110 mph as CHP officers chase her to Oceanside where she's stopped by a spike strip.
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