Today's top stories from behind the Orange Curtain:

Judge considers moving Carona trial (OCR and LAT)
He says he is shocked by claims a radio show is coaching people to lie to get on the jury.

Special license plates shield officials from traffic tickets (OCR)
INVESTIGATION: A program designed to protect public employees from criminals also helps them avoid parking, speeding and red light camera tickets. 3,722 have run the 91 tollway in the last five years.


Quiksilver announces more layoffs, another 155 (OCR)
Quiksilver Inc. will lay off another 155 workers in Huntington Beach by May 23, according to info it provided to the California Employment Development Department.

D.A. Office: Investigator who was found dead learned charges against him via computer (OCR and LAT)
Sheriff's Department investigator accessed internal system moments before molestation case was sealed, officials say.

Toll road agency wants no boos at San Onofre appeal (LAT)
Letter to Department of Commerce says no public hearing is necessary as it seeks to reverse the decision on the Foothill South route.

RIGONOMICS: Acts won't save homes (DP)
You can always count on the political class in this country to solve any problem they perceive with a check. Now, of course, that is easier for them to do because it is not their money. In the case of the federal government, it's not even our money. In fact, with the size of the growing national debt, it's our children's money. As I wrote in last week's column, we are still paying back state bonds authorized in 1970.

Two men claim knife attack on Westside (DP)
Costa Mesa police treated a man who claimed that he and his friend were attacked by at least half a dozen men in a Westside parking lot early this morning.

Burglar evades police (DP)
Costa Mesa police are looking for a thief who evaded at least four police officers Friday morning after they surrounded the apartment complex he was burglarizing, officials said.

Retired O.C. police officer shoots at robbery suspects (LAT)
Two males took woman's purse in bank parking lot. No one was hurt.

Report : O.C. didn't have the equipment or staff to battle Santiago wildfire (LAT)
Only two Vietnam-era water-dropping helicopters were available to fight the wind-whipped blaze on Oct. 21.