OC Blog News Roundup - August 3, 2008
Posted by: Jonathan Constantine | 08/03/2008 6:25 AM
Today's top stories from behind the Orange Curtain:Anaheim signs up Disney District workers for tourism etiquette classes (LAT)
Trying to be friendlier than other destinations, the city plans to give local workers $90,000 worth of training.
Wounded veterans find healing through surfing (OCR)
Wounded U.S. service members, some with amputations and spinal and brain injuries, were given surfing lessons today at San Onofre State Beach as part of a program to help them recover.
Students wanted jobs, but got debt instead (OCR)
Watchdog agency that monitored trade schools closed a year ago.
Three arrested after assault in Costa Mesa (OCR and DP)
Costa Mesa men face charges of attempted murder.
Ukrainian orphans educate Orange County (OCR)
30 children get a taste of America during three-week educational camp; host families learn about their plight.
CITY OF LOST CHILDREN: A Noble effort (DP)
A seemingly hopeless situation does not mean we, the more fortunate, are helpless, if you ask Eamonn Thornton, one of many trying to lift hundreds of children out of destitute conditions in the manholes of Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia.
How Twyla Tharp's moves met Danny Elfman's music (LAT)
'Rabbit and Rogue,' coming to Orange County Performing Artscenter, is the bold work of talents joined by American Ballet Theatre.
Contractors are dropping prices on home improvements (OCR)
With the remodeling business in a downturn, consumers face fewer backlogs, lower bids.
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