Today's top stories from behind the Orange Curtain:

Enticing Reluctant Riders With Reduced Fares (OCR)
OCTA has plans to experiment with reduced short-trip fares to encourage ridership.

Toll Road Hearing Speakers Must Apply Ahead (OCR)
Session on proposed Foothill South extension to be held at Del Mar Fairgrounds.

Del Mar Is Again Chosen For Hearing On 241 Tollway (OCR)
Anyone wishing to speak at the Sept. 22 event must apply in writing to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Hearing will decide whether state's rejection of the 241 is upheld.


'In God We Trust' May Adorn Yorba Lida Council Cambers (OCR)
Council members say they want national motto displayed at City Hall.

OCC: Still Growing Strong (DP)
School celebrates 60 years, opens newly remodeled Lewis Center for Applied Sciences.

Feds Seek To Seize Billionaire's Mansion In Drug Case (OCR)
Federal prosecutors have sued billionaire Henry T. Nicholas III to forfeit one of his Newport Coast mansions and a Las Vegas penthouse.

Vietnamese Archbishop Visits Orange County (OCR)
His two-week trip features meetings with the Vietnamese community.

Administrative Leave Ends For Huntington Beach Official (OCR)
Stanley Smalewitz, the city's economic development director, returns to his post after a personnel review that will remain confidential, officials say.