Today's top stories from behind the Orange Curtain:

County Officials Look To Revive Homeownership Assistance Programs (OCR)
Local government programs assisting homeownership may see revival.

Organizations Mobilizing OC Minority Voters (OCR)
Hispanic and Asian voters in Orange County expected to vote in record numbers.

County Supes Deny Help To Struggling Women's Shelter (OCR)
Women's Transitional Living Center will come back to board in two weeks.

Garden Grove Bans Medical Marijuana Dispensaries (OCR)
City Council members say they are concerned about regulating these businesses and their negative effect on neighborhoods.

Animal Activists Battle Campus Over Rats And Frogs In Class (OCR)
PETA wants biology students to stop experimenting on live animals.

Dillow's Iraq: Marines Aren't Paid To Be Pacifists (OCR)
Columnist returns for fourth time in five years to discover less action.

Mortgage Fraud Expert: OC Median Home Should Be $300,000 (OCR)
$700 billion bailout is probably not enough, because nobody has ever overestimated the size of the problem so far.

Huge Buena Park Development Nears Reality (OCR)
Council gives initial approval to plans for large hotel, retail on Beach Boulevard.

Irvine Extends Ban On New Cellular Towers (OCR)
Officials hope recent appeals court opinion will help resurrect city restrictions that were shot down during a previous court battle, and allow wireless companies to move forward with stalled projects.

Anaheim School Board Candidate Dies; Name Remains On Ballot (OCR)
Carol Reinbolt, a former teachers' union president, is remembered as passionate about education.

OCFA May Reconsider Nearly 550% Jump In Fee (OCR)
It's possible groups with firework stands this summer may get refunds.

Inching Forward With Plans To Widen The 405 (OCR)
Westminster wants local improvements to be folded into overall $500 million project to add lanes from Brookhurst Street to the 605.

Entire Council Opposes Prop. 5 (DP)
Measure would allow more nonviolent rehab clients. In other news, a rare flower delays vote on a proposed home in CdM.

Newport Beach City Hall Designs To Debut (DP)
Newport Beach mayor hopes all viewers will see one of the designs from five architectural firms as 'the one.'

Fiscal Concerns Delay Bids For Construcftion At Airport (OCR)
The OC Board of Supervisors has postponed an expected approval that would allow big lenders to submit bids to finance construction at John Wayne Airport.