Today's top stories from behind the Orange Curtain:

OC Sheriff To Outline Plans For Department (OCR and LAT)
County Board of Supervisors gets briefing on Hutchens' look at agency and her plans for future.

Editorial: With Medical Pot, Rationality Goes Up In Smoke (OCR)
Garden Grove latest city to ban medical marijuana outlets based on tortured reasoning

OC Property Tax Appeals Soar 72% (OCR)
A hand count of property tax appeals filed by the Sept. 15 deadline shows that 13,609 property owners have disputed the county's assessed value for their home or business.

Judge To Feds: Give Back Billionaire's Jet Or Open A Pandora's Box (OCR)
A judge said federal officials should return a Gulfstream G-IV jet to indicted billionaire Henry T. Nicholas or face the prospect of opening "a Pandora's box" that could throw the criminal trial into disarray.

Selling Solar: OC Going Electric Green (OCR)
Driven by incentive programs, more homeowners appear to be installing solar power systems in O.C. and across the United States.

All Students At 10 Santa Ana Schools To Get Free Meals (OCR)
The USDA will provide meals to students for the entire school year regardless of whether they qualify for the federal free and reduced-priced meal program.

Parking Could Get Tighter In Costa Mesa (OCR)
Costa Mesa City Council will have chance to vote on rule to keep front yards from turning into 'used car lots.'

Costa Mesa To Take 55 Stance (OCR)
Foley wants preferred plan to be tunneling; Newport has many questions about where traffic will go.