After a federal appellate court struck down a similar law in Berkeley, Irvine is hitting the pause button on its draconian initiative to force the
Should schools notify the parents of children who decide they are transgendered? Or keep those parents in the dark about their own kids? This critical
Over the weekend, State Sen. Tom Umberg wrote an op-ed championing stronger penalties on fentanyl dealing. As he explained, illegal drugs are now the number
The OC Taxpayers Association, in conjunction with the Association of California Cities-OC, is hosting a panel of Orange County’s “big city” mayors on May 12.
[UPDATED with responses from the cities of Irvine and Berkeley.] A federal court ruling could unwind a draconian ban on natural gas uses in new
The Orange County District Attorney’s has cleared the Orange Unified School District Board of Trustees of accusations of Brown Act violations stemming from the January
The National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) returned to the Anaheim Convention Center today – the massive trade show will run through April 15. 50,000
A progressive-Left advocacy group, VietRise, is recruiting canvassers at $22 an hour for a six-week organizing campaign targeting mobile home parks in Little Saigon, as
The Irvine Ranch Conservancy is sponsoring an early morning advanced hike on Monday, April 10 in OC Parks’ Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park. The hike takes
At its April 4 meeting, the Santa Ana City Council will decide whether or not to appoint Fernando Delgado, a left-wing activist who supports abolishing
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