In November 2018, then-Deputy Sheriff Don Barnes won a hotly-contested race for Orange County Sheriff-Coroner, defeating Duke Nguyen, an investigator for the LA County District
A judge has issued a preliminary ruling against a local gadfly group’s Brown Act lawsuit seeking to void a deal in which Angel’s owner Arte
Candidate filing closed on March 16 for elective offices on the June primary ballot. Here’s who is running in contests for congressional, state and county
Former Lake Forest City Councilman Andrew Hamilton has staged a remarkable political comeback, effectively winning the office of Orange County Auditor-Controller when no other candidate
The state Assembly killed a proposal to provide relief to residents paying sky-high gasoline prices by suspending California’s 51-cent-a-gallon gas tax for six months. The
Kraemer Middle School students were sent home today after it was learned Assistant Principal Moises Plascencia committed suicide on the campus of the Placentia school
Things are moving quickly in Assembly District 68 as incumbent Tom Daly announces his retirement and the candidate filing deadline approaches: Anaheim Councilman Avelino Valencia
In a surprise announcement this morning, Assemblyman Tom Daly announced this morning that he would not seek re-election to a final term in the state
The Natural Products Expo West is back at the Anaheim Convention Center after a nearly three year hiatus, marking the return of large convention business
Hundreds of police officers from all over California gathered at the Honda Center in Anaheim today to honor their fallen comrade Nicholas Vella, the Huntington
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