This month, 60% of voters in overwhelmingly Hispanic and Democratic Santa Ana, one of California’s largest cities, soundly rejected Measure DD, a ballot measure to
Stanton Councilwoman Alyce Van went down to a landslide defeat in her bid for a second term. Community leader Victor Barrios is leading Van by
Donald J. Trump is on track to be the first Republican presidential nominee to win Orange County since Mitt Romney edge out President Barack Obama
The Democrat minority bloc on the Huntington Beach City Council has been wiped out, according to election returns so far. The conservative Republican slate of
One of the measures Santa Ana voters will be called up to decide this election is Measure DD – whether or not to allow non-citizens
This is the first election in which the Irvine City Council will be elected from districts, instead of at-large. There are four districts on the
Santa Ana City Councilman Johnathan Hernandez is a champion of “just cause” eviction protections that make excessively difficult to evict tenants, and was a key
The possible redevelopment of Westridge Golf Course in La Habra, near Beach Boulevard and Imperial Highway, has been an ongoing controversy for many years. As
At a special meeting last night, the Santa Ana City Council took up findings by an outside investigation that Councilman Johnathan Hernandez violated the city’s
October 30 is California Native Oak Day, and OC Parks is offering the opportunity to spend the morning learning about local native oak, the coast
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