The Santa Ana City Council is looking at putting several charter amendments on the November 2022 ballot – one of which will likely be a
At the behest of Mayor Vince Sarmiento, Santa Ana city staff is reviewing an ordinance providing tax credits to qualifying licensed cannabis businesses in the
Planning is underway to provide traffic relief to Orange County’s southernmost communities along Interstate 5, part of an ongoing plan to ease freeway congestion for
Equestrians have an opportunity this Thursday for a horseback ride through scenic Limestone Canyon in OC Parks’ Irvine Ranch Open Space – home of oak
In May of this year, Santa Ana Mayor Vince Sarmiento asked city planning staff to look at cannabis ordinance language drafted by the United Food
This Saturday morning is an opportunity to help the Laguna Canyon Foundation with its native plant nursery in Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, caring for native
Repeat after me: government-imposed mask mandates don’t work. Did you say it out loud? If so, you’ve learned more in the past two years than
In her unsuccessful campaign to unseat Tim Shaw from the Orange County Board of Education, one of Paulette Chaffee’s central messages was Shaw and the
Alone among Orange County legislators, state Senators Dave Min and Josh Newman voted in favor of SB 357, legislation that makes it legal to loiter
It will be reptiles and amphibians galore this weekend in Anaheim when the Reptile Super Show and Breeders Expo arrives at the Anaheim Convention Center
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