Banning Ranch is a 400-acre parcel located between Newport Beach and Huntington Beach near the Santa Ana River. It is currently private property with nearly
Two things can absolutely be true: 1) our current healthcare system has enormous flaws; and 2) the solution to these flaws is not to turn
A heretofore obscure government body is at the center of a concerted effort to re-write voting boundaries for the Orange County Board of Education as
Would you put the DMV in charge of your health care? Or how about California’s Employment Development Office, which during the worst months of the
Call it “Correaflation.” Because blame for higher prices has to go to those who caused it. Rep. Lou Correa, D-Santa Ana, just tweeted, “Today’s inflation
In 2017, the #MeToo scandals rocked America. For years, powerful people in politics and Hollywood abused the young and powerless. Most prominent among those finally
The Critical Race Theory juggernaut moving through our schools can be beaten. In the Anaheim Union High School District, last July the School Board approved
In a recent social media post, Santa Ana Mayor Vincent Sarmiento told residents that “Serious Crime Down in Santa Ana” – despite the fact the city
Residents in Irvine and some other Orange County cities soon could see new tax increases or disruptions in service. The same with customers of the
Are illegal immigrants the “backbone” of America? Rep. Lou Correa thinks so. In a press release last month, Correa joined Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other
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