Category: Orange County

Orange County Creates $150,000 7-Eleven Shooting Victims Relief Fund

July 20, 2022
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Orange County will provide up to $150,000 to aid some victims of a series of shooting at half a dozen 7-Eleven stores across Southern California on July 11—affecting three cities in the county—leaving three dead and three injured. The county Board of Supervisors unanimously voted on July 19 to use money from the discretionary budgets…

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School Shooting Survivor Finds Purpose in Trauma: Kyler Erickson

July 20, 2022
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Before a fateful January day in 2011, high school student Kyler Erickson decided that he wanted to be remembered for his excellence in basketball. However, after surviving the Millard South High School shooting in Omaha, Nebraska, that occurred just mere feet from his room, Erickson spent years battling PTSD, suicidal thoughts, and depression. He eventually…

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Woman’s Remains Buried in Huntington Beach Mobile Home Park, Suspect Arrested

July 18, 2022
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A man was arrested July 17 on suspicion of homicide, one day after police found the remains of a woman buried at a residence in a mobile home park in Huntington Beach, California. The Huntington Beach Police Department responded to calls of suspicious activity at the Villa Huntington Beach Mobile Home Park on the 7800 block…

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High Taxes Leading Cause of California Exodus: Economist

July 18, 2022
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People are leaving the Golden State primarily because of high taxes, according to an economist at Chapman University. Jim Doti, president emeritus of Chapman, whose A. Gary Anderson Center for Economic Research forecasts economic trends, conducted a survey with 75 different metropolitan areas around the nation, looking at taxes and housing prices in those areas….

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2 Killed in Fiery Irvine Crash

July 18, 2022
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IRVINE, Calif.—Two people were killed in a fiery crash in Irvine, and a man was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs, police said Monday. Police and firefighters were called about 8 p.m. Sunday to Meadow Valley and Spring Valley regarding a crash between a Mini Cooper and Volkswagen Golf, police said….

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OC Supervisor Faces $12,000 Fine for Alleged Pay-to-Play Violation

July 18, 2022
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Orange County Supervisor Andrew Do faces a penalty of $12,000 for allegedly overstepping campaign finance rules while serving as a board member on CalOptima, the county’s health insurance agency. Officials with the state’s Fair Political Practices Commission in Sacramento will consider approving a stipulated order July 21 that charges the supervisor with six counts of violating…

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Orange County Man Pleads Guilty to Stalking Professional Gamer Since 2020

July 18, 2022
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An Orange County man pleaded guilty last week to a federal criminal charge for stalking and harassing a Canadian professional online gamer for almost two years. Evan Baltierra, 29, of Trabuco Canyon, Calif., was accused of stalking, a crime that carries a maximum sentence of five years in federal prison. According to his July 11…

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Suspect in Slaying of NASCAR Driver Was Wanted on Parole Violation

July 17, 2022
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WESTMINSTER, Calif.—A 27-year-old transient suspected of killing former NASCAR driver Bobby East at an Orange County gas station was an ex-con who was wanted for a parole violation, authorities said. Trent William Millsap, a transient known to frequent Westminster, Garden Grove, and Anaheim, was fatally shot by police during the serving of a search warrant…

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CA School Board Calls for State to End Weekly COVID Testing of Unvaccinated Employees

July 16, 2022
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The second-largest school district in Orange County, California is calling on the state to end the weekly COVID-19 testing required for unvaccinated school employees following nearly identical case rates between unvaccinated and vaccinated individuals in the county. In a 4-2 vote on July 13, the Capistrano Unified school board passed a resolution to ask the…

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CA School Board Asks State to End Weekly COVID Testing of Unvaccinated Employees

July 16, 2022
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The second-largest school district in Orange County, California is calling on the state to end the weekly COVID-19 testing required for unvaccinated school employees following nearly identical case rates between unvaccinated and vaccinated individuals in the county. In a 4-2 vote on July 13, the Capistrano Unified school board passed a resolution to ask the…

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