Category: Orange County

Metrolink Suspends Service to Two South Orange County Stations for Track Work

LOS ANGELES —There will be no Metrolink service beginning Sept. 16 to the San Juan Capistrano, San Clemente, and Oceanside stations because of emergency track work. Metrolink’s goal is to resume service by Oct. 4, according to Public Affairs Manager Paul Gonzales. If the work is completed earlier than expected, Metrolink service will also resume,…


Attorneys Seek Temporary Restraining Order to Stop Closure of Mary’s Kitchen in Orange

SANTA ANA, Calif.—Attorneys for Mary’s Kitchen, which serves transients in Orange, filed a temporary restraining order request in federal court on Sept. 15 to attempt to stop the city from evicting the nonprofit organization. “Mary’s Kitchen has been the only service provider in the city of Orange for unhoused adults without children for over three…


Orange County Board of Supervisors Approves Plan to Help Afghan Refugees, Residents Share Concerns

The Orange County Board of Supervisors approved a three-year service plan for Afghan refugees entering the county as concerned residents discuss hesitancy at the Sept. 14 meeting.   Krishna Murphy, an Orange County resident told the board immigrants are “highly valued members of society” but is concerned over who is being allowed in.   “Responding to…


Orange County Residents Cast their Ballots in California Recall Election

According to the Orange County Registrar of Voters, the county is the fifth largest voting jurisdiction in the in the U.S, serving more than 1.8 million voters.   As of 12:00 p.m. on Sept. 14, 15,000 ballots were cast in-person at Orange County voter sites, a spokesperson for the registrar’s office told The Epoch Times.   Orange…


Orange County Equity Map Designed to Further ‘Social Progress’

Officials say that Orange County’s new online data platform, the OC Equity Map, has been a useful tool in highlighting social and health disparities amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in recent months, but it could soon be used for more. In addition to utilizing the map for COVID-19-related planning and the implementation of strategies, officials will be able…


Anaheim Boy Shot on Sunday Passes Away

A 17-year-old boy succumbed to his gunshot wounds after a suspected 18-year-old shot him on Sept. 5 in Anaheim, Calif. Danillo Ashton Arauz was transported to a trauma center to be treated for wounds following the Sunday night shooting. On the morning of Sept. 9, Arauz passed away in the presence of his family. “My…


How’s Your Orange County School District Doing Financially?

Commentary It’s September and California’s students are back in school. They endured more than a year away from their campuses, thanks to the governor’s lockdown response to the COVID-19 virus. How did the pandemic impact the finances of Orange County’s school districts? The audited financial statements for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020 are…


Two More Cities Support Constructing a Veterans Cemetery in Anaheim

Huntington Beach and Santa Ana’s city councils became the latest to unanimously support building a veterans cemetery in Anaheim’s Gypsum Canyon on Sept. 7.   The Huntington Beach City Council unanimously “bypassed” their own charter rules to pass the resolution on the first reading rather than reviewing it in two separate readings.  City Attorney Michael Gates said the…


Two More Cities Support Constructing Veterans Cemetery in Anaheim

Huntington Beach and Santa Ana’s city councils became the latest to unanimously support building a veterans cemetery in Anaheim’s Gypsum Canyon on Sept. 7. The Huntington Beach City Council unanimously “bypassed” their own charter rules to pass the resolution on the first reading rather than reviewing it in two separate readings. City Attorney Michael Gates said the…


Man Convicted For Running Down Firefighter in Mission Viejo

SANTA ANA, Calif.—A former addiction care center employee who was driving under the influence of various drugs when he struck a Costa Mesa firefighter bicycling on a Mission Viejo sidewalk was convicted today of second-degree murder. Stephen Taylor Scarpa, 28, is facing 15 years to life in prison at his sentencing, which is scheduled for…