July 23, 2019

Orange County

Voice of OC: OCTA makes bus service cuts, but withdraws some after opposition

The final plan differs greatly from the original service change proposals the agency had been working on since April and floated before board members in a public hearing last month.

 

Voice of OC: Irvine City Council to pick a site for veterans cemetery

The Irvine City Council could pick a home for Orange County’s first veterans cemetery Tuesday, potentially ending a battle between Councilmembers and state Legislators over where the state-run cemetery will be built.

 

Daily Pilot: After flood of meth-soaked letters hits O.C. jails, sheriff announces crackdown

The Orange County Sheriff’s Department posted Monday on Facebook that certain types of inmate mail will now be prohibited. Jailers did not specify what letters would be banned, but said the mailroom is a common avenue for inmates to receive narcotics and other contraband.

 

OC Register: Federal investigators question Orange County prosecutors on jailhouse snitches

The noncriminal probe by the U.S. Department of Justice, which has been ongoing since December 2016, focuses on the informant practices by prosecutors and sheriff’s deputies at the jail as well as the withholding of exculpatory evidence from defense attorneys.

 

OC Register: Struggling Orange County Market Place may be reinvented to boost vendors, sales

The weekend, open-air market at the Orange County Fair & Event Center features dozens of vendors selling furniture, food, books, art, clothes and other items, but it’s been losing vendors and money over the past couple years.

 

California

OC Register: 15 million Californians could receive a payout from the Equifax breach deal

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said 15 million Californians are eligible to receive some of the approximately $18.7 million that the state will get as part of the deal between Atlanta-based Equifax and the Federal Trade Commission that was announced late Sunday.

 

Nation

Associated Press: Deal sealed on federal budget, ensuring no shutdown, default

The deal amounts to an against-the-odds victory for Washington pragmatists seeking to avoid politically dangerous tumult over the possibility of a government shutdown or first-ever federal default.

 

Publication Date: July 23, 2019