Eric Licas covers Newport Beach for the Daily Pilot. He previously was a crime and public safety reporter and, before that, spent four years as a staff writer with the Orange County Register and the Southern California News Group. He has been on the ground to cover active wildfires, civil unrest and mass shootings. He was born in the Philippines, raised in the San Fernando Valley and is a Cal State Northridge alumnus.
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As of Thursday, Friends of Normie had taken in 142 cats either relinquished by evacuees or found wandering in the aftermath of multiple wildfires that swept across Los Angeles County.
“We are at that moment where a big tent Republican Party is very realistic,” said Will O’Neill, the new chair of Orange County GOP who recently served as mayor of Newport Beach.
Local and federal officials had initially planned on burying the contaminated sediment in the harbor, drawing resistance from environmental groups.
About 465,000 gallons of wastewater leaked into the ocean before crews repaired the ruptured pipe.
Laguna Beach Mayor Alex Rounaghi says awareness generated by the devastation wrought in Los Angeles County may help Laguna Beach generate the political will to move forward with such a project.
Laguna Beach County Water District General Manager Keith Van Der Maaten said the city should have an “ample supply” of water during an emergency, but officials aren’t taking that for granted.
Long Beach resident Vanroy Evan Smith stands accused of killing a Laguna Beach man he did not know almost two years ago in Dana Point, where the victim had been on a bike ride.
The single-screen theatre had become a ghost of its former self, left vacant for five years before developer Paul Dunlap purchased it in 2016.
The O.C. Grand Jury’s efforts can improve the lives of the county’s 3.1 million residents by shining a light on some of the most important issues they face.
The $5.5-million project might catch as much as 80% of the trash that otherwise could drift into Upper Newport Bay. It may be up and running by late February.