The O.C.

By Jubal Orange County had the lowest job growth this year of any major urban area in California and may soon be mired in a nationwide recession, a group of business leaders said Tuesday at a forum at the Island Hotel. Webcams Offer Glimpse Of Newport-Mesa Construction -- OCR

By Jubal We’d like to share an old cliché with longtime Newport Beach activist Allan Beek that seems apropos today. An L.A. County crew en route to a funeral blows past a booth, is caught on camera and fined. They are flabbergasted; the Orange County transportation agency is unapologetic.

By Jubal Housing Project Goes To NB Council -- DP The Newport Beach Planning Commission approved a multimillion dollar development agreement with the Irvine Co. Thursday night to create a new planned community in Newport Center. Newport Beach Golf Course Won't Get Bulldozed -- OCR

By Jubal As readers of the OC Register know, Steve Greenhut wants Sheriff Carona to resign...yesterday. So when the OC GOP Central Committee didn't figuratively deliver Carona's head on a platter, Steve penned a Sunday column accusing them of being cowards. Steve continues:

By Jubal Three routes will begin this spring. Local Company Designs Hybrid Local Power Plant -- DP Inland Energy, a Newport Beach developer, has designed a hybrid power plant that officials said would be the first to combine natural gas with solar power when it opens in 2010.

By Jubal Mike Schroeder is indeed a very influential and skilled political player in Orange County politics. I would not want to be on the opposite side of him in a campaign because he is a very, very imaginative, talented and shrewed campaign strategist and tactician.

By Jubal Newport Beach Man To Plead Guilty To Ponzi Scheme -- LAT A man has agreed to plead guilty to federal fraud and money laundering charges and admit he ran a bogus investment program that cost victims nearly $4.2 million, the U.S. attorney’s office said Wednesday.

By Jubal Instead of engaging in what could easily become a destructive and futile public debate with Ron Campbell over his inflammatory and inaccurate article in today’s Orange County Register, I have chosen to respond directly to each of you and provide you, as I have done in the past, with facts...

By Jubal Newport Offers Online Notification Of City Events -- OCR Looking for information on the next City Council meeting in Newport Beach? How about details from the previous meetings, road and local government building closures or special meetings?

By Jubal Orange County Sheriff Indicted On Corruption Charges -- LAT and OC Weekly Weather Is On Firefighters' Side For Now -- LAT Cool, moist air is aiding the battle against the last of the Southern California wildfires, but Santa Ana winds are expected to return by this weekend.

By Jubal The Capistrano Unified School Board’s 4-0 decision last week to accept the Orange County district attorney’s findings that the board had repeatedly violated the state’s open meetings law was perhaps the most sensible decision the board has made in quite a long time. The three newest boa...

By Jubal Governor To Speak At Orangewood Foundation -- DP Firestorms raging across Southern California apparently won’t stop Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger from expressing his love for local children’s charity Orangewood Children’s Foundation.

By Jubal Public Meeting To Focus On City Hall Ballot Measure -- DP A public forum tonight will lay the first bricks for what could be a heated community debate over a February ballot measure that would require Newport Beach’s city hall to be built next to the city’s central library.

By Jubal Disney To Spend $1.1 Billion To Overhaul California Adventure -- LAT and OCR The Anaheim park had been a disappointment since its opening six years ago. Ex-Pastors Reject Plea Offer -- OCR Two former pastors of Calvary Baptist Church of Yorba Linda turn down three years in state prison.

By Jubal Now that the court has ordered OC Superintendent of Education Bill Habermehl to end his ludicrous attempt stop counting the Anaheim Union High School District special election petition signatures, it's off to the races for the Feb. 5 special election.

By Jubal Seized at the airport, Ali Shakeri, an Iranian American peace activist, was isolated, questioned often, then freed after more than four months. Newport Beach’s moratorium on new group homes is set to expire Oct. 30 it might be extended for another year because city officials haven’t fini...

By Jonathan Constantine Teen dies in motorcycle crash -- OCR A high school senior from Laguna Niguel collides with another driver, sheriff's deputies say. Suspect in 2005 Santa Ana murder arrested -- OCR Guadalupe Serna was arrested in connection to the fatal shooting of Ryan Todd.

By Jubal Amid Doubt And Fear, Realtors Gather In Anaheim -- OCR Agents attending the California Association of Realtors' convention are intent on sharpening skills needed to survive a housing market that's weathered two years of declining home sales.

By Jubal Newport Beach Council Keeps Pension Control -- DP Lacking support, Curry withdraws proposal that would let voters approve or deny city employee pension hikes. Irvine House Has $15 Million Price Tag -- OCR

By Jonathan Constantine As the political winds shift away from hefty retirement benefits for public employees, Newport Beach may boost the amount it gives the city’s largest employee union. But an important distinction — and likely the reason city officials agreed to the pension hike — is that employees themse...

By Jonathan Constantine Jubal and I attended a tour at the OC Jail today, special thanks to OCSD Communications Director Ryan Burris and Deputies Darren Guy and Roberto Chacon who showed us around the facility. Overall, I believe the people of Orange County can be proud of the competence of our law enforcement, an...

By Jubal Irvine Co. Has City Hall Demands -- DP As one of Newport Beach’s biggest commercial entities, the Irvine Co. has long had a heavy hand in steering the city’s development. Space Tight As Doors Open Up At Chapman -- OCR Freshmen move in, and some will be sharing a room with two others.

By Jubal Red Scare In Little Saigon -- OC Weekly Furiouser And Curiouser -- OC Weekly Orange County falls deeper into the infamous Malibu Ferrari crash Today's top stories from behind the Orange Curtain: New Community College Opens -- OCRSchool on the old Tustin base offers...

By Tomahawk One day, perhaps, city officials will realize that the key to the city's success will not be found by chasing rainbows or casinos, but by following the basics of good governnance. My blackberry just alerted me to this editorial from the Orange County Register today on the casino drama that...

By Jonathan Constantine Jealous boyfriend gets life in murder case -- OCR He stabbed the mother of his two children after stalking her for week Kelp! It needs somebody -- DP California Coastkeeper Alliance and volunteer divers work to rescue and regrow kelp beds off Orange County coast.

By Jubal B-I-N-G-O Comes To Orange -- OCR An ABC-TV game show tries to line up contestants. 20 Million Marked For Law School -- DP Local philanthropist Donald Bren of Newport Beach made another generous donation to UC Irvine, this time $20 million to the university's new School of Law.

By Jubal Marti Buscaglia, who was hired to be the new publisher of the Orange County Register, is "backing out after misrepresenting her educational qualifications." And so the primary was one by a little-known Reagan speechwriter named Dana Rohrabacher. Marti Buscaglia, who was hired to be the...

By Jubal The other appointment is of Susan Caskey (president of the OC chapter of the California Women's Leadership Association) to the OC Harbors, Beaches and Parks Commission. Caskey lives in Laguna Hills in the 5th Supervisor District and will replace Westminster resident Larry Luera, who h...