Supervisor Katrina Foley initially said publicly the controversial landfill expansion in South Orange County came as a surprise after South County residents began decrying plans to double the amount of waste being hauled into the Prima Deshecha landfill.
Yet emails show top OC Waste and Recycling staff and residents informed Foley of the move in 2023 – emails Foley says she can’t recall from her early days as a county supervisor, adding that she gets thousands of messages about county activity.
An OC Superior Court judge overturned a $2.9 million jury verdict that found a former Santa Ana police administrator was retaliated against for not picking a side between the retired chief and former police union leader…