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Grocery shopping in Santa Ana is about to get more expensive and much more frustrating. The Santa Ana City Council is pushing a new pending ordinance to heavily restrict supermarket self-checkout lanes. While politicians claim this protects workers, the reality is clear. This policy raises grocery prices, kills shoppin

Marine scientist and content creator Kaysha Kenney leads a program recycling oyster shells to restore reefs and strengthen coastal ecosystems

The city of Santa Ana faces an overall long-term debt shortfall of $651.2 million. The city possesses approximately $545.4 million in available assets to cover total long-term accumulated bills and obligations worth $1.2 billion. This creates an individual “taxpayer burden” of $5,400 per taxpayer to completely erase th

Have you adopted a shelter animal because of Voice of OC’s weekly Pets of the Week article? We’d love to hear from you. Contact Angelina Hicks at [email protected] or [email protected] to share your experience. Truckstop. Truckstop has been at OC Animal Care in Tustin for about eight months...

Mendocino Farms has opened its first location in Surf City USA, expanding the fast‑casual chain’s footprint in Southern California. The restaurant, known for its sandwiches and salads, debuted on May 7. The location, at 21016 Pacific Coast Highway, Unit D120, is open daily from 10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. “Our newest location

Family members of a woman gunned down in Tustin Thursday have identified her as 42-year-old Sandra Rodriguez, a single mother of three. Rodriguez was walking to her car shortly after 6 p.m. when an unknown suspect shot and killed her near the intersection of Yorba Street and Medford Avenue. Authorities received multipl

High-powered electric vehicles exceeding 20 mph via motor or 28 mph with pedal assist are legally classified as mopeds or motorcycles, requiring driver's licenses and age restrictions. Amazon changed its online selling practices and pulled non-compliant vehicle listings in California following a public safety alert det

Cities across Orange County are failing to build enough housing for low-income residents, with roughly 4,400 housing units classified as affordable – about 17% of the overall 25,000 new homes built over the past five years, far behind what state mandates call for. In Orange County, a four-person household...

Ken Frank, the long-serving city manager who guided Laguna Beach through three decades of growth and natural disasters, has died at the age of 82. Frank held the city’s top administrative post from 1979 until his retirement in 2010, marking one of the longest tenures for a city manager in California history.

You won’t often find me full of giddy enthusiasm about some of the policies and proposals of the present Huntington Beach City Council, but there’s an item on the agenda for Tuesday’s meeting of the city council that has my support and attention. Mayor Casey McKeon is...