Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009
| Subscribe to Newser's RSS feeds RSS | Follow Newser on Twitter Twitter

NEWS ABOUT: Orange County

Orange County stories: 7 news summaries
ANALYSIS

As Calif. Righty Bastion, Orange County Cedes
to Rural Placer

But it's a place to hide from, not breed, change

Jun 16, 09 3:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Placer County, Calif.—stretching from Sacramento east to Lake Tahoe—is this generation’s Orange County, and that bodes ill for conservatives, Tom Schaller writes on FiveThirtyEight.com. Placer’s demographics and voting record are similar to the Orange County of the 1960s, which birthed the modern conservative movement.... More »

MORE ABOUT:
California • Sacramento • Barry Goldwater • Orange County • demographics • Lake Tahoe • conservative movement • Placer County

'AIG Buck 
Stops 
With Me' 

'I'll take responsibility,' he tells Californians

Mar 19, 09 4:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama began a two-day swing through California yesterday, again accepting blame for the AIG mess and urging Washington to stop its finger-pointing, the Wall Street Journal reports. “Washington is in a tizzy and everybody is pointing fingers at each other and saying it's their fault, the Democrats' fault,... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Barack Obama • California • Orange County • AIG • economy • fiscal crisis

OPINION

 Candidates Score
 in Pastor Rick-a-thon

Even in a non-debate, pundits still find a way to label somebody a winner

Aug 17, 08 12:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pastor Rick stressed that last night's Saddleback Civil Forum on the Presidency wasn't a debate, but that won't stop the pundits from deciding who came out ahead:
  • Byron York, of the National Review, sees the night as a big win for McCain, who's had a "much bigger life.
... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Barack Obama • John McCain • religion • Orange County • megachurches • Rick Warren • Election 2008 • Saddleback Church

High School Test Cheat
Could Face 38 Years

Teen plotted to boost grades for college admission

Jun 18, 08 4:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - A student at an Orange County high school faces 69 felony charges and a possible 38 years in prison for a scheme to alter grades, the Los Angeles Times reports. The locked-up 18-year-old is accused of breaking into his school repeatedly, hacking into computers, and changing test scores and records... More »

MORE ABOUT:
high school • Orange County • cheating • tests • high school students

Bowl Games
Not Just for Dogs Anymore

Calif. county
launches 'toilet-to-tap' water-purification plan

Jan 25, 08 5:25 PM CST
(Newser) - As contamination, overconsumption, and drought sap Southern California's already limited supply of potable water, Orange County has just adopted an effective, if unpalatable, solution. Starting today, flushed toilet water will gush through a $490 million network of pipes and filters, return to the groundwater basin, then find its way home... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Orange County • water supply • recycled sewage • desalination

OC Fire Dept. Was Ill-Equipped

Lack of equipment, manpower allowed Santiago fire to grow into monster

Oct 28, 07 2:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Orange County firefighters might have contained the fire that ripped through Irvine, the county fire chief says, if only there were more of them. Orange County was short on manpower and fire engines even before it sent crews to help contain Malibu’s fires. With state reinforcements busy elsewhere, and... More »

MORE ABOUT:
California • firefighters • wildfires • Orange County • Santiago • California fires

Top 10 Real Estate Markets

Jun 23, 07 8:24 AM CDT
(Newser) -
  1. Riverside/San Bernadino, CA
  2. Orange County, CA
  3. Las Vegas, NV
  4. Orlando, FL
  5. San Jose, CA
More »

MORE ABOUT:
California • real estate • Washington DC • Las Vegas • homes • Riverside • San Bernadino • Orlando • Orange County • San Jose

7 Stories


from our news partners