Voters’ table is set with bread and butter (Register) Residents heading to the polls Tuesday are concerned most with simple, local issues.
Fullerton considers a high-rise condo development (Times) The City Council will weigh a plan to build a nine-story residential tower in the city’s historic district. Reaction is mixed.
Senator’s work is far from done (Register) Sen. Joseph Dunn to lead the state medical association after leaving office.
Extortion complaint names councilman (Register) letter to the district attorney accuses Dana Point’s Jim Lacy.
Dana Point: Campaign finance (Register) Dana Point incumbent Incumbent Jim Lacy has raised $64,770, including $52,000 of his own money.
Mailboxes filling with mud (Daily Pilot) An unprecedented amount of last-minute spending on Costa Mesa council campaigns is flooding mailboxes with negative mailers and filling the final days before the election with low-blow attacks.
Last-minute mailers (Daily Pilot) Newport Beach campaigns have hardly been able to spend money fast enough in the last few days, but 11th-hour election mailers in Newport Beach have some candidates crying foul.
Insider, outsider in race (Daily Pilot) In Newport Beach’s Council District 7, a longtime city watchdog is taking on a councilman who has proposed several high-profile initiatives since his February appointment to the seat.
Fighting for fairness (Register) At gala tonight, Anti-Defamation League’s regional office marks 25 years of standing up for human rights. Richer youths cite more drug use (Register) Survey shows Laguna Beach 11th-graders report drinking more heavily and using more drugs than other O.C. public students.
Driver gets six years for tow-truck death (Register) A tow truck driver was sentenced Friday to six years in prison for running over a Santa Ana man during a predatory towing.
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Democrats will limit gains by being themselves (Register) GOP Thanks God for John Kerry.
ON THE TOWN: Scheafer’s already improved Costa Mesa (Daily Pilot) The fork in the road faced by Newport Beach next Tuesday is at least matched by the decision facing voters in Costa Mesa. In three days, Costa Mesans will decide not only which direction they want to take to handle the city’s illegal immigration challenge, but also which face they wish to present to the rest of the nation.
Honoring ‘El Mel’ (Times) Gibson’s ‘Apocalypto’ may be good for Latinos, but a group’s award after his anti-Semitic remarks is misplaced.
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Disconnect this but bring back Gila!
Do not bring back Gila.
She quit on her own terms and will not be missed.
I beg to disagree – Gila will be missed.
She added different perspectives and a depth that isn’t always evident here. While the views here may diverge the level of critical thinking is often sadly shallow.
Gila wasn’t.
Lose the links
Didn’t notice Gila was gone but I’m glad she’s moved on.