NBPD Chief Joe Cartwright On Monday, March 20, Newport Beach City Manager Grace Leung announced that Joe Cartwright, a 21-year veteran of the Newport Beach Police Department, has been named as its next Chief of Police. Cartwright has held a variety of field and command-level positions in just over two Read More
“The Department of Financial Protection and Innovation is conducting a comprehensive review of the department’s oversight and regulation of Silicon Valley Bank and will issue a report by early May 2023. Through this review, we will examine how we can strengthen and update our system of financial regulation to meet Read More
Governor Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta met with leaders representing a coalition of hundreds of organizations, stakeholders and local leaders to unveil new, stronger proposals to hold Big Oil accountable. At the meeting, Governor Newsom shared new details of the proposal – including the creation of a new Read More
Three Golden West College students have been selected as semifinalists in the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation’s Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship competition, announced on March 9. Thong Ho, Nghi Le, and Chloe Niebla were among the semi-finalists chosen from a pool of more than 1,700 applicants representing 215 community colleges in 38 Read More
The SCORE webinar Patent Filing Considerations by Justin Sanders will be presented Tuesday, April 4, 2023 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Intellectual property is becoming increasingly important when it comes to business valuation as well as success – especially for tech companies. A well-developed patent portfolio (along with an Read More
Orange Coast College’s student paper, Coast Report, won 11 awards on March 11 at the Associated Collegiate Press/Journalism Association of Community Colleges (ACP) Spring National Student Media Conference in San Francisco, including a top 10 ACP Best in Show News Website honor. “We are very humbled and honored to be Read More
Weather in northwest Orange County for Tuesday, March 21, 2023: Today: Rain, with thunderstorms also possible after 2pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. High near 62. Breezy, with a southeast wind 20 to 25 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 40 Read More
We have previously reported on how the ongoing series of storms to deluge California this winter have refilled reservoirs and groundwater reserves and snowpack, here and here. Now as yet another storm approaches Southern California with still another possible after that, how are those reservoirs doing? Name of Reservoir % Read More
Senator Dave Min released the following statement on the anniversary of the March 16, 2021 mass shooting in Atlanta, Georgia. “Two years ago today, eight innocent people, including six Asian American women, lost their lives in the Atlanta spa shootings because of the deadly intersection between anti-Asian hate and the Read More
Senator Thomas J. Umberg (D-Santa Ana) announced that he will be honoring Samantha Maria Soto, a Dispatch Supervisor with the Orange County Fire Authority as the Woman of the Year for the 34th Senate District. “In appreciation for her dedication to emergency response and public health and safety in Orange Read More
