Category: Orange County News

Governor Newsom signs order to build water resilience amid climate-driven extreme weather

Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order to protect the state’s water supplies from the impacts of climate-driven extremes in weather. After years of prolonged drought, recent storms resulted in the wettest three-week period on record in California. The storms have been followed by an unseasonably dry February, however, and Read More

Newport Beach Fire Department’s New Off-Road Fire Truck Ready to Fight Wildfires

Pierce Type 3 Fire Truck similar to the one purchased by NBPD For a mere $1,151,117, one can order a 4WD Mercedes Benz G650 Maybach Landaulet, complete with rear seat massage and thermal cup holders — so perfect for meeting the unfathomable challenges of fashionably inching up one’s fog-moistened driveway. Read More

Rep. Young Kim backs bipartisan push to bridge STEM gap

U.S. Representative Young Kim (CA-40) joined Reps. Haley Stevens (MI-11), Jim Baird (IN-04) and Don Beyer (VA-08) to introduce the Data Science and Literacy Act of 2023 (H.R. 1050), a bipartisan bill aiming to support science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education efforts. “STEM education expands opportunities for students, grows Read More

Governor Newsom’s statement on constitutional amendment to repeal Prop. 8

Governor Gavin Newsom issued the below statement regarding the constitutional amendment introduced by Assemblymember Evan Low (D-Campbell) to rescind Proposition 8, the discriminatory ban on same-sex marriage that was struck down in federal district court in 2010. “Nearly 20 years after celebrating the historic ‘Winter of Love’ in San Francisco, Read More

Retired Assemblyman Van Tran announces campaign to replace termed-out OC Supervisor Do in District 1

On Wednesday, February 15, former Assemblyman Van Tran announced his candidacy for the Orange County Board of Supervisor’s 1st District, a seat incumbent Supervisor Andrew Do will be vacating next year due to term limits. “I have spent my entire public service career fighting on behalf of Orange County. The Read More