Category: Orange County News

Fee removed for veteran designation on a California driver’s license or identification card

Senator Thomas J. Umberg (D-Santa Ana) announced that his Senate Bill 837, which repeals the current $5 fee charged by the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) for issuance of a “veteran” designation on a driver’s license or identification card, was signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom last week. “I Read More

Proposed legislation would ban homeless encampments near child-related sites

A diverse group of community leaders including Senator Brian W. Jones (R-Santee), former San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer, Escondido City Councilmember Joe Garcia, Escondido Union School Board Member Joan Gardner, and Michael Branch, CEO of the East County Transitional Living Center, today held a press conference at Grape Day Park Read More

Assemblymember Janet Nguyen continues tradition of honoring California’s surfing heritage

September 20 is California Surfing Day! First observed on September 20, 2018, California Surfing Day was established by Senator Janet Nguyen’s SCR 122 and was again recognized by now Assemblymember Janet Nguyen’s ACR 116. The annual celebration of California Surfing Day brings together California’s surfers to unify around their love Read More

Knott’s Scary Farm returns this week for its 49th frightful season

The most immersive Halloween experience in Southern California, Knott’s Scary Farm, returns this Thursday, September 22, with unimaginable new scares and terrifying twists for its 49th frightful year. Every inch of the park transforms into everyone’s worst nightmare as the most horrendous monsters await around every corner ready to turn Read More