Yusra Farzan
Local news in Orange County has my heart: All those long meetings — city council, school boards, power authorities, housing commissions, planning departments — play a huge role in our everyday lives. So I take the time to synthesize how decisions in Orange County’s 34 cities affect your electricity bill, how your taxes are funding the next big project and the resources available at your child's school.
Even though I got my break in entertainment reporting, the pieces I am most proud of spotlight everyday people: teachers in Orange County, the duo who started a school for Ukrainian refugees, the women behind Ramadan markets and the teenager who invented a cancer-detecting toothbrush.
Ask me about the small liquor store in Garden Grove that also carries Sri Lankan snacks, the best places to get Arab food in Anaheim and why the drive to Laguna Beach is worth it for those warm, summer days.
I grew up in the Middle East, but I am of Sri Lankan descent. I used to live in Irvine, and I still have one foot in O.C. But now I also call Rancho Palos Verdes home — it’s also why I am so invested in covering the land movement here.
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Sunny conditions persist, Antelope Valley and parts of the San Gabriel Valley could see thunderstorms. -
A lawsuit against the city claimed the language was “unlawfully partisan.”
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For the first time this year, the virus was detected in Huntington Beach.
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The measure on the November ballot would require voter approval for any "city-initiated" zoning changes.
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The beaches have become mostly rocks and pebbles following coastal erosion as a result of heavy storms.
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It basically comes down to resources and the inability to stop fireworks sales in more permissive areas, officials say.
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This is the second mountain lion found dead on a Southern California freeway in less than a month.
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Displaced residents will have 90 days to leave the Level Hotel where they have been living for three years.
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The city will also enforce parking violations to address the budget gap.
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A trust fund will be used to bankroll affordable housing projects, apply for grants and embark on more research.
