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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Another stronger front is expected to hit Saturday, with the National Weather Service warning of dangerous, even life-threatening impacts. -
Tips for those living in areas prone to coastal erosion like along the coast or on a bluff. -
The presence of the Oriental fruit fly has also prompted a quarantine of produce grown in a large portion of the Inland Empire. -
Applications open Tuesday, Jan. 30. -
The program is designed to explore ways to combat inequity. -
The rail track sits on a hillside prone to landslides in recent years. -
What do you think came in first in the snack category? Here is a hint: It leaves a trail of bright pinkish-red dust behind. -
While mental health counselors will see an increase in pay, their demands for increased hiring of tenure-track faculty was not included in the agreement. -
More than 100 employees were notified Tuesday that they were going to be laid off. -
Lily Gladstone, Colman Domingo and Jodie Foster make history.
