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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The data set is for a three-week period tracking the controversial policy. -
Fans have been in a frenzy trying to figure out Easter eggs revealing which ex the songs are about. -
The original organizer encourages participants to “connect” with the historic freeway. -
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California was joined by 32 other states in the federal lawsuit. -
The closures are in preparation of toll lanes scheduled to open this December. -
Around 700 workers are striking against bad faith bargaining. -
The vaccines will be available free of charge. -
City officials will come back with a ballot measure for the city council's consideration on Nov. 7. -
Above average rainfall this year has resulted in odor incidents in landfills across the state.
