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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This year alone, around $39 million has been scammed out of programs like CalFresh and CalWORKS. -
The game has been growing in popularity. -
Cricket and lacrosse — both last seen in the early 1900s — also return, as does baseball and softball. -
Environmental justice organizations criticize the program. -
For the first time in 17 years, the Dodgers did not win a single postseason game — and fans unleashed the memes. -
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A pair of Solid Rocket Motors will travel to the California Science Center on Wednesday. -
The medical clinic also alleges the city caved to pressure from anti-abortion protesters. -
Students from all age groups can avail of the pass. -
He was killed in an ambush-style shooting in September.
