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All candidates for Superior Court of Orange County Office No. 16 nonpartisan primary complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey

Both of the candidates running in the March 5, 2024, nonpartisan primary election for Superior Court of Orange County Office No. 16 — Binh Dang (nonpartisan) and Richard Zimmer (nonpartisan) — completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run…

Ballotpedia · Mar 4, 2024

California has no shortage of key House races on Tuesday - Roll Call

Several open seats in California are drawing a crowd, but primaries will also set battleground matchups that decide House control.

Roll Call · Mar 1, 2024

California’s Orange county was once a conservative bastion. Can it swing the balance of the US House in 2024?

Dramatic political and demographic changes have made Ronald Reagan’s domain one of the few true purple regions in a deeply divided country

The Guardian - US · Feb 27, 2024

Race in open California district could be pivotal to House control - Roll Call

In the 47th District, Democrats are defending an open seat in California's Orange County, a onetime GOP stronghold that rejected Trump.

Roll Call · Nov 27, 2023

California jogger ‘filmed himself killing homeless man’ who blocked sidewalk

Orange county prosecutors say Craig Sumner Elliott, 68, shot Antonio Garcia Avalos, 40, three times

The Guardian - US · Nov 24, 2023

Firefighters battle blaze at historic Marine airbase in Orange County

Fire officials are worried that the structure will collapse

The Independent UK · Nov 7, 2023

Two dead and dozens injured after bus carrying high school band crashes on I-84 in New York

Charter bus carrying high school students rolled down an embankment on Interstate 84

The Independent UK · Sep 21, 2023

At new mental health courts in California, judges will be able to mandate treatment

In several California counties, new mental health courts open up in October. Officials hope to persuade people with psychosis to accept treatment. Critics say, it looks more like coercion.

WEKU · Sep 20, 2023

Orange County DA: Jimmy Graham will not be charged following Aug. arrest

The Orange County district attorney's office says Jimmy Graham will not be charged following his Aug. arrest in Southern California:

USA Today Sports Media Group · Sep 8, 2023

UNC shooting suspect will not face death penalty, DA says

‘I was very transparent about my position on the death penalty,’ Orange County District Attorney Jeff Niemen said

The Independent UK · Aug 30, 2023