Carol Cormaci is executive editor of Times Community News’ Daily Pilot in Orange County and pens the TimesOC newsletter. She is a native Southern Californian and a proud UCLA Bruin. She previously served as managing editor of three former Times Community News publications: the Glendale News-Press, Burbank Leader and La Cañada Valley Sun.
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The Newport Beach City Council voted to spend $1.5M for contracts related to using a portion of Civic Center Park for new NBPD headquarters despite the fact that site has not been chosen by a committee tasked with that work.
Costa Mesa was among five cities targeted last week by the state for not reaching their required housing element numbers by the deadline.
Costa Mesa was among five cities targeted last week by the state for not reaching their required housing element numbers by the deadline.
An investigative TimesOC report published this week looks at massive overtime payouts, alleged arrest quotas and an internal probe involving the Anaheim Police Department’s Disney resort team.
Are O.C. officials listening? A new UC Irvine poll reveals cynicism among residents.
Orange County is preparing to put on a show this holiday weekend. TimesOC reporter Sarah Mosqueda has assembled a list of fireworks displays and other activities you’ll want to know about.
In the wake of the recent reelections — by wide margins — of Orange County Assessor Claude Parrish and Treasurer-Tax Collector Shari Freidenrich, a grand jury report urges reforms to remove elected officials for misconduct.
Federal officials showed up at the Corona del Mar home of businessman Mahender Makhijani one morning last week and took him into custody, shortly after a “joint venture” he once had with Mohammad Honarkar resulted in a $1.34B award to the latter.
About 50 people turned out on a recent night for an event designed to destigmatize talking about death, organized by the Orange County Deathworkers Alliance, Meadow Memorials and the Death Network.
The Orange City Council, told last July the city could be bankrupt as soon as 2029 if there isn’t a major course correction, has been handling a proposed tax increase like a political hot potato.