201811.27
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Orange County’s largest municipal union changes general managers

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Jennifer Muir Beuthin is stepping down in February as the general manager of the 18,000-member Orange County Employees Association, ending her three-year tenure as the first woman and youngest person to lead the large union. Beuthin, 38, said she is leaving because she is expecting twins and doesn’t want to “miss these years.” A former…

201811.27
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So Cal counties will host public forums on sheriffs’ cooperation with ICE

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Four counties in Southern California plan to hold forums in the coming month to tell the public how jail officials in their communities worked with federal immigration agents. Cooperation between law enforcement and federal immigration agencies is regulated in California, as part of the state’s controversial sanctuary laws, some of which took effect early this…

201811.27
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2 days of rain, 4 days of high surf coming to Southern California

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Click for a larger image. LOS ANGELES — High surf will pound the Southland Coast for four days beginning early Tuesday evening on the eve of a bout of rain that could unleash rockslides, mudslides and debris flows down slopes recently denuded by wildfires, National Weather Service forecasters said. A high surf advisory — a…

201811.27
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Irvine, Tustin homebuying cools, sales tumble 14%

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Homebuying in Irvine and Tustin fell 14 percent this summer vs. a year ago. It was the slowest-selling third quarter in four years for Orange County’s housing market, as buyers balked at high prices and expensive mortgages while homeowners and builders boosted the supply of residences for sale. Here’s what my trusty spreadsheet told me…

201811.27
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New 91 Freeway lane will help Corona’s traffic woes, but officials say tweaking Green River Road ramp won’t

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A new westbound 91 lane at the Riverside-Orange county line that would help relieve severe congestion has been given the green light, but transportation officials are abandoning the idea of turning off Green River Road ramp meters. After sometimes confusing rush-hour experiments in June, September and October, Caltrans has concluded that switching off the Green River…

201811.27
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Heavy fire hits Santa Ana mobile home

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SANTA ANA — Orange County firefighters extinguished a fire in a mobile home in Santa Ana Tuesday morning in just 20 minutes, authorities said. Crews responded at 1:57 a.m. to the Gables Mobile Home Park at 4801 W. First St. and located a single-wide mobile home with heavy fire, according to a statement from the…