Ben Brazil is a former features writer for TimesOC who went on to work as a News Desk multiplatform editor for the Los Angeles Times. He previously covered Huntington Beach for the Daily Pilot. Before joining the Daily Pilot in September 2016, he was a reporter for City News Service, a Southern California-based news service. Brazil earned his bachelor’s degree in anthropology from UC Berkeley.
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Motivated by the corruption scandal in Anaheim, Santa Ana officials are weighing an ordinance that would require tracking paid lobbyists in the city.
Fullerton and Placentia join other Orange County cities in criminalizing catalytic converter thefts, aiming at thieves and recyclers who buy stolen parts.
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Since the Orange County Power Authority was formed less than two years ago, the county’s first community choice energy program has faced scrutiny for transparency issues and poor leadership.
Orange County officials aren’t sufficiently notifying residents about the potential sale of public lands to private individuals, according to a recent Grand Jury report.
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The Irvine Unified School District board modified portions of its policy this week after the American Civil Liberties Union accused the board of violating free speech principles.
Orange County nurse Daniel Bondarenko has been sending medical aid to his home country of Ukraine since Russia invaded earlier this year.
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