Orange News

Farmers & Merchants Bank of Long Beach today announced that its board of directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $21 per share and a special cash dividend of $25 per share on the Bank's common stock.

You love orange, I love orange, but we both choose beige. I'm wondering what's up with that.

A blog about the economy and the Sacramento-area real estate market. MDA DataQuick has issued its October sales and price report for Southern California - showing that median prices rose sligthly from Oct.

The Orange Police Dept. is conducting a DUI and driver's license checkpoint from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. on Friday, Nov.

After two years of renting a townhome in Irvine and scouring dozens of open houses from Woodbridge to West Irvine, blogger purchases a home in Orange .

For Orange County rock act Stereofix, diligence and discipline are starting to pay off.

Gang detectives are investigating a stabbing that later led to a shooting in a gang-injunction neighborhood, a police spokesman said.

BREA An electrical-vault fire has forced the closure of two eastbound lanes of Imperial Highway, between Randolph Avenue and State College Boulevard, causing major traffic delays, police said.

Authorities say a Los Angeles County sheriff's boat scraped a freeway bridge in Orange County, and was kept there for an hour while officials inspected the area.

An L.A. County Sheriffa s Department boat being hauled on a trailer became trapped under a freeway bridge in Orange County today, police said.

ORANGE About 600 people gathered at Depot Park Wednesday afternoon to pay tribute to those in the armed forces during the annual Veterans Memorial.

Betty Bartley handles publicity for Orange Republican Women, Federated, which draws members from Orange, east Anaheim, Anaheim Hills and Villa Park.

A Los Angeles County sheriff's boat is stuck under a freeway bridge in Orange County.

OUSD Staff recommends new cuts The Orange Unified School District continues to deal with the $32 million three year budget shortfall caused by the current California Budget Crisis. Dealing with the continued state driven budgetary crisis that will cause a projected 9 million dollar budget shortfall in the 2010-2011 school year, at the October 29th Orange Unified School District School Board Meeting, OUSD Assistant Superintendent of Administrative Services Mike Christensen presented a laundry list of possible cuts that the OUSD Administration is currently studying. Those further needed cuts included the following possibilities: the elimination of district busing support funds for high sports programs and the GATE program: class size increases in elementary and high school levels; elimination of the Elementary Instrumental Music Program and elementary summer school; and the closing of 1 of the remaining 4 small schools-Riverdale Elementary. Staff reductions also under consideration are high school assistant principal secretaries; the third high school assistant principal; elementary library media technicians and custodial staffing cuts; and increasing class size ratios. .

Talks are underway to re-open the Straw Hat Pizza in Orange under new ownership.

Dr. Andrea Ghez to appear at Rotary meeting on Thursday, Nov. 19. ORANGE Dr. Andrea Ghez, the highly-acclaimed astronomer from UCLA who, along with colleagues, unveiled the black hole of our galaxy, will speak at an Orange Rotary luncheon meeting scheduled for noon on Thursday, Nov.

Don't mess with the Seacrest. That's the Los Angeles District Attorney's message to Chidi Uzomah Jr., who is now facing a felony stalking charge for last week's drop-in at E! HQ for an unwanted meet-and-greet with Ryan Seacrest .

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JROTC CELEBRATES VETERANS DAY The Veterans Day Commemoration and Marine Corps Birthday celebration will be held at 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov.

Hundreds of newborn cats and dogs have been saved from almost certain death this year by a growing foster-care program at OC Animal Care, shelter officials say.