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    67°F
    Wednesday, May 13th 2026

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    Opinion

    Featured

    Not every housing fix requires a new law. Some require fixing old ones.

    A view of the California State Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Aug. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Juliana Yamada, File)
    AB 1903 is a step in the right direction, removing one of the most persistent barriers to building the homes our communities need.
    A view of the California State Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Aug. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Juliana Yamada, File)
    Lisa Sparks is a OC Board of Education candidate in the 2026 primary election. (Courtesy of Lisa Sparks)

    John Seiler: OC Board of Education is secure with Lisa Sparks as a trustee

    Huntington Beach city councilmembers, from left, Butch Twining, Don Kennedy, Mayor Pat Burns, Gracey Larrea-Van Der Mark, Andrew Gruel and Chad Williams, Tuesday, March 18, 2025. Mayor Pro Tem Casey McKeon was not present.
(Photo by Steven Georges, Contributing Photographer)

    Editorial: Time for courts to impose fines on Huntington Beach scofflaws

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      Marc Joffe: SEIU-UHW is loading up the November ballot

    Editorials

    Huntington Beach city councilmembers, from left, Butch Twining, Don Kennedy, Mayor Pat Burns, Gracey Larrea-Van Der Mark, Andrew Gruel and Chad Williams, Tuesday, March 18, 2025. Mayor Pro Tem Casey McKeon was not present.
(Photo by Steven Georges, Contributing Photographer)

    Editorial: Time for courts to impose fines on Huntington Beach scofflaws

    It was all fun and games until it wasn’t.
    • Endorsement: Judge Ami Sagel for Orange County Superior Court Office No. 41

    • Endorsement: Young Kim for Congress in the 40th District

    • Editorial: The wisdom of F.A. Hayek

    Opinion Columnists

    Lisa Sparks is a OC Board of Education candidate in the 2026 primary election. (Courtesy of Lisa Sparks)

    John Seiler: OC Board of Education is secure with Lisa Sparks as a trustee

    Lisa Sparks education reform
    • Residents of CA-45 must politely decline Amy Phan West’s representation in Congress

    Letters to the Editor

    Brian Rice, California Professional Firefighters

    Letters: Proposal to lower retirement age for firefighters is totally unjustified

    Rather than a safety measure, this bill appears to be a strategic move to expand benefits at the expense of municipal solvency.
    • Letter: Setting the record straight on Fullerton’s finances

    • Letter: Firefighters union disheartened by opposition to pension bill

    • Letter: Susan Shelley’s conveniently incomplete tale of U.S.-Iran history

    Commentary

    Orange County Board of Supervisors Vice Chairman Andrew Do as he speaks during a press conference at the Orange County Hall of Administration in Santa Ana in Nov. 2020.  (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    California must stop treating fraud as the cost of doing business

    Orange County learned what happens when oversight is weakened.
    • Why the missing outrage over (domestic) terrorism?

    • Linda Sánchez: Refunds from Trump’s illegal tariffs must go to Main Street

    • As high-speed rail cost estimate soars, state lawmakers move to hide information from taxpayers

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