County hosting free housing workshops The Fair...

County hosting free housing workshops

The Fair Housing Council of Orange County has announced a series

of landlord/tenant workshops will be held weekly. The free one-hour

workshops for tenants will discuss issues including security

deposits, necessary repairs and retaliation problems and 3-day,

30-day and 60-day notices from landlords.

Workshops will be presented in English, Spanish and Vietnamese at

the council office at 201 S. Broadway in Santa Ana. For information

on the workshops, call (714) 569-0823.

Free lecture on genetic advances at UCI

Victor A. McKusick, professor of medical genetics at the Johns

Hopkins School of Medicine, will present a lecture titled “The Past,

Present and Future of Medical Genetics as a Clinical Subspecialty,”

at 7 p.m. on Feb. 17 in the Crystal Cove Auditorium at UC Irvine.

McKusick will discuss the scientific and technological advances of

the last 50 years that allow for the diagnosis, prevention and

management of genetic disorders. The lecture is part of the UCI

College of Medicine’s Genetics Lecture Series, an annual program

sponsored by the Irvine Health Foundation.

The event is free. Parking is $5. Information: Call Tom Vasich at

(949) 824-6455.